Midweek rant: Thai news – all we get is tumbleweed

 

File photo

 

Following the Thai news is like going to the movies and suffering a power cut before the final scene.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986683-midweek-rant-thai-news-–-all-we-get-is-tumbleweed/

 

Foreigners who stole wooden elephant caught on Koh Phangan

 

 

Two foreign thieves - at least one believed to be an American - were arrested by police on Koh Phangan on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986664-foreigners-who-stole-wooden-elephant-caught-on-koh-phangan/

 

Krabi Hospital denies allegations of 'ignoring' injured Brit

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

KRABI:-- Hospital officials yesterday denied reports that they ‘ignored’ the condition of a British man who was brought in with severe head injuries following a motorbike accident in Krabi last week. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986668-krabi-hospital-denies-allegations-of-ignoring-injured-brit/

British man who went 'missing' in Pattaya found to be in jail in UK on rape charges

 

 John Stageman/File Photo

 

PATTAYA: -- Expats living in Pattaya concerned for the welfare of a British man who went ‘missing’ in Pattaya were shocked to discover he is actually serving time in jail in the UK on child abuse charges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986619-british-man-who-went-missing-in-pattaya-found-to-be-in-jail-in-uk-on-rape-charges/

Bang Saen sea turns green as area experiences "plankton bloom"

 

 

CHON BURI: -- The entire coastal area at Bang Saen in Chonburi has experienced the phenomenon known as a plankton bloom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986685-bang-saen-sea-turns-green-as-area-experiences-plankton-bloom/

 

UPDATE:

 

Psychiatrist to see Khon Kaen murder suspects amid suicide watch
By KAWINTRA JAISEU
THE NATION

 

 

KHON KAEN: -- THE THREE women accused of murdering and dismembering a karaoke club singer will have a psychiatric interview after they showed signs of stress during an initial physical examination when they arrived at Khon Kaen Prison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986613-psychiatrist-summoned-for-khon-kaen-murder-suspects/?do=findComment&comment=11960490

 

Fears mount over imminent changes to healthcare
By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

 

Dr. Thira

 

Service providers to have more say in scheme affecting 48m under revised law.

 

BANGKOK: -- ONE OF the most important healthcare laws is being revised amid concerns expressed from all sides. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986686-fears-mount-over-imminent-changes-to-healthcare/

 

12 troops, 7 civilians detained over online weapons sales
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- TWELVE MILITARY officers and seven civilians have been detained over alleged online weapon sales, Army chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986687-12-troops-7-civilians-detained-over-online-weapons-sales/

 

Police hit over conduct
By THE NATION

 

 

Officers transferred for taking photos with murder suspects

 

CHIANG RAI: -- PUBLIC CRITICISM related to the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a Khon Kaen woman, which has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, has increasingly focused on police’s handling of the case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986615-cops-transferred-over-photos-with-murder-dismemberment-suspects/?do=findComment&comment=11960505

 

Grab aims to enter all Asean states
By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION
SINGAPORE

 

 

SINGAPORE-BASED ride-hailing and mobile-payments platform Grab plans to expand its business to cover every Southeast Asian country as soon as possible, Tan Hooi Ling, co-founder and chief operating officer, told a news conference to celebrate its five years in operation yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986688-grab-aims-to-enter-all-asean-states/

 

EDITORIAL

Is Thailand still in the arms-smuggling trade?
By The Nation

 

Even as our neighbours pursue peace, a Wild West mentality seems to persist in the military

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986690-is-thailand-still-in-the-arms-smuggling-trade/

 

M-Slaz rider, 26, dead in Phuket after falling under 20-wheeler trailer truck

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

A witness told police the rider of the M-Slaz lost control as he attempted to overtake the 20-wheeler truck. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A 26-year-old Thai man died this afternoon when the motorbike he was riding on Chao Fa West Rd (Southbound) in Wichit collided with car causing him to fall under a 20-wheeler trailer truck.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986691-m-slaz-rider-26-dead-in-phuket-after-falling-under-20-wheeler-trailer-truck/

 

Facebook is secretly bringing back this really old and annoying feature

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Can you remember the “Poke” feature that used to annoy us in early days of Facebook?

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-is-secretly-trying-to-bring-back-this-really-old-and-annoying-feature/22136/

REVEALED: The secret bedrooms where cabin crew sleep on long haul flights

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Have you ever wondered where the cabin crew go when they are not in the galley or walking up and down the aisles?

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/revealed-the-secret-bedrooms-where-cabin-crew-sleep-on-long-haul-flights/22139/

PM cautions police and media about their treatment of murder suspects

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has warned the police and the media to exercise caution in their treatment of the female suspects in the grisly murder of a bar girl in a way which can be mistaken as glorifying the suspects. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986692-pm-cautions-police-and-media-about-their-treatment-of-murder-suspects/

 

Cabinet endorses construction of two expressways

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority’s proposal to build two expressways worth 44 billion baht with funding to be raised from the public and financial institutions through Thailand Future Fund (TFF).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986693-cabinet-endorses-construction-of-two-expressways/

 

Health Service Support Dept: Thai surrogacy law does not support single men, single women or same-sex couples

 

BANGKOK, 7 June 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Health Service Support disclosed that Thailand's law on surrogacy does not support single men, single women or same-sex couples.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986695-health-service-support-dept-thai-surrogacy-law-does-not-support-single-men-single-women-or-same-sex-couples/

 

Sanctions against Qatar not affecting Thai-Qatari relations

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 June 2017 (NNT) - Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai said the decision by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to cut ties with Qatar will not affect the relations between Thailand and Qatar. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986697-sanctions-against-qatar-not-affecting-thai-qatari-relations/

 

Bank of Thailand relaxes regulations on foreign exchange

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 June 2017 (NNT) - Reforms by the Bank of Thailand (BOT) on foreign exchange regulations are now beginning to take effect, after the policy began in December last year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986698-bank-of-thailand-relaxes-regulations-on-foreign-exchange/

 

UPDATE:

Thai junta chief to visit White House in July - spokesman

By Pracha Hariraksapitak

REUTERS

 

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends a news conference as the junta marked the third anniversary of a military coup in Bangkok, Thailand May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The leader of Thailand's military junta, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, will visit the White House in July following an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesman for the Thai government said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986633-prayut’s-visit-to-us-pencilled-in-for-late-july/?do=findComment&comment=11960548

 

Notre Dame attacker shouted "this is for Syria" before being shot

By Emmanuel Jarry and Richard Lough

 

French police stand at the scene of a shooting incident near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" and wounded a policeman before being shot and wounded by other officers on Tuesday outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of France's most famous tourist sites.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986700-paris-notre-dame-attacker-shouted-this-is-for-syria-before-being-shot/

 

Trump takes sides in Arab rift, suggests support for isolation of Qatar

By Roberta Rampton

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump sits down to a meeting with of Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, including Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R), during their summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took sides in a deep rift in the Arab world on Tuesday, praising Middle East countries' actions against American ally Qatar over Islamist militants even though the tiny Gulf state hosts the largest U.S. air base in the region.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986701-trump-takes-sides-in-arab-rift-suggests-support-for-isolation-of-qatar/

 

France's Macron set for biggest majority since De Gaulle - poll

By Dominique Vidalon and Leigh Thomas

REUTERS

 

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, June 3, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron's party is set to win the biggest parliamentary majority for a French president since Charles de Gaulle's 1968 landslide, a survey of voter intentions for the coming legislative elections showed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986702-frances-macron-set-for-biggest-majority-since-de-gaulle-poll/

 

Trump says ahead of former FBI Director Comey's testimony - 'I wish him luck'

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks in Ypilanti Township, Michigan March 15, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Kevin Lamarque/File Photos

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986703-trump-says-ahead-of-former-fbi-director-comeys-testimony-i-wish-him-luck/

 

Russian jet fighter intercepts U.S. bomber over Baltic Sea

By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Solovyov

REUTERS

 

U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies during the annual recurring multinational, maritime-focused NATO exercise BALTOPS 2017 near Ventspils, Latvia June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia scrambled a fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept a nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 strategic bomber it said was flying over the Baltic Sea near its border, in an incident that had echoes of the Cold War.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986704-russian-jet-fighter-intercepts-us-bomber-over-baltic-sea/

 

Trump's UK visit on despite criticism, says foreign secretary

By Estelle Shirbon and Kate Holton

REUTERS

 

A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. on May 31, 2017 and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at the scene of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market in central London, Britain, June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (L) and REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne (R)/File Photos

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he saw no reason to cancel Donald Trump's state visit to Britain after the U.S. president criticised Mayor Sadiq Khan's response to the London Bridge killings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986705-trumps-uk-visit-on-despite-criticism-says-foreign-secretary/

 

Giant road sign near Lampang to be demolished so highway can be widened
By The Nation

 

 

LAMPANG: -- A GIANT kilometre marker at the end of the Paholyothin Road in Lampang province in the North will be torn down to make way for more traffic lanes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986710-giant-road-sign-near-lampang-to-be-demolished-so-highway-can-be-widened/

 

WhatsApp is finally going to let you unsend those embarrassing messages

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

WhatsApp is finally going to let you unsend those embarrassing messages

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/whatsapp-is-finally-going-to-let-you-unsend-those-embarrassing-messages/22146/

More Americans support Donald Trump's impeachment than approve of his presidency, new polls find

Mythili Sampathkumar New York 

 

Polls show a decline in job approval rating since the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

 

NEW YORK: -- New polls find that more Americans support impeaching Donald Trump than approve of his job performance in the White House. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986711-more-americans-support-donald-trumps-impeachment-than-approve-of-his-presidency-new-polls-find/

 

NBTC pushes for SIM card registration using fingerprint scanning

 

BANGKOK, 7 June 2017 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) disclosed that over 700 prepaid SIM cards using fingerprint scanning have been registered since June 1st. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986712-nbtc-pushes-for-sim-card-registration-using-fingerprint-scanning/