Trump pushes debunked 'pig's blood' myth, hours after Barcelona attack

 

US President Donald Trump has invoked a debunked myth about a general who fought Islamist militants by using pig's blood to commit mass executions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997751-trump-pushes-debunked-pigs-blood-myth-hours-after-barcelona-attack/

 

Texas: Video of invasive search shows 'rape by cop', says lawyer

 

The lawyer for a black woman in the US state of Texas has released a police video which he says shows that she was subjected to an invasive search that amounts to "rape by cop".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997752-texas-video-of-invasive-search-shows-rape-by-cop-says-lawyer/

 

School building in Nong Bua Lamphu destroyed by fire

By The Nation

 

A two-storey school building in Nong Bua Lamphu’s Nonesung was burned down on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997754-school-building-in-nong-bua-lamphu-destroyed-by-fire/

 

UPDATE:

Thai embassy warns Thais to avoid Barcelona street following terror attack

By The Nation

 

Tourists wait for the police to allow them to come back to their hotel on the Rambla boulevard after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona./AFP

 

MADRID: -- The Thai embassy in Madrid issued a warning for Thais to avoid La Rambla street and other crowded areas in the heart of Barcelona following an attack that killed 13 people and injured more than 50 others on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997718-van-ploughs-through-crowd-in-barcelona-killing-about-12/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-12189983

 

U.S., Japan step up defence cooperation to counter North Korea

By Yeganeh Torbati

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R), together with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L), holds a news conference after their U.S.-Japan Security talks at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Japan will step up their defence cooperation to deal with the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea as tensions in East Asia remain high, officials from the two allies said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997756-us-japan-step-up-defence-cooperation-to-counter-north-korea/

 

Statue defaced as U.S. Confederate monument protests grow

By Ian Simpson

 

Damage done to the face of a statue of Confederate commander General Robert E. Lee is seen, at Duke University's Duke Chapel in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was defaced at North Carolina's Duke University and there were more arrests on Thursday over the toppling of a similar statue as communities in the U.S. South faced a contentious debate over such divisive monuments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997757-statue-defaced-as-us-confederate-monument-protests-grow/

 

UPDATE:

 

Spain hunts driver who killed 13 in Barcelona, says foils bomb plot

By Andrés González and Richard Martin

 

Forensic police officers search for clues near the area where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997718-van-ploughs-through-crowd-in-barcelona-killing-about-12/?do=findComment&comment=12190096

 

Fire damages temple in Ayutthaya

 

By JS100 radio

 

A temple in Ayutthaya was damaged by fire early Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997766-fire-damages-temple-in-ayutthaya/

 

Kingsgate Jumps Most in 20 Years as Thailand Ends Suspension

By David Stringer

 

- Chatree mine was closed in December after government ruling

- Chairman warns producer may lack funds to restart gold mine

 

Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd., the Australian producer that shuttered Thailand’s biggest gold mine following a licensing dispute, advanced the most in almost 20 years after the nation’s government said a suspension had been lifted. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997768-kingsgate-jumps-most-in-20-years-as-thailand-ends-suspension/

 

Beach cleanup finished, new vendor rules take effect

 

PATTAYA:--The six-week “resurfacing” of Pattaya Beach came to an end this week with sand being flipped over the final work area and new rules for chair vendors about to take effect.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997767-beach-cleanup-finished-new-vendor-rules-take-effect/

 

Navy cleans garbage-strewn Had Tien Beach

 

PATTAYA:--More than 100 sailors cleaned Had Tien Beach after a tidal wave of garbage washed ashore.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997769-navy-cleans-garbage-strewn-had-tien-beach/

 

Central Road to be dug up for (at least) 90 days

PATTAYA:--Drivers should prepare for at least three months of detours and traffic nightmares on Central Road as the Provincial Electricity Authority digs up and closes off portions of the street to bury power lines underground.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997770-central-road-to-be-dug-up-for-at-least-90-days/

 

Flood alert as Amnart Charoen reservoir set to release water

By The Nation

 

People living along a canal downstream from the Amnart Charoen reservoir have been warned of possible flash flooding as officials have to release water from it over fears the reservoir may overflow in the next round of heavy rains.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997772-flood-alert-as-amnart-charoen-reservoir-set-to-release-water/

 

Pattaya confirms 4-way intersection to replace Dolphin Roundabout

 

PATTAYA:--The death sentence has been handed down for Pattaya’s Dolphin Roundabout, which will be replaced with a four-way intersection, although the landmark sea mammal will remain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997773-pattaya-confirms-4-way-intersection-to-replace-dolphin-roundabout/

 

Microsoft is bringing its controversial Skype update to desktop

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Skype on desktop is about to get a major update and a word of warning – you are probably going to hate it.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-bringing-controversial-skype-update-desktop/23653/

Health official given deadline for defence in sexual harassment case

By The Nation

 

A man working for the Public Health Ministry has been given until the end of Friday to offer a defence against accusations that he sexually harassed four female subordinates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997776-health-official-given-deadline-for-defence-in-sexual-harassment-case/

 

Sixth Australian politician declares dual nationality

 

FILE PHOTO - Fiona Nash, Australian Minister for Regional Communications, Regional Development and Local Government and Territories speaks during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, June 21, 2017. AAP/Mick Tsikas via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian senator on Thursday became the sixth politician to have their eligibility to sit in parliament questioned over dual citizenship rules, which proscribe Australians who are dual citizens from being elected to parliament.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997777-sixth-australian-politician-declares-dual-nationality/

 

Microsoft forced to remove penis pic from the Bing homepage

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Microsoft have been forced to correct an embarrassing blunder that meant an image of a penis drawn in sand was displayed on the homepage of its search engine Bing.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-forced-remove-penis-pic-homepage/23656/

Northern border market under 30cm of floodwater

By The Nation

 

 

The Sai River, swollen by days of heavy rain, flooded markets on both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border late Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997780-northern-border-market-under-30cm-of-floodwater/

 

UPDATE:

 

At least 80 dead after escalation in Philippines war on drugs

By Erik De Castro

 

A member of Philippine National Police Scene of the Crime operative examines a crime scene, where police said, a man was killed during anti-drug operations by the police in Caloocan city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Police killed at least 13 people in Manila on the third night of an escalation in President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs and crime, taking the toll for one of the bloodiest weeks so far to 80, Reuters witnesses and media reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997662-philippines-war-on-drugs-and-crime-intensifies-at-least-58-killed-in-three-days/?do=findComment&comment=12190505

 

Find Hidden Treasures From Bangkok’s Golden Age Of Cinema

(Photos)

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

  

BANGKOK — Back in the golden age of cinema, more than 100 cinema houses beckoned audiences throughout the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997784-find-hidden-treasures-from-bangkok’s-golden-age-of-cinema/

 

Two Russian tourists killed in Surat Thani road crash

By The Nation

 

SURAT THANI: -- Two Russian tourists were killed in Surat Thani on Thursday night when their car was struck by a pickup truck at an intersection without traffic lights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997793-two-russian-tourists-killed-in-surat-thani-road-crash/

 

Who is Who in the court’s panel of judges deliberating rice pledging case

By Thai PBS

 

 

As public attention is focusing on the upcoming August 25 verdict on former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on trial for dereliction of duty over the handling of the rice pledging scheme, little is known about the judges in the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Offices who will decide on her fate or the men who have done the best they can to defend the ex-prime minister.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997794-who-is-who-in-the-court’s-panel-of-judges-deliberating-rice-pledging-case/

 

Pig raisers protest against import of pig meat from the US

By Thai PBS

 

 

Pig-raising associations throughout the country are protesting against what they alleged as “forced” import of pig meat from the US which Americans do not eat into Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997796-pig-raisers-protest-against-import-of-pig-meat-from-the-us/

 

AIS boasts region’s top speeds for mobile

BY THE NATION

By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM
THE NATION

 

 

ADVANCED Info Service (AIS) yesterday kicked off its next generation cellular network, which it claims is the first in Southeast Asia to offer connection speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/ais-boasts-regions-top-speeds-mobile/23662/

Video: Employees to the rescue as pick-up ploughs into cars in Trang

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV caught the moment when a pick-up ploughed into parked cars in southern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997811-video-employees-to-the-rescue-as-pick-up-ploughs-into-cars-in-trang/

 

Mom films herself threatening to hang baby because husband didn’t pick up phone

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Naruemon broke down in tears at the press conference on Aug. 11. Screenshot: TakeCare CH/ YouTube

 

BANGKOK: -- A 28-year-old Bangkok woman filmed herself threatening to hang her one-year-old son last Friday after her husband didn’t pick up her calls and refused to come home from work to take her out to run errands as they had planned.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997812-mom-films-herself-threatening-to-hang-baby-because-husband-didn’t-pick-up-phone/

 

Police kicked my brother when he went in to complain about attack, claims brother

 

 

Tnews showed a video of an altercation at a police station in Roi-Et where a man claimed that his brother was kicked by a policeman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997813-police-kicked-my-brother-when-he-went-in-to-complain-about attack-claims-brother/

 

Don't get caught out! - SCB mobile and internet banking offline tonight

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Siam Commercial Bank announced that their mobile and internet banking operations would be unavailable tonight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997815-dont-get-caught-out-scb-mobile-and-internet-banking-offline-tonight/

 

Fleeing teen just wanted to go home to mum

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a police operation in downtown Trat in eastern Thailand after a teen escaped from a juvenile detention center.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997817-trat-fleeing-teen-just-wanted-to-go-home-to-mum/