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Venezuela's opposition takes to streets to seize momentum against Maduro

By Mayela Armas and Angus Berwick

 

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Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans will take to the streets on Wednesday as the opposition hopes to capitalize on several weeks of momentum and force a change in the government of President Nicolas Maduro, who has overseen economic collapse and the erosion of democracy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080174-venezuelas-opposition-takes-to-streets-to-seize-momentum-against-maduro/

 

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Some Bangkok Schools Cancel Classes Due To Pollution

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Students wear masks at at Patai Udom Suksa School on Jan. 15 in Bangkok, where all outdoor activities and physical education classes were canceled.

 

BANGKOK — Western students have snow days off from school, Thai students have flood days, and now, days off from school due to smog.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080176-some-bangkok-schools-cancel-classes-due-to-pollution/

 

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Thai Immigration Ends Practice Of Jailing Children

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Top: Inmates at Immigration Detention Center, or IDC, speak to reporters Monday.

 

BANGKOK — Children are no longer being held in that nation’s immigration detention facilities, immigration police said Wednesday in a move lauded by human rights advocates.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080202-thai-immigration-ends-practice-of-jailing-children/

 

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Four workers killed, five badly hurt as crane collapses at Bangkok construction site

By The Nation

 

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Four workers were killed and five others injured when the top part of a crane broke off and fell on them at a condominium construction site on Bangkok’s Rama 3 Road on Wednesday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080203-four-workers-killed-five-badly-hurt-as-crane-collapses-at-bangkok-construction-site/

 

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Thailand on alert for virus-laden Chinese pork

By The Nation

 

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FILE photo: Phuket International Airport

 

Thai authorities are carefully screening pork products being carried in by travellers from China and Mongolia after the World Organisation for Animal Health warned last week of outbreaks of African swine fever in those countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080207-thailand-on-alert-for-virus-laden-chinese-pork/

 

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Unfriended: Marijuana cancer-cure claim on Facebook leads to arrest

By The Nation

 

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Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

A Chiang Mai man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly claiming on Facebook that he was a doctor and the marijuana he was selling could cure cancer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080210-unfriended-marijuana-cancer-cure-claim-on-facebook-leads-to-arrest/

 

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Bhumjai Thai poised to fight election: Supachai

 

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Photo : Supachai Jaisamut

 

The Bhumjai Thai Party on Wednesday announced its readiness to compete in the general election, saying it aims to become the main party in forming the government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080211-bhumjai-thai-poised-to-fight-election-supachai/

 

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Thousands mourn northeastern monk

By Sumalee Suwannakorn 
The Nation

 

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Around 64,000 mourners paid their respects on Tuesday to the late northeastern monk Luang Phor Koon Parisuttho, whose body was among the 647 "Khru Yai" cadavers placed for Abhidhamma prayer at Khon Kaen University's (KKU) Golden Jubilee Convention Hall since Monday before the royally sponsored cremation rites are held on January 29.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080224-thousands-mourn-northeastern-monk/

 

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Thailand to hold first general election since coup on March 24

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will hold a general election to restore civilian rule on March 24, the election commission said on Wednesday, announcing a new date for the often postponed vote, which will be the first since a 2014 military coup.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080245-thailand to-hold-first-general-election-since-coup-on-march-24/

 

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'Yoda' fears over National Portrait Gallery development

 

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Street performers dressed as floating Yodas are often found outside the National Gallery

 

There are fears a £35m revamp of London's National Portrait Gallery could have an unforeseen dark side - in the shape of an army of floating Yodas.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080249-yoda-fears-over-national-portrait-gallery-development/

 

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Oscars 2019: James Bulger's mother 'disgusted' at nomination for film about son's killing

by ELLA WILLS

 

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Disgusted: Denise Fergus, the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger ( PA )

 

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has said she is "disgusted" after a documentary about her son's death was nominated for an Oscar.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080251-oscars-2019-james-bulgers-mother-disgusted-at-nomination-for-film-about-sons-killing/

 

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Chris Brown released without charge after being held over rape claim in Paris

by Clark Mindock

 

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Chris Brown has been released from French custody without being charged after rape allegations were made against the 29-year-old singer, according to French prosecutors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080253-chris-brown-released-without-charge-after-being-held-over-rape-claim-in-paris/

 

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Motorcycle messenger gets one-month detention for knocking down schoolgirl

By The Nation

 

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A motorcyclist messenger who knocked down a 16-year-old student at a bus-stop in Bangkok last November was on Wednesday sentenced to a one-month detention without suspension by the Northern Phra Nakhon Sub-District Court.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080256-motorcycle-messenger-gets-one-month-detention-for-knocking-down-schoolgirl/

 

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PM and his four ministers urged to clarify their political stances now Royal Decree issued

By The Nation

 

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File photo : Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong (2nd from L), Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana, Science and Technology Minister Suvit Maesincee and Prime Minister’s Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool.

 

Thai Raksa Chart Party leader on Wednesday called for the prime minister to clarify if he will be running in the upcoming elections now that the Royal Decree has been issued. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080257-pm-and-his-four-ministers-urged-to-clarify-their-political-stances-now-royal-decree-issued/

 

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Thai baht's strength in line with regional peers: central bank

 

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A Thailand Baht note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Strength in Thailand's baht is in line with regional currencies, as the dollar has weakened, the central bank said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080258-thai-bahts-strength-in-line-with-regional-peers-central-bank/

 

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Prisoners register for health-care scheme

By The Nation

 

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A total of 261,672 inmates, or 91 per cent of the country's 286,671 prisoners, have registered with the National Health Security Office (NHSO) for the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), said NHSO chief Sakchai Kanjanawatana.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080260-prisoners-register-for-health-care-scheme/

 

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True and 7-11 sell Samsung smartphone

By The Nation

 

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TrueMove H and 7-11 have announced a special offer for the Samsung Galaxy J6 Plus which boasts improved signal strength and speed, and is now available exclusively ‪at 7-11, it said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080261-true-and-7-11-sell-samsung-smartphone/

 

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German man dies after seven-storey fall in Patong

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The German man died after reportedly falling seven storeys from the apartment block in Patong. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A 52-year-old German man has died after falling from a seventh-floor balcony in Patong this morning (Jan 23).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080281-german-man-dies-after-seven-storey-fall-in-patong/

 

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UPDATE: Five workers killed, six hurt as crane collapses in Bangkok

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION

 

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FIVE WORKERS were killed and six others injured when the top of a crane broke off and fell on them at a condominium construction site in Bangkok’s Yannawa district on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080203-four-workers-killed-five-badly-hurt-as-crane-collapses-at-bangkok-construction-site/?do=findComment&comment=13767410

 

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Brit who dealt drugs in Thailand complains about ‘torture’ of prison sentence

by Zoe Drewett

 

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A British man says going to prison for dealing drugs in Thailand was ‘torture’.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1080289-brit-who-dealt-drugs-in-thailand-complains-about-‘torture’-of-prison-sentence/

 

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