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Footage shows floodwaters surging through a village in Rayong, inundating the entire community in under 20 minutes after several barriers collapsed.
Vid via Phuwasit Thitipakdeeteerachai on Facebook
#Thailand #ฝนตก #ฝนตกหนัก #น้ำท่วม #น้ำท่วม69 #น้ำท่วม2569 #น้ำท่วมระยอง
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US Waste Shipments Put Thailand’s Import Controls Under Scrutiny
Repeated shipments of electronic waste from the United States are putting communities and the environment around Thai ports at risk. Authorities seized 238 tonnes in 10 US-origin containers in May 2025, while all six contaminated containers in the latest Laem Chabang inspection also came from the US.
The DSI held 714 suspected US-linked containers for investigation between April 2025 and March 2026, although not all were confirmed to contain illegal waste. Customs separately recorded 187 environmental smuggling cases from October 2025 through August 2026, with seized goods valued at more than 234 million baht.
People’s Party MP Naruemat Piembandhit called for stricter port inspections and investigations targeting importers, exporters and trafficking networks. She also urged authorities to trace criminal proceeds, seize assets and require offenders to pay for cleanup and restoration.
“Laem Chabang must not become the world’s dumping ground,” Naruemat said, adding that local residents should not bear the cost of pollution they did not cause.
#Thailand #US #HazardousWaste #ElectronicWaste
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This is so spot-on that it’s impossible not to share...
An Australian’s response to yet another Trump tirade about how “NATO does nothing for America” absolutely destroys him:
“Mate, you run a country where 600,000 homeless people will sleep on the streets tonight.
A country where 40% of adults can’t cover an unexpected $400 expense without borrowing money.
A country where insulin costs more than a monthly car payment, and people are forced to ration it just to stay alive.
A country where medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy. A country where women die in hospital parking lots because doctors are afraid of abortion laws and hesitate to treat miscarriages.
You imprison more of your own citizens than any other country on Earth. More than China. More than North Korea.
In the ‘land of the free,’ two million people are behind bars, and a quarter of them haven’t even been convicted of a crime. They’re simply too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is declining. You’re the only developed country where this is happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba’s.
Your children practice active-shooter drills between math and English classes while you sell your friends shares in defense companies.
Your minimum wage hasn’t changed in 15 years.
Your teachers work two jobs, your veterans sleep under bridges, and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that never attacked you.
And now a convicted criminal — found by a court to be liable for sexual abuse, who defended a pedophile, slept with a porn star, and has led the biggest political dumpster fire since the Taliban — is thanking you for yet another catastrophe.
And you call Greenland badly governed?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody there goes bankrupt because they get sick. Nobody dies in silence because an insurance company refused to pay for treatment.
‘NATO wasn’t there when we needed help.’ When exactly, champ? September 11?
Because that was when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in its history — for you. Service members from dozens of countries went to Afghanistan, fought, bled, and died for you.
Australia wasn’t even a member of NATO, but we came anyway. For twenty years. And then you left at two in the morning without telling anyone and left everyone else to deal with the consequences.
You don’t give a damn that the great people of Ukraine are being terrorized by your friend, and you haven’t shown them a shred of compassion.
So maybe before calling other countries badly governed, take a look at your own backyard, you fake-tanned aluminum-siding salesman.
The only thing here that’s truly badly managed is your damn mouth.
And you still have the nerve to lecture the rest of the world?”
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9 years after the Myanmar military launched a campaign of #genocide against #Rohingya, not one official has been held accountable.
Today, 70 orgs, including @FortifyRights, urge govts to support refugees and advance int'l justice. Justice cannot wait.
fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-20…
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Of course we should slow down AI development for human regulation and control to catch up, but we are prevented from doing so by competition for profit among AI companies and competition for dominance between China and the United States. trib.al/OMeHLm3
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Once more the Trump administration imposes sanctions on senior International Criminal Court officials, calling the court a threat to national sovereignty, meaning a purported sovereign right for Americans and Israelis to commit war crimes with impunity. trib.al/iGaCIy1
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Myanmar’s military-backed government has rejected ASEAN's renewed call for the unconditional release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. trib.al/XfOW5Kw
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Exactly as expected -- more bad behavior & attacks by recalcitrant #Myanmar military leader & regime after #Thailand foolishly rolled out the red carpet, providing (ret) Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing with undeserved accolades & prospects of business deals. Now he's saying "no" to release of Aung San Suu Kyi, and adding that Myanmar won't cooperate with the new @ASEAN Special Envoy. Basically, @MFAThai making a mess for @DFAPHL @MFAsg and the rest of the regional bloc.
Myanmar has rejected ASEAN’s renewed call for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying any release must be carried out in accordance with the law.
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#ASEAN #AungSanSuuKyi #Myanmar
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BREAKING: Two suspects have confessed to killing two Russian siblings in an alleged attempt to steal their motorcycle, police said.
The suspects allegedly shot the younger brother dead and punched the older sister, causing her death. They reportedly buried the bodies near Khao Chi Chan in Chonburi and dismantled and buried the siblings' motorcycle before fleeing.
Police arrested the two suspects, aged 43 and 39, in Wang Sombun district of Sa Kaeo province on 31 July 2026. They were taken to the suspected burial site to identify where the bodies were allegedly hidden.
#ChonBuri #SaKaeo #RussianSiblings
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Wildlife are suffering in the worst wildfires that have ever been seen in Europe 😢.
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Chinese embassy accused of seeking to block FCCT documentary screening
The Chinese Embassy in Bangkok has been accused of attempting to stop the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) from screening the documentary Blood Copper, which investigates alleged environmental damage, land seizures and human rights abuses linked to the Chinese-backed Letpadaung copper mine in Myanmar.
Senior journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk said a reliable source confirmed that the embassy asked Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs last month to intervene and halt the June 15 screening. He said the attempt failed, and the documentary was screened at the FCCT as scheduled.
Produced by Myanmar broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), Blood Copper examines the Letpadaung copper mine, a joint venture between China's Wanbao Mining and Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL), a conglomerate controlled by Myanmar's military. The film explores the mine's environmental and social impacts and its links to Myanmar's military establishment.
Phil Robertson, director of Asia Human Rights and Labour Advocates (AHRLA), made similar allegations, saying the embassy spent several weeks trying to censor the FCCT event before allegedly making "menacing" calls to media outlets. He also claimed the Foreign Ministry declined to act on the embassy's request, allowing the screening to proceed. Pravit said the incident highlighted ongoing threats to press freedom and freedom of expression in Thailand and reflected an attempt to impose China's media censorship model on the country's media.
#Thailand #China #MediaFreedom
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Police searched 44 locations in Chon Buri on Friday as part of a crackdown on alleged foreign nominee businesses, uncovering what authorities say was a Russian network using Thai nominees to acquire luxury homes.
Investigators allege the network used Thai shareholders to establish companies that acquired about 775 houses worth more than 5 billion baht across six housing projects. Police said 33 companies are under investigation for possible violations of the Foreign Business Act, the Land Code and related laws.
Authorities stressed that Thailand welcomes foreign investors and tourists but said foreign nationals must comply with Thai laws governing land ownership and business operations. #ThailandNews – at Thanon Phaya Thai, Thailand
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Every major nightclub fire in Thailand has exposed the same flaws—combustible interiors, inadequate escape routes, weak enforcement and promises of reform that fade as public attention shifts elsewhere. Yet nearly two decades after the Santika nightclub disaster and four years after the Mountain B fire, another mass-casualty blaze has claimed dozens of lives, raising the same questions that have gone unanswered for years.
The fire at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, which killed 27 people and injured 63 others, is still under investigation. But the similarities to previous tragedies are already striking. Investigators are examining reports of blocked or inaccessible emergency exits, the rapid spread of flames through combustible ceiling materials and a regulatory framework that allowed a venue operating much like a pub to be licensed as a restaurant. If those findings are confirmed, they would point not to an isolated accident, but to systemic failures that Thailand has repeatedly identified—and repeatedly failed to fix.
Link - thaienquirer.com/72066/opini…
#Thailand #Bangkok #ไฟไหม้ #ไฟไหม้โรงเบียร์ #ไฟไหม้ลาดพร้าว
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Thai police have arrested a hospital employee and a district office official over an alleged fake birth registration scheme that investigators say helped 164 Chinese children obtain Thai nationality by using paid "fake Thai fathers."
Authorities believe the network operated for more than five years and say the investigation is continuing.
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Good news for Thai travellers!
#Japan has extended its temporary visa-free entry scheme for holders of ordinary Thai passports for another year, allowing stays of up to 15 days per visit until 30 June 2027.
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BREAKING: French Senator Claude Malhuret TORCHES Trump and his alcoholic, drug-addicted administration on the floor of the Luxembourg Palace: "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction!"
This might be the greatest MAGA takedown of all time. Nobody was spared...
"A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court. An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health," he said, referring to RFK Jr.
Malhuret's comparison to the mad Emperor Nero is fitting. It's said that he fiddled while Rome burned. In Trump's case, he's building a ballroom while the entire world goes up in flames.
"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy. An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces," Malhuret continued, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
"An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice. A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security," Malhuret went on, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Bondi previously worked for the Ballard Partners firm which raked in $115,000 a month by lobbying on behalf of Qatar.
"A Turkish proverb says 'When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king, it is the palace that becomes a circus," said Malhuret. "His fine team has decided to create a competitor to the UN. Since the creation of the Board of Peace, Trump has triggered more military strikes than Biden during his entire term."
"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction," he continued. "Bomb more to win more."
This is how the world now sees the American president: as a pedophile desperately exploiting his role as commander-in-chief to obscure the fact that he preyed on children with his long-time pal Jeffrey Epstein.
"There isn't a single country where Trump did not take advantage of the situation to enrich himself without ever forgetting his family. A Boeing plane offered by Qatar," he said, referring to the $400 million jet that Qatar "gifted" to Trump. "Investment in all Gulf projects or elsewhere. Stock market manipulation that only a few insiders benefit from."
"Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests."
Rarely have we heard such an exhaustive yet succinct distillation of the Trump administration's rampant criminality and incompetence. By focusing on individual Cabinet members and what makes them uniquely unfit for office and then expanding the aperture to the broader patterns of corruption and malignancy, Malhuret delivered a master class in political messaging.
Every mainstream outlet in the U.S. should be running this speech to show Americans what the world thinks of our leaders.
Since they won't, please make sure to like and share to spread this far and wide!
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Robert DeNiro: "I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser… And let me just say it, I can't love the country that's led by Donald Trump.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Less than two years after he won a landslide election victory that promised to end chaos in British politics, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will be resigning. Follow for live updates: reut.rs/4oF9ZLf