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Ukraine enters uncharted waters after comedian wins presidency

By Andrew Osborn and Matthias Williams

 

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FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019./File Photo

 

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Monday after near final results showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had dramatically upended the status quo and won the country's presidential election by a landslide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096574-ukraine-enters-uncharted-waters-after-comedian-wins-presidency/

 

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Myanmar's top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

By Shoon Naing and Simon Lewis

 

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FILE PHOTO: Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 20, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096576-myanmars-top-court-rejects-final-appeal-by-jailed-reuters-journalists/

 

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Brits could be banned from smoking on popular tourist beaches in Ibiza and Majorca as police patrol new zones banning cigarettes

The government hope the crackdown on cigarettes will reduce litter and waste on the beaches

By Rita Sobot

 

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TOURISTS could soon face a smoking ban on beaches across Spain.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096578-tourists-could-soon-face-a-smoking-ban-on-beaches-across-spain/

 

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Power outage in Chalong announced

By The Phuket News

 

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PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Chalong branch has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Chalong on Wednesday (Apr 24) as work is carried out on high voltage power cables.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096581-power-outage-in-chalong-announced/

 

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Thon Buri pub raided after hours, 38 patrons test positive for drugs

By The Nation

 

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Troops and police raided a pub in Bangkok’s Thon Buri district overnight on Tuesday and found that 38 of its patrons tested positive to drug abuse.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096591-thon-buri-pub-raided-after-hours-38-patrons-test-positive-for-drugs/

 

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Democratic presidential candidates divided over impeaching Trump

By Tim Reid

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to board Marine One en route to his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A group of Democratic presidential candidates were divided on Monday over whether Republican President Donald Trump should be impeached, reflecting a broader split in the Democratic Party over how to react to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian election meddling.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096596-democratic-presidential-candidates-divided-over-impeaching-trump/

 

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BOT organizes FX risk management training for SMEs entrepreneurs

 

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BANGKOK, 23 April 2019(NNT) - For small and medium-sized enterprises or SME entrepreneurs who are involved in international trade and have to cope with currency fluctuations, the Bank of Thailand or BOT has organized the FX risk management program for SMEs, which requires the SME operators to buy currency insurance for 50,000 baht per enterprise, but they must also attend training to enhance their financial knowledge.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096602-bot-organizes-fx-risk-management-training-for-smes-entrepreneurs/

 

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Phuket’s water supply in a critical situation

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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Phuket’s water lords are now admitting the island’s water situation is in a critical situation – a situation they have had the power to avert but have chosen instead to ‘hope’ for monsoonal rains and go in search of alternative water sources to top up the dwindling catchment resources.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096605-phuket’s-water-supply-in-a-critical-situation/

 

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Two young boys drown trying to cool down in Sa Kaew pond

By The Nation

 

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Two young boys drowned on Monday after they sneaked from their homes in Sa Kaew’s Wattana Nakhon district to swim in a village pond, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096608-two-young-boys-drown-trying-to-cool-down-in-sa-kaew-pond/

 

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Phuket has enough water, not a drought crisis: Governor

By The Phuket News

 

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An aerial image of Bang Wad reservoir posted online yesterday (Apr 22). Photo: Chatchanon Patchara

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana held a press conference this morning (Apr 23) to announce that Phuket has enough water reserves to serve mains water supply – that Phuket is not amid a drought crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096620-phuket-has-enough-water-not-a-drought-crisis-governor/

 

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Mother says customer paying for sex with girl was her father

By The Nation 

 

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A 28-year-old woman, who had been arrested in Chachoengsao for allegedly selling her five-year-old daughter for sex, revealed on Tuesday that the 52-year-old customer who was allegedly caught in the act and was also arrested at the time, was the little girl's biological father. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096625-chachoengsao-mother-says-customer-paying-for-sex-with-girl-was-her-father/

 

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Thai man slashed to death at Seremban restaurant

By Nur Aqidah Azizii

 

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(File pix) A Thai man was slashed to death at a restaurant in Taman Bukit Emas, Rahang, Negri Sembilan. Pix courtesy of NST Reader

 

SEREMBAN: A Thai man was slashed to death at a restaurant in Taman Bukit Emas, Rahang here, on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096626-thai-man-slashed-to-death-at-seremban-restaurant/

 

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Defence Ministry dismisses report on Gen Prawit’s wealth

 

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Thailand’s Ministry of Defence has described as false a report on an overseas-based website which named Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, also defence minister, as being among Asia’s 45 richest people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096632-defence-ministry-dismisses-report-on-gen-prawit’s-wealth/

 

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Thai death penalty threat over floating home sparks 'seasteading' debate

By Rina Chandran

 

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A Royal Thai navy ship drags a floating home, lived in by an American man and his Thai partner, in the Andaman Sea, off Phuket Island in Thailand, April 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The threat of death sentences against a couple who set up an offshore home near a Thai island, has sparked a debate on the growing "seasteading" movement and the right to create floating settlements to cope with the effects of climate change.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096636-thai-death-penalty-threat-over-floating-home-sparks-seasteading-debate/

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School’s construction does not match approved plan where young girl killed by collapsed wall, says governor

By Kritmet Loho 
The Nation

 

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Khon Kaen governor Somsak Jangtrakul on Tuesday morning led police and related officials to inspect a private school building in Tambon Ban Ped of Muang district, which had been partially collapsed during a hail and rain storm on Monday afternoon, killing a four-year-old girl.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096656-school’s-construction-does-not-match-approved-plan-where-young-girl-killed-by-collapsed-wall-says-governor/

 

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Six Thai zoos feature Master Po Ping in campaign to raise awareness about illegal wildlife trade

By The Nation

 

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Six zoos across Thailand are hosting a campaign featuring Master Po Ping from the “Kung Fu Panda” movie series, in order to raise youth and family awareness about the illegal wildlife trade.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096657-six-thai-zoos-feature-master-po-ping-in-campaign-to-raise-awareness-about-illegal-wildlife-trade/

 

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Man jailed for 26 years for murdering six-month-old stepson, concealing body

By The Nation

 

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The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 26 years and three months in jail for murdering his six-month-old stepson and concealing the body in September last year, and for abusing methamphetamines.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096661-man-jailed-for-26-years-for-murdering-six-month-old-stepson-concealing-body/

 

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EC to file charge against Thanathorn over alleged violation of media shareholding rules

By The Nation

 

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Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

The Election Commission [EC] on Tuesday resolved to file a charge against Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit over an allegation that he had violated media shareholding rules.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096662-ec-to-file-charge-against-thanathorn-over-alleged-violation-of-media-shareholding-rules/

 

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Air Force officer stomped to death by husband in front of children

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Warrant Officer Nopanan Mongkolrungsab is escorted to Chalong Police Station. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A Royal Thai Air Force officer has been charged with murder after stamping his wife to death in front of their children in Rawai this morning (Apr 23) as he suspected her of cheating.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096663-air-force-officer-stomped-to-death-by-husband-in-front-of-children/

 

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U.S. President Trump to make state visit to UK in June

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth inspect the Coldstream Guards during a visit to Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted Queen Elizabeth’s invitation to make a state visit to Britain in June, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096664-us-president-trump-to-make-state-visit-to-uk-in-june/

 

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Labour Minister orders probe of ‘little ghost’ job-seekers to South Korea

By The Nation

 

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The Labour Minister, Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo, has instructed officials to be stricter in intercepting “little ghost” Thai workers who aim to work illegally in South Korea.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096667-labour-minister-orders-probe-of-‘little-ghost’-job-seekers-to-south-korea/

 

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Roman Polanski sues Oscars Academy after 2018 expulsion

 

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Polanski's films include Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown and The Ghost Writer / GETTY IMAGES

 

Roman Polanski is suing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after being kicked out of the organisation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096670-roman-polanski-sues-oscars-academy-after-2018-expulsion/

 

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Prince unfinished memoir set for release in 2019

By Mark Savage

 

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The star rarely spoke about his childhood or motivations for making music in his lifetime / GETTY IMAGES

 

The Beautiful Ones, an unfinished memoir by the pop star Prince, is due to be released in October.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096671-prince-unfinished-memoir-set-for-release-in-2019/

 

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Couple accused of violating Thailand’s sovereignty ‘in hiding’

By The Nation

 

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The couple facing legal action related to their seastead floating home off Phuket is believed to have gone into hiding in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096688-couple-accused-of-violating-thailand’s-sovereignty-‘in-hiding’/

 

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