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Analysis: Apple doubles down on China as rivals pull ahead

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files

 

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple Inc is binding itself more closely to Chinaas its share of the world’s biggest smartphone market slips and it becomes more reliant on selling services which require government approval.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/analysis-apple-doubles-china-rivals-pull-ahead/23323/

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Planes built for Russian airline may be next U.S. Air Force One

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for travel to Beaver, West Virginia from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing pressure from President Donald Trump to cut the cost of new Air Force One aircraft, the U.S. Air Force is negotiating with Boeing to purchase two 747-8 jetliners that were built for a Russian airline that went bankrupt before they were delivered.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995360-planes-built-for-russian-airline-may-be-next-us-air-force-one/

 

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Seven Welsh priests walk into a bar, get mistaken for stag party

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Seven Roman Catholic priests were refused service in a Welsh pub after staff mistook them for a stag party in fancy dress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995362-seven-welsh-priests-walk-into-a-bar-get-mistaken-for-stag-party/

 

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'Harry Potter' author Rowling apologises over Trump tweets

 

Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has apologised to the family of a wheelchair-bound boy for tweets in which she accused U.S. President Donald Trump of ignoring his proffered hand at a media event.

 

LONDON (Reuters) - "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has apologised to the family of a wheelchair-bound boy for tweets in which she accused U.S. President Donald Trump of ignoring his proffered hand at a media event.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995365-harry-potter-author-rowling-apologises-over-trump-tweets/

 

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Italian man found dead in Phuket hotel

By The Nation

 

PHUKET: -- An Italian man was found dead in the restroom of his hotel room in Phuket with his wrists and throat slit in what police believe to be a suicide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995367-italian-man-found-dead-in-phuket-hotel/

 

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BMA appeals for public to adopt stray dogs from shelters

By The Nation

 

Puppies wait for adoption at Prawet shelter of the BMA.

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is urging the public to visit its two shelters for street dogs and consider adopting them as the city has to pay about Bt15 million every year to feed them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995371-bangkok-administration-appeals-for-public-to-adopt-stray-dogs-from-shelters/

 

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Mother and sons die in Pathum Thani house fire

By The Nation

 

Photo from Romsai Lamlukka Foundation.

 

PATHUM THANI: -- A mother and her three sons died in a fire that engulfed their townhouse in Pathum Thani’s Lamlukka district early Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995372-mother-and-sons-die-in-pathum-thani-house-fire/

 

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Apple has sold 1.2 billion iPhones, shares hit record high

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Aly Song

 

Apple shares sail to record high on healthy iPhone sales

 

(Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday delivered surprisingly strong fiscal third-quarter earnings and signalled that its upcoming 10th-anniversary phone lineup is on schedule, driving the stock up 6 percent to an all-time high in after-hours trading.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-sold-1-2-billion-iphones-shares-hit-record-high/23325/

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 SET up 3.63 points at opening /Bangkok Post

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Italian man found dead in Patong hotel room

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Rescue workers and police arrive at the hotel room yesterday (Aug 1). Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: Police are investigating what appears to be a suicide of an Italian tourist in his hotel room in Patong yesterday (Aug 1).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995367-italian-man-found-dead-in-phuket-hotel/?do=findComment&comment=12142105

 

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Scientists turn to big data in hunt for minerals, oil and gas

By Alister Doyle

 

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/Files

 

OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists searching for everything from oil and gas to copper and gold are adopting techniques used by companies such as Netflix or Amazon to sift through vast amounts of data, a study showed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995376-scientists-turn-to-big-data-in-hunt-for-minerals-oil-and-gas/

 

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Judges meet to decide verdict in 2008 crackdown case

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A panel of nine judges of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division on Political Office Holders held a meeting on Wednesday morning ahead of delivering a verdict in a criminal case involving a former prime minister and his deputy and two former high-ranking police officers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995332-aug-2-judgement-day-for-ex-pm-somchai-and-three-co-defendants/?do=findComment&comment=12142205

 

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Forget Oreo, here’s what the next version of Android could be called

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The next version of Google’s Android operating system will be launched later this year and all we know so far is the name will begin with the letter ‘O’.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/forget-oreo-heres-next-version-android-called/23328/

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The Bank of Thailand to Launch Commemorative Banknotes in Remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej

 

 

Mr. Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor of the Bank of Thailand (BOT), announced that His Majesty King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun had granted royal permission for the BOT to print and issue commemorative banknotes in remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995378-bank-of-thailand-to-launch-commemorative-banknotes-in-remembrance-of-his-majesty-king-bhumibol-adulyadej/

 

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Court allows Democratic states to defend Obamacare payments

By Lawrence Hurley

 

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks in New York, U.S. on June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed Democratic state attorneys general to defend subsidy payments to insurance companies under the Obamacare healthcare law, a critical part of funding for the statute that President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995379-court-allows-democratic-states-to-defend-obamacare-payments/

 

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Complaint of fraud costing over 150 million baht in damage filed with DSI

 

BANGKOK, 2 August 2017 (NNT) – Victims of a pyramid scheme have filed a complaint with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), indicating damages of over 150 million baht. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995380-complaint-of-fraud-costing-over-150-million-baht-in-damage-filed-with-dsi/

 

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DSI announces progress in illegally imported super cars case

 

BANGKOK, 2nd August 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is preparing to take legal action against the importers of 91 high end vehicles on which they failed to pay duty, costing the state billions of baht in lost revenue. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995383-dsi-announces-progress-in-illegally-imported-super-cars-case/

 

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Charging-station network to drive Thailand’s future

BY THE NATION

 

 

Thailand will be home to a large network of public charging stations for electric and hybrid vehicles following an agreement between major industry groups.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/charging-station-network-drive-thailands-future/23330/

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Phuket Red Cross calls for blood donations

The Phuket News

 

The PRBC is calling for blood donations from all walks of life. Photo: PRBC

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Centre (PRBC) invites all to donate blood this month in honour of Queen Sirikit’s 85th birthday on August 12, which remains a public holiday and is also celebrated in Thailand as Mother’s Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995384-phuket-red-cross-calls-for-blood-donations/

 

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Victory Monument shorn of street vendors

By The Nation

 

Wanlop Suwandee, chief adviser to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Governor.

 

BANGKOK: -- Footpaths around the Victory Monument in Bangkok’s Koh Phaya Thai area have been cleared of street vendors obstructing movement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995389-victory-monument-shorn-of-street-vendors/

 

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Phuket lifeguards warn of Portuguese man-o-war

The Phuket News

 

Lifeguards at Nai Yang Beach on Phuket’s northwest coast have issued a warning for Portuguese man-o-war after one of the potentially deadly species washed up on the beach yesterday (Aug 1). Photos: Phuket LIfeguard Service

 

PHUKET: -- Lifeguards at Nai Yang Beach on Phuket’s northwest coast have issued a warning for Portuguese man-o-war after one of the potentially deadly species washed up on the beach yesterday (Aug 1).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995391-phuket-lifeguards-warn-of-portuguese-man-o-war/

 

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Exclusive - Venezuelan vote data casts doubt on turnout at Sunday poll

By Girish Gupta

 

People wait in line next to an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez before voting during the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m. in Venezuela's controversial Constitutional Assembly election on Sunday, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995392-exclusive-venezuelan-vote-data-casts-doubt-on-turnout-at-sunday-poll/

 

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Thai high school student team wins world’s simulated robotic search and rescue competition in Nagoya

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai student robotic team has bagged home a world title in the biggest and most reputable robotic competitions in the world held this year in Japan’s Nagoya Robo Cup 2017 from July 27-31.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995393-thai-high-school-student-team-wins-world’s-simulated-robotic-search-and-rescue-competition-in-nagoya/

 

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Cavalry arrives for 700 flood-stranded families in Nakhon Ratchasima

By The Nation

 

 

Soldiers came to the rescue of about 700 families in a flood-stricken village in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995394-cavalry-arrives-for-700-flood-stranded-families-in-nakhon-ratchasima/

 

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Somchai, police chiefs acquitted over 2008 siege response

By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed charges against former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, his deputy and former police officials regarding the dispersal of a yellow-shirt protest in 2008.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995405-somchai-police-chiefs-acquitted-over-2008-siege-response/

 

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Case thrown out against former Thai PM Somchai in rare win for anti-junta camp

 

Former Thai prime minister Somchai Wongsawat greets supporters as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed a case against former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, a brother-in-law of deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a rare victory for the pro-Thaksin, anti-junta movement.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995405-somchai-police-chiefs-acquitted-over-2008-siege-response/?do=findComment&comment=12142851

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Thai navy stages sea-rescue training in Phuket

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The exercise co-ordinated all the emergency services involved in carrying out sea rescues. Photo: Royal Thai Navy

 

PHUKET: -- The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command carried out a sea-rescue exercise off Cape Panwa yesterday (Aug 1), simulating the recovery of people involved in various marine accidents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995406-thai-navy-stages-sea-rescue-training-in-phuket/

 

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Man jammed under truck as pickup rams Phuket Town bakery

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One of the three customers was jammed under the pickup truck inside the bakery. Photo: Tan Promedic Phuket

 

PHUKET: Three men were injured early this morning (Aug 2) when a sideswipe accident in Phuket Town forced a pickup truck to plough into a bakery, with one of the three men left pinned under the truck.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995407-man-jammed-under-truck-as-pickup-rams-phuket-town-bakery/

 

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Education Council chief ousted in ‘off-season’ transfer

By The Nation

 

Secretary-general of the Education Council, Kamol Rodklai, has been transferred.

 

BANGKOK: -- Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin is unsure why the head of the Office of the Education Council has been transferred, but says it wasn’t his idea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995409-education-council-chief-ousted-in-‘off-season’-transfer/

 

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Bus trip aborted for alleged drug mule

By Pratheep Nanthaparp 
The Nation

 

 

LAMPANG: -- A 20-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night allegedly trying to ferry 120,000 ya ba pills through a drugs checkpoint in Lampang.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995411-bus-trip-aborted-for-alleged-drug-mule-in-lampang/