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Thai students shine at primary maths world contest

By Sutthinan Kongsin 
The Nation

 

Thai students won 34 medals at the Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest 2017 held in Hong Kong from July 15-20.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993536-thai-students-shine-at-primary-maths-world-contest/

 

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Free movement of people to continue for at least two years after Brexit - media

 

Flags are arranged at the EU Commission headquarters ahead of a first full round of talks on Brexit, Britain's divorce terms from the European Union, in Brussels, Belgium July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The free movement of European Union citizens to Britain will continue for at least two years after Brexit as part of a transitional deal, British media reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993545-free-movement-of-people-to-continue-for-at-least-two-years-after-brexit-media/

 

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School Denies Teacher Is Serial Abuser Alleged By Mom

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Wiyada Jaram, 36, cries Friday while describing what she alleges to be a teacher’s ongoing abuse of her young son.

 

BURIRAM — The mother of an 8-year-old boy alleged Friday that he’s been singled out for physical and emotional abuse by his second-grade teacher for months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993547-school-denies-teacher-is-serial-abuser-alleged-by-mom/

 

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Jerusalem on alert as religious tensions rise over holy site

By Luke Baker and Ori Lewis

 

Israeli border police officers stand guard as Palestinians pray at Lions' Gate, the entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, in protest over Israel's new security measures at the compound housing al-Aqsa mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel bolstered security in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday and prepared for possible clashes with Muslim worshippers after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided metal detectors at a sensitive holy site would not be removed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993550-jerusalem-on-alert-as-religious-tensions-rise-over-holy-site/

 

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Royal-turned-warlord and opium pioneer of the Golden Triangle: Olive Yang dies aged 90

By Gabrielle Paluch 

 

Olive, aged 88, at her family’s home in Muse in 2015. Photo: Gabrielle Paluch

 

Olive Yang, the crossdressing royal-turned-warlord, whose CIA-supplied army consolidated opium trade routes in the Golden Triangle in the 1950s, had tabloid-fodder romances, and later in life served as a government peace broker with Kokang rebels, died on Thursday. She was 90.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993553-royal-turned-warlord-and-opium-pioneer-of-the-golden-triangle-olive-yang-dies-aged-90/

 

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Krabi massacre suspects handed over to police

By The Nation

 

 

KRABI: -- All eight suspects in the massacre of a family in Krabi province were handed over to police Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993558-krabi-massacre-suspects-handed-over-to-police/

 

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Yingluck verdict to be delivered August 25

By The Nation

 

Yingluck Shinawatra

 

BANGKOK: -- The verdict in the criminal case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be delivered on August 25, the Supreme Court announced on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993559-yingluck-verdict-to-be-delivered-august-25/

 

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Bangkok raid nets four suspects and leaves

By Khanathit Srihirandej 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Four suspects were netted, along with 4.5 kilograms of Krathom leaves, in a pre-dawn police raid of the Rom Klao Housing Estate's flats number 17-18 in Bangkok's Lat Krabang district, Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpan, head of the 191 emergency response unit, announced on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993562-bangkok-raid-nets-four-suspects-and-leaves/

 

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Tour guide arrested over suspected wallet theft at airport

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Suvarnabhumi Airport police Friday arrested an assistant tour guide for allegedly stealing the wallet of a Thai passenger waiting to depart the airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993564-tour-guide-arrested-over-suspected-wallet-theft-at-suvarnabhumi/

 

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Social contract to be endorsed by supreme body by Monday, says General 

By The Nation

 

Maj-General Kongcheep Tantrawanich

 

BANGKOK: -- The reconciliation preparation committee is ready to submit the so-called social contract to the supreme body for national strategy, reform, and reconciliation chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The supreme body is then expected to endorse it by Monday before introducing it to the public.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993566-social-contract-to-be-endorsed-by-supreme-body-by-monday-says-general/

 

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New law applicable in Thaksin cases: Wissanu

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, a noted legal expert, confirmed for the first time on Friday that the new law on court procedures against political office holders in corruption cases could be applied in cases pertaining to fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that have been on hold.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993567-new-law-applicable-in-thaksin-cases-wissanu/

 

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Thai woman says she got kicked out of Bangkok taxi for having bad breath

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Facebook user “Creamy Moomoo I don’t know, I’m artistic.”

 

In the latest taxi driver scandal, a Thai woman claimed a taxi driver kicked her out of the car because she had bad breath, telling her halitosis is “no joking matter.”

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993580-thai-woman-says-she-got-kicked-out-of-bangkok-taxi-for-having-bad-breath/

 

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Names needed for new Government House reception building, rooms

By The Nation

 

 

The government is sorting through suggestions for names for the new reception building of Government House. The building was commissioned by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha himself to receive foreign dignitaries.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993584-names-needed-for-new-government-house-reception-building-rooms/

 

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Myanmar couple arrested over Thai man’s murder, motorcycle theft

By The Nation

 

 

Mae Sot police on Friday arrested a Myanmar couple on suspicion that they murdered a Thai man and took away his motorcycle to sell across the border the previous day.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993585-myanmar-couple-arrested-over-thai-man’s-murder-motorcycle-theft/

 

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Extradition of Vorayuth moves a slow step forward

By Jessada Jantarak 
The Nation

 

 

Police have made little progress in efforts to extradite Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya to face charges related to a much-publicised fatal hit-and-run accident in 2012.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993586-extradition-of-vorayuth-moves-a-slow-step-forward/

 

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Police aim at six Thai celebrities over social-media booze postings

By The Nation

 

 

Police are focused on summoning six Thai celebrities whose pictures with alcoholic beverages were posted and shared on social media. Authorities are considering charges for violating the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993588-police-aim-at-six-thai-celebrities-over-social-media-booze-postings/

 

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Police close AlphaBay, the world’s largest online black market, run by a Canadian expat in Bangkok

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe have closed, Alphabay, the world’s largest illegal online marketplace, which was run by a Canadian expat in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/23075-2/23075/

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Former MPs brother charged with procuring girls

By Kampanart La-ong 
The Nation

 

 

A former MP’s elder brother has been arrested over allegations that he was linked to a North-based prostitution gang that lured hill-tribal girls into the flesh trade via social media. He maintained that he was innocent and would testify only on court.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993597-former-mps-brother-charged-with-procuring-girls/

 

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Massive flaw in Facebook security let anyone access your account

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A major flaw has been found with Facebook’s account recovery feature that allows practically anyone to break into an account, a security researcher has revealed.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/massive-flaw-facebook-security-let-anyone-access-account/23080/

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to be unveiled on 23 August

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Invitations have now been sent out for the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which will take place at an event in New York on August 23.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-unveiled-23-august/23085/

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B7.3mn insurance payout for Phuket bus crash victims

The Phuket News

 

The July 10 crash left two people dead and 23 injured. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A total of B7.3 million in insurance payouts has been made to the family of the two Chinese tourists killed when a bus crashed on Patong Hill on July 10.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993605-b73mn-insurance-payout-for-phuket-bus-crash-victims/

 

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