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Kristen Bell warned her two kids that their teeth would fall out if they spilled Frozen II secrets

By BRIAN GALLAGHER

 

Secret-keeper: With Frozen II hitting theaters in just eight days, Kristen Bell revealed the hilarious things she told her kids would happen if they spilled any of the sequel' secrets

 

With Frozen II hitting theaters in just eight days, Kristen Bell revealed the hilarious things she told her kids would happen if they spilled any of the sequel' secrets.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134207-kristen-bell-warned-her-two-kids-that-their-teeth-would-fall-out-if-they-spilled-frozen-ii-secrets/

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Trump attacks impeachment witness on Twitter, Democrats see intimidation

By Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle

 

Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, is sworn in to testify before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134233-trump-attacks-impeachment-witness-on-twitter-democrats-see-intimidation/

 

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Trump adviser Roger Stone, self-proclaimed 'dirty trickster,' guilty on all charges

By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball

 

Roger Stone, former campaign adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for the continuation of his criminal trial on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and witness tampering at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone was convicted on all charges on Friday by a federal court jury that found the veteran Republican operative and self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" guilty on seven counts of lying to the U.S. Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134234-trump-adviser-roger-stone-self-proclaimed-dirty-trickster-guilty-on-all-charges/

 

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California police find no motive for school shooting

By Steve Gorman

 

Sheriffs escort students and faculty out of Saugus High School after a shooting at the school, in Santa Clarita, California, U.S., November 14, 2019 in this still image obtained from social media video. KHTS Radio via REUTERS

 

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (Reuters) - A 16-year-old student was carrying out a deliberate plan when he shot five teenagers at his California high school then turned the gun on himself, the local sheriff said on Friday, but authorities have no clues about what sparked the bloodshed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134235-california-police-find-no-motive-for-school-shooting/

 

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Soccer euphoria brings no lasting respite to Iraq violence

By Ahmed Aboulenein

 

Iraqi demonstrators take part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An overnight celebration of a soccer victory offered only brief respite to Iraq's violence, as anti-government protesters returned to the streets and security forces fired on them with live ammunition, killing at least three and wounding dozens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134236-soccer-euphoria-brings-no-lasting-respite-to-iraq-violence/

 

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TAI highlights success of online arbitration platform

By THE NATION

 

 

The Office of the Judiciary has issued a statement detailing its policy on the development of e-Court into Digital Court in 2020, amid the rapid growth of new technologies which had disrupted its administration in may ways.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134240-tai-highlights-success-of-online-arbitration-platform/

 

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Indonesia quake damages some homes, churches as residents return

 

 

Visitors gather outside a hotel building following the earthquake that hit in Manado, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, November 14, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho/ via REUTERS

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least two people were injured and some churches and homes damaged after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, although residents who had fled to high ground fearing a tsunami had started returning, the disaster agency said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134241-indonesia-quake-damages-some-homes-churches-as-residents-return/

 

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Imprisoned scammer Wantanee confimed pregnant

By The Nation

 

 

Narat Svetanan, director-general of the Correction department, said today (November 15) that Wantanee Tippaveth or Mae Manee, who allegedly scammed hundreds of people through a Ponzi scheme, is two-month pregnant.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134243-imprisoned-scammer-wantanee-confimed-pregnant/

 

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Twitter tightens bans on political ads and causes ahead of 2020 U.S. election

By Sheila Dang and Paresh Dave

 

FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Friday said its political advertising ban will include references to political candidates or legislation, and it will not allow ads that advocate for a certain outcome on social and political causes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134244-twitter-tightens-bans-on-political-ads-and-causes-ahead-of-2020-us-election/

 

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Bolivia kicks out Cubans, Venezuelans for allegedly fuelling unrest

By Daniel Ramos and Gram Slattery

 

Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez speaks to the media at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero

 

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's interim government said it had asked Venezuelan and Cuban officials to leave the country, including scores of Cuban doctors, accusing them of instigating unrest in the wake of the resignation of former president Evo Morales.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134245-bolivia-kicks-out-cubans-venezuelans-for-allegedly-fuelling-unrest/

 

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E-transport boom could see first major European city go car free in 2020

By Sonia Elks

 

A woman parks her bike beneath boxes of daffodils on a bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

 

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Next year will see the first major European city to ban private cars, a leading tech investor has predicted, saying a boom in electric-powered bikes and scooters was driving a green "revolution".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134246-e-transport-boom-could-see-first-major-european-city-go-car-free-in-2020/

 

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Aging couple shot dead by suspected insurgents in Pattani

 

 

An elderly couple were shot dead by suspected insurgents as they were riding a motorcycle to their home from a market in Mae Lan district of Thailand’s southern border province of Pattani this evening (Friday).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134247-aging-couple-shot-dead-by-suspected-insurgents-in-pattani/

 

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Thanathorn asks judges if they want Thailand trapped in cycle of coups and civilian rule

 

 

Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has asked Constitution Court judges if they want to see Thailand trapped in a vicious cycle of civilian government and military rule, or to move forward to real democracy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134248-thanathorn-asks-judges-if-they-want-thailand-trapped-in-cycle-of-coups-and-civilian-rule/

 

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Charter court asked to rule on House committee powers to summon people for questioning

 

 

The Constitutional Court has been asked to rule whether House or Senate standing committees have the authority to formally summon a person for questioning or to demand documents in the course of its investigations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134249-charter-court-asked-to-rule-on-house-committee-powers-to-summon-people-for-questioning/

 

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Widow of ex-KGB agent plans legal action on UK's Russia report

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko, poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The widow of a Russian dissident murdered in London plans to challenge a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government not to publish a report on alleged Russian meddling in Britain, a lawyer representing the widow said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134251-widow-of-ex-kgb-agent-plans-legal-action-on-uks-russia-report/

 

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More power to the people: how Thailand fought HIV/Aids

By Athaporn Limpanyalers,
Special to The Nation

 

Dr Jean-Louis Lamboray, co-founder of Constellation, a non-profit organisation focusing on community development, learned about the community-based approach to fight HIV and Aids in the villages of Phayao, a small rural province in northern Thailand.

 

In 2005, the Thai government began providing free antiretroviral therapy to patients with HIV under the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) scheme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134253-more-power-to-the-people-how-thailand-fought-hivaids/

 

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Bloodbath: Thai man hacks his close friend to death with a sword

 

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

Police who went to rented rooms in the Ban Peuk area of Chonburi early Friday morning found an absolute bloodbath.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134255-bloodbath-thai-man-hacks-his-close-friend-to-death-with-a-sword/

 

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Section 38 hailed! Chinese man on five year overstay nabbed

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

A vinyl board displayed at immigration HQ yesterday hailed Section 38 - the law whereby a foreigner must have their whereabouts reported - as being behind the capture of a Chinese man.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134256-section-38-hailed-chinese-man-on-five-year-overstay-nabbed/

 

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Thai man's face was no match for "Biometrics"!

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Naew Na and immigration once again hailed the "wonderful" biometrics technology for enabling them to arrest a lawbreaker. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134257-thai-mans-face-was-no-match-for-biometrics/

 

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Bank reimburses restaurant owner - female employee sacked on the spot for stealing millions

 

 

Caption (main part): Female bank employee sacked

 

A 34 year old Bangkok Bank employee was sacked on the spot after claims that she stole millions of baht from a wealthy and well known customer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134259-bank-reimburses-restaurant-owner-female-employee-sacked-on-the-spot-for-stealing-millions/

 

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Trump pardons Army officers, restores Navy SEAL's rank in war crimes cases

By Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher prepares to answer a question from the media with wife Andrea Gallagher after being acquitted on most of the serious charges against him during his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California, U.S., July 2, 2019. REUTERS/John Gastaldo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned two Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in Iraq, a move critics have said would undermine military justice and send a message that battlefield atrocities will be tolerated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134260-trump-pardons-army-officers-restores-navy-seals-rank-in-war-crimes-cases/

 

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Bushfires rage across Australia's east coast

By Lidia Kelly

 

FILE PHOTO: An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights, northwest of Sydney, Australia, November 15, 2019. AAP Image/Dean Lewins/via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Dozens of wild fires burned across Australia's east coast on Saturday and firefighters scrambled to shore up defences ahead of hotter weather expected next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134261-bushfires-rage-across-australias-east-coast/

 

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Facebook hackers arrested in 34 million baht fraud

 

 

Image: INN News

 

The minister for the digital economy has given details about the arrest of two men for fraud under false pretences.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134262-facebook-hackers-arrested-in-34-million-baht-fraud/

 

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Phuket mains power supply gets major upgrade

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Workers conduct checks on the new high-voltage power-supply lines high above Phuket. Photo: Egat
 

PHUKET: The entire electricity network for the island will receive a long-awaited boost at the end of this month as new high-voltage supply lines from the mainland go live on Nov 30.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134264-phuket-mains-power-supply-gets-major-upgrade/

 

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700 factories in Amata City ‘sound’: Amata’s MD

By THE NATION

 

 

Aukkares Choochouy, managing director of Amata Facility Services (AFS) Co Ltd, responded on Friday (November 15) to the rumours circulating on social media that Thailand’s export sector is in a critical condition, causing many factories to shut down nationwide especially in Chonburi and Rayong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134266-700-factories-in-amata-city-‘sound’-amata’s-md/

 

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Dengue ‘can be contracted from infected sexual partner’

By THE NATION

 

Asadang Ruayajin

 

A senior Thai official said it was possible to contract dengue fever through sex after Spanish authorities said a patient, 41, was found to have got the disease from his homosexual partner’s semen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134268-dengue-‘can-be-contracted-from-infected-sexual-partner’/

 

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Upper Thailand to heat up

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Saturday (November 16) that the high-pressure ridge covering upper Thailand is weakening, leading to a rise in daytime temperature of 1-2 °C but remaining cool and misty in the morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134269-upper-thailand-to-heat-up/

 

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Sri Lankans vote for a new president to heal divisions after Easter attack

By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal

 

Sri Lankan police and election officials wait to load ballot boxes and papers into busses from a distribution center to polling stations, ahead of country's presidential election scheduled on November 16, in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

 

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankans trickled into polling centres early on Saturday to choose a new president for the island-nation still struggling to recover from Easter Sunday attacks on hotels and churches that have heavily weighed on its tourism-dependent economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134272-sri-lankans-vote-for-a-new-president-to-heal-divisions-after-easter-attack/

 

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Electricity outage to hit Cherng Talay

By The Phuket News

 

Buildings on Soi Pasak 1 are to be affected by the outage. Photo: PEA
 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Cherng Talay on Wednesday (Nov 20) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134273-electricity-outage-to-hit-cherng-talay/

 

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Suspected gunman, 16, in California high school shooting dies in hospital

 

 

L.A. County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) members are pictured after a search following a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, U.S., November 14, 2019 in this image obtained from social media. LASD SEB via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - A teenage boy who killed two classmates and wounded three others at a southern California high school on his birthday before shooting himself in the head died on Friday of his wounds in hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134274-suspected-gunman-16-in-california-high-school-shooting-dies-in-hospital/