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Gold Elite Paris unveils Samsung Galaxy S8+ in gold edition

BY THE NATION

 

 

Gold Elite Paris has collaborated with Samsung Thailand to bring out a limited edition of the hi-tech Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus in golden finishing in response to the glamorous lifestyle of high-end society.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/gold-elite-paris-unveils-samsung-galaxy-s8-gold-edition/23671/

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Trump dumps controversial chief strategist Bannon in latest upheaval

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to chief strategist Steve Bannon during a swearing in ceremony for senior staff at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 22, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/FILE PHOTO

 

WASHINGTON/HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday fired chief strategist Stephen Bannon in the latest White House shake-up, removing the far-right architect of his 2016 election victory and a driving force behind his anti-globalisation and pro-nationalist agenda.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997881-trump-dumps-controversial-chief-strategist-bannon-in-latest-upheaval/

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British television entertainer Bruce Forsyth dies aged 89 - BBC

 

FILE PHOTO: TV presenter and entertainer Bruce Forsyth performs on the Avalon Stage at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British television presenter and entertainer Bruce Forsyth, who appeared for decades on a string of Saturday night primetime shows, has died at the age of 89, the BBC reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997883-british-television-entertainer-bruce-forsyth-dies-aged-89-bbc/

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Two dead, six wounded in knife attack in Finland

By Tuomas Forsell

 

Finnish police patrol in front of the Central Railway Station, after stabbings in Turku, in Central Helsinki, Finland August 18, 2017. LEHTIKUVA/Linda Manner via REUTERS

 

TURKU, Finland (Reuters) - A man with a knife killed two people and wounded six others in a stabbing rampage in a market square in the Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997884-two-dead-six-wounded-in-knife-attack-in-finland/

 

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Tillerson condemns racism, calls for national reconciliation

By Yeganeh Torbati

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual report at the State Department in Washington, U.S. August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a forceful condemnation of "bigotry in all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he promised to work toward making the government more racially diverse.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997885-tillerson-condemns-racism-calls-for-national-reconciliation/

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UK PM May says looking into reports of missing child in Barcelona attack

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stands on the flight deck as she speaks to crew members of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, during her tour of the ship, after it arrived at Portsmouth Naval base, its new home port, in Portsmouth, Britain August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Stansall/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Britain was looking into reports of a missing child with dual British nationality after a suspected Islamist militant killed 14 people and wounded scores of others in Barcelona.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997886-uk-pm-may-says-looking-into-reports-of-missing-child-in-barcelona-attack/

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Venezuela's constituent assembly assumes power to legislate

By Brian Ellsworth and Corina Pons

 

FILE PHOTO: National Constituent Assembly President Delcy Rodriguez attends to one of its session in Caracas, Venezuela August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's new legislative superbody on Friday gave itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress and fuelling criticism by government adversaries that socialist President Nicolas Maduro is consolidating a dictatorship.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997887-venezuelas-constituent-assembly-assumes-power-to-legislate/

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Erdogan tells Turks in Germany to vote against Merkel

By Bulent Usta

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of his ruling AK Party's foundation in Ankara, Turkey, August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were enemies of Turkey and called on Turks in Germany to vote against major parties in next month's elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997888-erdogan-tells-turks-in-germany-to-vote-against-merkel/

 

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Barcelona van attacker among five killed by police - Spanish media

By Andrés González, Angus Berwick and Carlos Ruano

 

Workers place concrete barriers to prevent possible attacks on the walk "Muelle Uno" a day after a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas, outside town hall in Malaga, Spain August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The driver of the van that ploughed into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people, was one of five men shot dead by police in a Catalan seaside resort hours later, Spanish newspapers reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997890-barcelona-van-attacker-among-five-killed-by-police-spanish-media/

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Syrian army, Hezbollah attack Islamic State near Lebanon border

 

Lebanese soldiers fire artilleries in Ras Baalbek, Lebanon August 17, 2017. REUTERS/ Hassan Abdallah

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army and Hezbollah attacked a pocket of territory occupied by Islamic State straddling the border with Lebanon from the Syrian side, seizing a number of hilltops on Friday, a Hezbollah military media unit said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997891-syrian-army-hezbollah-attack-islamic-state-near-lebanon-border/

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The Philippines’ elections chief Bautista faces probe of hidden wealth

 

 

The Philippine Senate will next week start investigating allegations that Elections Commission chairman Andres Bautista amassed ill-gotten wealth reportedly stashed in a thrift bank, according to The Manila Times Online on Friday (Aug 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997892-the-philippines’-elections-chief-bautista-faces-probe-of-hidden-wealth/

 

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Central co-hosts second Vietnamese Goods Week

By THE NATION

 

Products on show are all ‘Made in Vietnam’ and are also on sales at Central Group’s outlets in Vietnam.

 

VIETNAM’S Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is visiting Thailand to open the second annual Vietnamese Goods Week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997893-central-co-hosts-second-vietnamese-goods-week/

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NCPO offers apology to media over Sansern’s request for cooperation

 

 

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has offered an apology to the media after government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd requested the media to report on the work of individual ministers during the mobile cabinet meeting in Nakhon Ratchasima on Aug 21-22.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997894-ncpo-offers-apology-to-media-over-sansern’s-request-for-cooperation/

 

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South bombing investigation reports to police chief

 

 

One year after the bombing incidents which occurred in seven southern provinces on Aug 12 last year, police have finished the investigation on nearly all of the cases, deputy police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Friday (Aug 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997895-south-bombing-investigation-reports-to-police-chief/

 

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Honda CR-V gets 5-star Asean rating

By The Nation

 

 

The all-new Honda CR-V has become the first model to be awarded a five-star rating under the new Asean NCAP Assessment 2017-20 protocol.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997896-honda-cr-v-gets-5-star-asean-rating/

 

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Class Cafe serves up expansion

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

Marut embraces digital marketing in a storytelling platform to promote the Class Cafe brand.

 

MARUT Chumkhuntod is brewing up an ambitious expansion plan for his Class Cafe chain that will see it spread from its base in the Northeast to take on the big domestic and international coffee house operators nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997897-class-cafe-serves-up-expansion/

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Durian farmer tastes success on value-added path

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE 
THE NATION

 

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WICHAN TUKWUN turned a crisis into an opportunity when he and his family struck on the freezing of durian and freeze-dried processing of it as ways of countering a plunge in prices for the fruit they grew.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997898-durian-farmer-tastes-success-on-value-added-path/

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Bt13 billion seized in rice pledge case, says AMLO

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Days before Yingluck verdict, anti-money laundering office boasts of assets frozen in relation to high-profile scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997899-bt13-billion-seized-in-rice-pledge-case-says-amlo/

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Administrative Court held last hearing on Boonsong’s petition for stay of execution

 

 

The Central Administrative Court on Friday (Aug 18) held the last hearing on a petition by former Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, former Deputy Commerce Minister Poom Saraphol and three other ex-commerce officials for a stay of execution of a Commerce Ministry’s order freezing their assets to compensate for the loss in the G-to-G rice deals estimated at about 20 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997900-administrative-court-held-last-hearing-on-boonsong’s-petition-for-stay-of-execution/

 

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Five suspects hunted after deadly hostage-taking drama in deep South

By THE NATION

 

 

AUTHORITIES have identified at least five suspected insurgents who took part in the bloody hostage-taking drama on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997903-five-suspects-hunted-after-deadly-hostage-taking-drama-in-deep-south/

 

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Flak over new network set up to buy medicine

By THE NATION

 

 

NHSO goes ahead with decision despite some concerns over legality, efficiency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997904-flak-over-new-network-set-up-to-buy-medicine/

 

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Sansern to pursue his plan to seek media ‘cooperation’

By THE NATION

 

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS Department chief Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd yesterday confirmed to The Nation that he would stick to his plan to ask for “cooperation” from media during the Cabinet trip next week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997905-sansern-to-pursue-his-plan-to-seek-media-‘cooperation’/

 

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Congo landslide death toll likely to rise over 200 - Ituri vice governor

 

DAKAR (Reuters) - A landslide in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo likely killed more than 200 people, based on estimates from the number of households submerged, the vice governor of affected Ituri province said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997913-congo-landslide-death-toll-likely-to-rise-over-200-ituri-vice-governor/

 

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South Africa has granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity: source

By Ed Cropley

 

President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace attend a rally of his ruling ZANU (PF) in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe's first lady, Grace Mugabe, allowing her to return to Harare and avoid prosecution for the alleged assault of a 20-year-old model, a security source said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997915-south-africa-has-granted-grace-mugabe-diplomatic-immunity-source/

 

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Taylor Swift goes blank on social media, sending fans into frenzy

 

FILE PHOTO: Singer-Songwriter Taylor Swift arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" in the Manhattan borough of New York, May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift, one of the most popular celebrities on social media, wiped all her accounts on Friday, sending fans into a frenzy over whether the pop singer had been hacked, was preparing to launch a new album, or was about to reinvent herself.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997918-taylor-swift-goes-blank-on-social-media-sending-fans-into-frenzy/

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U.S. Judge rejects bid by Polanski's 1977 rape victim to end case

By Jill Serjeant

 

FILE PHOTO: Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski looks on as he attends a news conference in Krakow, Poland October 30, 2015. REUTERS/Agencja Gazeta/Mateusz Skwarczek

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Friday rejected a request by the woman who was raped by director Roman Polanski 40 years ago to have the criminal case against him dismissed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997921-us-judge-rejects-bid-by-polanskis-1977-rape-victim-to-end-case/

 

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White House lawyer Cobb predicts quick end to Mueller probe

By Karen Freifeld

 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller (R) departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House special counsel Ty Cobb predicts the cloud of an investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election will soon be lifted from President Donald Trump and says he would be "embarrassed" if it still hangs over the president in 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997922-white-house-lawyer-cobb-predicts-quick-end-to-mueller-probe/

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Solar eclipse to be streamed live for first time, from balloons

By Nathan Frandino

 

A balloon carries cameras and other equipment that will be used to monitor the coming solar eclipse during a test launch with students and faculty with the College of Charleston for the Space Grant Ballooning Project on board a US Coast Guard response boat at sea near Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. August 17, 2017. Location coordinates for this image are 32º41' 975" N 79º44'195" W. REUTERS/Randall Hill

 

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Next week's solar eclipse will be streamed live online for the first time, from the vantage point of helium-filled balloons across the United States, providing the public with sky-high views as the moon blocks the sun.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997924-solar-eclipse-to-be-streamed-live-for-first-time-from-balloons/

 

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Used car dealers in deep South on high alert 

 

 

Used car dealers in the deep South were alerted and advised to increase their safety measures after southern militants eye vehicles for conversion to car bombs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997927-used-car-dealers-in-deep-south-on-high-alert/

 

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Smart visas get nod to spur investment

By The Nation

 

 

The Committee on National Strategic Management yesterday gave the green light to the introduction of smart visas for foreign business operators, investors and employees.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997836-4-year-professional-visas-get-green-light/?page=5&tab=comments#comment-12193351