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Thai boyfriend: I tied her up and lit a fire because she threatened to leave me

 

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Caption: Arrested

 

Thai netizens were shocked to see pictures of a Thai woman tied up by the hands and feet and strung up to a thicket of bamboo.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102703-thai-boyfriend-i-tied-her-up-and-lit-a-fire-because-she-threatened-to-leave-me/

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Public warned as huge chemical fire breaks out at Laem Chabang port

 

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Posts on Facebook and in the mainstream Thai media reported that a container ship docked at Laem Chabang port exploded this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102707-public-warned-as-huge-chemical-fire-breaks-out-at-laem-chabang-port/

 

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Defying Congress, Trump sets $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

By Patricia Zengerle

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump walks to re-board Air Force One during a refueling stop on his way to Japan at Joint Base Elmendorf, Alaska, U.S. May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102708-defying-congress-trump-sets-8-billion-plus-in-weapons-sales-to-saudi-arabia-uae/

 

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Trump says considering pardons for some U.S. soldiers accused of war crimes

By Roberta Rampton

 

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U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, charged with war crimes in Iraq, is shown in this undated photo provided May 24, 2019. Courtesy Andrea Gallagher/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was considering pardons for "two or three" American soldiers charged with war crimes, a move he also said would be controversial but justified because they had been treated "unfairly."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102711-trump-says-considering-pardons-for-some-us-soldiers-accused-of-war-crimes/

 

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Honduran anti-graft mission investigates ex-president over drug money

By Gustavo Palencia

 

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FILE PHOTO: Former Honduran president Porfirio Lobo holds a news conference at his house following accusations by the National Anti-corruption Council of embezzlement during his government, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Feb. 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera/File Photo

 

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is being investigated on suspicion of involvement in laundering illegal drug money as part of a wider probe into his 2010-14 administration, an international anti-corruption mission said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102712-honduran-anti-graft-mission-investigates-ex-president-over-drug-money/

 

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Urgent : At least 25 workers injured after explosion on ship at Laem Chabang Port

By The Nation

 

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At least 25 port workers were injured and local people were evacuated following an explosion in a container on a ship at Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri’s Sri Racha district on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102707-public-warned-as-huge-chemical-fire-breaks-out-at-laem-chabang-port/

 

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Brexit brings down May, Johnson stakes leadership claim

By Elizabeth Piper, William James and Kylie MacLellan

 

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British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to deliver a statement in London, Britain, May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit after failing to deliver Brexit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102714-brexit-brings-down-may-johnson-stakes-leadership-claim/

 

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Twenty-nine detainees killed in Venezuela police station cellblock riot

By Mariangel Moro

 

ACARIGUA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Twenty-nine detainees were killed and 19 police officers were wounded in a confrontation in a cellblock in central Venezuela in what a state official called a failed escape attempt, but human rights groups described as a massacre.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102715-twenty-nine-detainees-killed-in-venezuela-police-station-cellblock-riot/

 

 

 

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Musk's SpaceX raised over $1 billion in six months - filings

 

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FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives at Manhattan federal court for a hearing on his fraud settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in New York City, U.S. April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

(Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised more than $1 billion in financing in the last six months as it aims to roll out an ambitious high-speed internet service by using a constellation of satellites to beam signals from space.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102721-musks-spacex-raised-over-1-billion-in-six-months-filings/

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Almodovar and dark comedy 'Parasite' in spotlight as Cannes closes

By Sarah White

 

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72nd Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "Pain and Glory" (Dolor y Gloria) in competition - Cannes, France, May 18, 2019. Director Pedro Almodovar and cast members Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas pose. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

 

CANNES, France (Reuters) - An introspective turn by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar with a movie about an filmmaker, and a darkly humourous South Korean thriller are among the movies sparking awards buzz at Cannes in an unusually crowded field of runners and riders this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102802-almodovar-and-dark-comedy-parasite-in-spotlight-as-cannes-closes/

 

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'Off the scale' excitement for fans as Spice Girls reunion opens

 

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FILE PHOTO: Spice Girl members Melanie Brown (L-R), Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm arrive for the premiere of the musical "Viva Forever!", based on the music of the Spice Girls, in central London December 11, 2012. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Fans from near and far got what they really really really wanted on Friday night when the ultimate 1990s girl band, the Spice Girls, opened their long awaited reunion tour at last in Dublin.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102803-off-the-scale-excitement-for-fans-as-spice-girls-reunion-opens/

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Rocky star Stallone says he never expected to make it in movies

By Hanna Rantala

 

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72nd Cannes Film Festival - Masterclass Sylvester Stallone - Cannes, France, May 24, 2019. Sylvester Stallone reacts. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Action movie superstar Sylvester Stallone told cinemagoers in Cannes on Friday that he never expected to make it in the film industry due to an accident at birth that caused him to slur his words - now one of his more celebrated trademarks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102804-rocky-star-stallone-says-he-never-expected-to-make-it-in-movies/

 

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Celebrity chef Mario Batali pleads not guilty to groping woman at Boston restaurant

By Nate Raymond

 

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Celebrity chef Mario Batali arrives at court to face a charge of indecent assault and battery in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi

 

BOSTON (Reuters) - Celebrity chef and former television star Mario Batali appeared in a Boston courtroom on Friday, where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf to a criminal charge that he forcibly groped and kissed a woman at a restaurant in 2017.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102805-celebrity-chef-mario-batali-pleads-not-guilty-to-groping-woman-at-boston-restaurant/

 

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