afp Former glamour model Sofia Hellqvist will become a real-life princess in Sweden on Saturday when she marries Prince Carl Philip in a lavish Stockholm wedding.

telegraph.co.uk Croatia are facing severe punishment from Uefa after a swastika was marked out on the pitch for the drawn Euro 2016 qualifier against Italy in Split.

thestar.com.my It would be better for Burma (Myanmar) to be excluded from Asean as genocide is unacceptable, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The former prime minister urged Asean as well as the United Nations to take action against Myanmar.


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nationmultimedia.com Operators of foreign-flagged ''super yachts'' are expected to soon be allowed to get chartering licences to sail in Thai waters. Marine Department director-general Chula Sukmanop said: ''On [Tuesday] June 16, we will hold a public hearing at Phuket Provincial Hall.''

thephuketinsider.com Phuket's top 5 international markets in 2015 are China (37.2pc), Russia (11.4pc), Australia (6.3pc), Korea (5.3pc) and Malaysia (3.5pc). The key changes from 2014 is the decline of the UK out of the Top 5, and in 2013 it was Sweden. For those who say that Western Europeans have abandoned the island this is not reflected in the airport numbers.

nationmultimedia.com Dr Panitan Wattanayagorn, a top adviser of Deputy PM and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, said Thailand needed to adopt a great balancing act by engaging both the US and China. ''The latest example is that we've agreed to the US request to use Phuket as a base for helping migrants stranded at sea,'' he said.



nytimes.com The government of Myanmar says it is determined to stop the departures of migrants fleeing religious persecution in places like this bitterly divided port city, but it will not budge in its refusal to address the conditions driving the exodus across the sea.



nationmultimedia.com The government welcomed the US decision to hold its annual Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand next year, saying it is a ''positive sign'' that reflects the countries' long and close relationship.

AP South Korea reported an 11th death from the Mers virus outbreak, but officials said they are seeing fewer new infections.

theage.com.au A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport after a false alert about an engine fire. A cockpit warning light in the A330, which had only just left the Tullamarine runway en route to Kuala Lumpur, illuminated and forced the pilots to turn back and make an emergency landing.

bangkokpost.com Four of five Thai students arrested at an airport in Pakistan with a pistol and bullets have been freed but the owner of the gun is still being detained and Thai officials have not had access to him.

nytimes.com Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, was acquitted of aggravated pimping charges, concluding a case that made the private lives of public figures fair game for the French news media, even if the French themselves still seemed inclined to overlook dalliances by their political leaders.

theguardian.com On paper, taxi application business Uber has been valued at more than $40bn while some drivers say they can work a 60-hour week and still struggle to make the minimum wage. Now there are signs Uber is facing an uprising from within.

bbc.com Singer-songwriter Van Morrison and US actor Kevin Spacey have been given knighthoods in the Queen's Birthday Honors list.



independent.co.uk Protests against 'persecution' of Rohingya Muslims intensify across Muslim world: ''It is horrendous the way religious fanatics in Burma have been killing Rohingya Muslims and the entire world is watching the horror unfold with silence.''



bangkokpost.com Thailand took the overall lead for the first time at the 28th SEA Games after winning 16 gold medals yesterday.

theguardian.com Aussie Kyah Simon???s double gave the Matildas a 2-0 win over Nigeria to get their Women's World Cup campaign back on course.



Phuket Update Local farmers are set for the 18th annual Phuket Goat Fair, which will be held June 11 through 13 behind Tesco Lotus in Cherng Talay.

June 20-21 Baba wedding at Old Phuket Town

July 14-16 Trial of Phuketwan journalists at Phuket Provincial Court

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