Video: Traffic cop on the scene as knife wielding school boys run amok in Bangkok

 

 

A video posted online showed teenage schoolboys in shorts threatening each other with knives and swords.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994371-video-traffic-cop-on-the-scene-as-knife-wielding-school-boys-run-amok-in-bangkok/

Swiss family's Koh Tao escape from near death - thanks to life jackets

 

 

Four members of a Swiss family who got thrown in the high seas around Koh Tao nearly became more victims of the island's dubious reputation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994366-swiss-familys-koh-tao-escape-from-near-death-thanks-to-life-jackets/

Yingluck says her bank accounts confiscated, money withdrawn

By The Nation

 

 

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday disputed a remark by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that authorities have not yet frozen her bank accounts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994368-yingluck-says-her-bank-accounts-confiscated-money-withdrawn/

Oishi staff member agrees to drop charges as dad forks out 10,000 baht for toilet video son

 

Picture: TNews

 

PATTAYA: -- A father handed over 10,000 baht to an employee at Oishi Buffet in South Pattaya after his son was caught videoing her on the toilet.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994388-oishi-staff-member-agrees-to-drop-charges-as-dad-forks-out-10000-baht for-toilet-video-son/

 

UPDATE:

 

Yingluck faces indictment over payments to protest victims

By NATTAPAT PROMKAEW 
THE NATION

 

File photo: Protesters at 2010

 

BANGKOK: -- THE National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) plans to indict former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and 33 of her former Cabinet members for allegedly approving compensation for victims of political violence without legal endorsement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994340-yingluck-faces-indictment-over-compensation-payouts/?page=2#comment-12123330

 

Ex-PM challenges top court

By THE NATION

 

Yingluck Shinawatra

 

As judgement day nears, Yingluck files fresh plea seeking a ruling from Constitutional Court in rice-pledging scandal

BANGKOK: -- FORMER PRIME MINISTER Yingluck Shinawatra has again requested the Supreme Court to seek a Constitutional Court ruling on a legal issue involving the case against her of negligence in the management of the rice pledging case, challenging the highest court’s decision to reject her previous petition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994389-ex-pm-yingluck-challenges-thailands-top-court/

 

Opinion

Thai-Chinese rail project: The arduous task of finding 'win-win' formula

By Suthichai Yoon 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in town earlier this week and, to nobody’s surprise, the main topic he raised with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was the Thai-Chinese railway project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994392-thai-chinese-rail-project-the-arduous-task-of-finding-win-win-formula/

 

EDITORIAL:

Teen’s death illuminates state hospital woes

By The Nation

 

Whether the boy died of a ‘rare’ ailment or from waiting too long, changes are needed 

BANGKOK: -- The death of a teenage patient at a provincial hospital last week has triggered public uproar, including drama on the social media, and at the same time highlighted severe problems in the country’s public health system, particularly at state-run hospitals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994393-thai-teen’s-death-illuminates-state-hospital-woes/

 

Rayong Bay a 'dead sea' for fishermen

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Fishing boats are left abandoned on the beach in Rayong. Many fishermen have quit their jobs because the number of fish is significantly lower since the 2013 oil spill.

 

Four years after oil spill, situation has not returned to normal.

 

RAYONG: -- PEOPLE in Rayong, especially fishermen, are still suffering the consequences of a major oil spill in Rayong Bay four years ago, because fish have not returned. However, PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC), which took control of the cleanup, insists that the marine ecosystem has recovered to its normal state.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994395-rayong-bay-a-dead-sea-for-fishermen/

 

UPDATE:

 

Dam gates to be opened amid heavy rains

By THE NATION

 

Protected by an umbrella and raincoat, a resident wades through floodwater amid heavy downpours in Kalasin's Muang district yesterday.

 

BANGKOK: -- WITH TROPICAL depression Sonca looming and heavy rainfall expected, the Royal Irrigation Department has ordered water released from 11 major dams in the North, Northeast and Central region. There is a possibility of flooding in Ang Thong and Ayutthaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994293-dams-unplugged-as-‘sonca’-threatens-heavy-rains/?do=findComment&comment=12123361

 

Lenders alerted to impact of slashed limit on credit card loans

By THE NATION 

 

 

BOT MOVE MAY TRIM INTEREST INCOME BY UP TO BT900M FOR FINAL QUARTER

 

BANGKOK: -- THE combined interest-based income of commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions will drop by Bt750 million to Bt900 million in the fourth quarter after a move by the central bank to slash the ceiling for interest charged on credit card loans by 2 percentage points, a research house forecasts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994396-lenders-alerted-to-impact-of-slashed-limit-on-credit-card-loans/

 

Aussie ‘Solo Man’ Mark Coutelas arrested for meth, again

The Phuket News

 

Mark Coutelas after his arrest in Phuket in 2014. photo: The Phuket News / file

 

SIHANOUKVILLE: -- Mark Coutelas, made famous by the iconic “Solo” lemon-flavoured soft drink advertisements in Australia in the 1980s and arrested in Phuket for crystal meth twice, now faces drugs charges in Cambodia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994397-aussie-‘solo-man’-mark-coutelas-arrested-for-meth-in-cambodia/

 

Red light jumper caught with gun, drugs

Phuket Gazette

 

The truck driver was charged with possession of a category 1 drug, possession of a weapon and ammunition without permission, and disobeying a red light. Photo: Ruam Jai Volunteer Line Group

 

PHUKET: -- A man was arrested after running a red light in Karon, but later found to be in possession of illegal substances. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994398-red-light-jumper-caught-with-gun-drugs-in-phuket/

 

Mahidol professor wins 2017 Outstanding Scientist award

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 July 2017, (NNT) - A Mahidol astrophysicist has won the 2017 Outstanding Scientist award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under Royal Patronage. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994400-mahidol-professor-wins-2017-outstanding-scientist-award/

 

UPDATE:

 

Trump to ban transgender U.S. military personnel, reversing Obama

By Phil Stewart and Doina Chiacu

 

Crowds of people seen protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military, in Times Square, New York, U.S., July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ban transgender people from the U.S. military, an action appealing to some in his conservative political base but sowing confusion about the fate of thousands of transgender service members.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994365-trump-no-transgender-people-will-serve-in-us-military-twitter/?do=findComment&comment=12123407

 

Baby Charlie Gard to die in hospice, parents seek more time with him

By Michael Holden and Estelle Shirbon

 

Charlie Gard's parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard read a statement at the High Court after a hearing on their baby's future, in London, Britain July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge gave the parents of Charlie Gard until noon on Thursday to agree arrangements for his death with the hospital caring for him, failing which he would be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube would be removed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994402-baby-charlie-gard-to-die-in-hospice-parents-seek-more-time-with-him/

 

Hezbollah says nearing victory in battle at Lebanon-Syria border

By Ellen Francis

 

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally marking Al-Quds day in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday that the group was close to defeating Nusra Front militants in the battle along the Syrian-Lebanese border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994403-hezbollah-says-nearing-victory-in-battle-at-lebanon-syria-border/

 

Political crisis grips Sweden as confidence vote looms

By Johan Ahlander and Helena Soderpalm

 

The Alliance's party leaders: Annie Loof, Anna Kinberg Batra, Ebba Busch Thor and Jan Bjorklund gather at the Moderate Party headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden July 26, 2017. TT News Agency/Erik Simander/via REUTERS

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A political crisis gripped Sweden on Wednesday after opposition parties called for a no confidence vote they would almost certainly win over a botched outsourcing deal in which sensitive material was transmitted abroad.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994404-political-crisis-grips-sweden-as-confidence-vote-looms/

 

EU court keeps Hamas on terrorism list, removes Tamil Tigers

 

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a protest against Israel's new security measures at the entrance to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Gaza City July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's top court kept Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on the EU terrorism blacklist on Wednesday and removed Sri Lankan separatist rebels, the Tamil Tigers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994405-eu-court-keeps-hamas-on-terrorism-list-removes-tamil-tigers/

 

Greece arrests Russian suspected of running $4 bln bitcoin laundering ring

By Karolina Tagaris , Jack Stubbs and Anna Irrera

 

A Russian man (C) suspected of running a money laundering operation is escorted by plain-clothes police officers to a court in Thessaloniki, Greece July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

 

ATHENS/MOSCOW/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Russian man suspected of being the anonymous mastermind behind one of the world's oldest crypto-currency exchanges and of laundering at least $4 billion has been arrested in Greece, police and sources said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994406-greece-arrests-russian-suspected-of-running-4-bln-bitcoin-laundering-ring/

 

Israel's Netanyahu threatens to shut Al-Jazeera Jerusalem office

 

FILE PHOTO - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem July 23, 2017. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he would work to close the Jerusalem offices of Qatar-based al-Jazeera, accusing the television news network of inciting recent violence in the city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994407-israels-netanyahu-threatens-to-shut-al-jazeera-jerusalem-office/

 

Top EU court adviser deals blow to easterners' refugee battle

By Gabriela Baczynska

 

FILE PHOTO: Migrants on a wooden boat await rescue by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) in the central Mediterranean in international waters off the coast of Sabratha in Libya, April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo

 

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The top European Union court's adviser on Wednesday dismissed a challenge brought by Slovakia and Hungary against the obligatory relocation of refugees across the bloc, dealing a blow to the easterners' migration battles that upset their EU peers.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994408-top-eu-court-adviser-deals-blow-to-easterners-refugee-battle/

 

U.S. Senate aims for a 'skinny' Obamacare repeal as other options fail

By Susan Cornwell and Yasmeen Abutaleb

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senate leaders, struggling to keep a seven-year-old promise to end Obamacare, turned their focus on Wednesday to passing a slimmed-down "skinny" repeal measure that would throw the issue into negotiations with the House of Representatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994409-us-senate-aims-for-a-skinny-obamacare-repeal-as-other-options-fail/

 

Five tourists were missing as a desperate air and sea rescue was mounted off Chumporn last night

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHUMPORN: -- Following the capsizing of the Chokthara 2 vessel carrying 13 tourists and three crew some 11 people were saved, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994412-five-tourists-were-missing-as-a-desperate-air-and-sea-rescue-was mounted-off-chumporn-last-night/

 

Thais warned of crackdown in South Korea on people with and without visas

 

Picture: Manager

 

BANGKOK: -- A post on Facebook reported by Manager has warned Thais thinking of going to South Korea to make sure that everything is in order before they leave Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994420-thais-warned-of-crackdown-in-south-korea-on-people-with-and-without-visas/

 

Man in Chiang Mai claims bank demanded 350,000 baht to return his stolen vehicle

 

Picture: TNews

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A Thai man who had his pick-up stolen has claimed that the bank that leased him the vehicle has demanded 350,000 baht in back payments to get it back.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994421-man-in-chiang-mai-claims-bank-demanded-350000-baht-to-return-his-stolen-vehicle/

 

Thais remember moments from the past with King

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- As the birthday of HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn comes closer, several Thais are recalling with joy the moments when they had a chance to get close to the royal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994423-thais-remember-moments-from-the-past-with-king/

 

The latest hit - protection from sun and rain - now there's only the police to worry about!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Thai Rath reported that traders on the border at Mae Sai in Chiang Rai are doing a roaring trade in the latest fad.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994424-the-latest-hit-protection-from-sun-and-rain-now-theres-only-the police-to-worry-about/

 

One year after IPO, Japanese chat app Line reports drop in user numbers

BY REUTERS

 

 

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Line Corp said its number of monthly active users fell from the previous quarter, its first such decline, underscoring the messaging app operator’s struggles to grow outside its home country since last year’s high-profile IPO.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/one-year-ipo-japanese-chat-app-line-reports-drop-user-numbers/23195/

Google’s new SOS Alerts can help you in a crisis

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A new service has been launched by Google called ‘SOS Alerts’.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/googles-new-sos-alerts-can-help-crisis/23198/