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Singapore looks to woo global tech executives with special visa

 

A man passes a Google signage outside their office in Singapore May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Thursday announced a new work visa for foreign executives of technology firms, a sector the low-tax global business hub hopes will power future economic growth.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191900-singapore-looks-to-woo-global-tech-executives-with-special-visa/

 

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Singaporeans snap up properties during worst ever recession

By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin

 

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles pass private landed residential properties at a neighbourhood in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singaporean Jason Chen recently bought a S$1.7 million ($1.26 million) three-bedroom apartment in a swanky condominium, upgrading his home in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic which has triggered the country's worst ever recession.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191901-singaporeans-snap-up-properties-during-worst-ever-recession/

 

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Why I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial

By Steve Stecklow

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters journalist Steve Stecklow participates in a clinical trial of the experimental Novavax COVID-19 vaccine at the NIHR/Wellcome King's Clinical Research Facility in London, Britain, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Stecklow/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - So why did I volunteer to be injected with an experimental vaccine for COVID-19? That's what some of my friends wanted to know when I told them what I was doing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191903-why-i-volunteered-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-trial/

 

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Apple launches MacBook laptops powered by its own computing chips

By Stephen Nellis

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook is seen in this handout image obtained on November 10, 2020. Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc./Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NO NEW USES AFTER NOVEMBER 10, 2021

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday introduced a MacBook Air notebook and other machines with its first central processor designed in-house for Macs, a move that will tie its computers and iPhones closer together technologically.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191905-apple-launches-macbook-laptops-powered-by-its-own-computing-chips/

 

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Sony PS5 sold out online as pandemic chills real-world retailing

By Sam Nussey

 

An employee of the consumer electronics retailer chain Bic Camera works at the promotion display for the Sony PlayStation 5 game console and its gaming softwares in Tokyo, Japan, November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's PlayStation 5 (PS5) console launched in core markets on Thursday to intense interest online, but with first day real-world sales limited to pre-order pick-ups due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has driven a boom in gaming demand.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191906-sony-ps5-sold-out-online-as-pandemic-chills-real-world-retailing/

 

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Deputy PM to Eliminate Fake News

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Yesterday, at a meeting of the National Public Relations Committee, chaired by Deputy PM Wisanu Kruangamวิษณุ เครืองาม, there was a discussion on the public’s media discretion and the prevention of the spread of fake news using facts.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191909-deputy-pm-to-eliminate-fake-news/

 

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THAI’s third quarter results show little light ahead

By THE NATION

 

 

In response to Thai Airways International (THAI)’s poor earnings in the third quarter of this year, acting president Chansin Treenuchagorn said the airline is doing its best to reduce costs to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 from the previous quarter.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191910-thai’s-third-quarter-results-show-little-light-ahead/

 

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Thai troops quarantined after meeting with infected South Korea soldier

By The Nation

 

 

The Army has ordered 177 officers into home quarantine after they attended a meeting in Rayong with a South Korean soldier who tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The November 2-6 meeting was held in Ban Chang district to plan next year’s Cobra Gold military exercise and was joined by officers from 10 countries. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191911-thai-troops-quarantined-after-meeting-with-infected-south-korea-soldier/

 

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Johnny Depp Fans Petition For Amber Heard To Be Removed From Aquaman 2

By JESS HARDIMAN

 

 

A group of fans are petitioning to have Amber Heard removed from the forthcoming Aquaman 2, due for release in 2022, amid legal battles linked to her messy divorce from Johnny Depp.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191912-johnny-depp-fans-petition-for-amber-heard-to-be-removed-from-aquaman-2/

 

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Hugh Grant says coronavirus left him desperate to smell strangers' armpits

By Lucy Needham

 

 

Hugh Grant has revealed how he became desperate to sniff strangers' armpits after being struck down with coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191913-hugh-grant-says-coronavirus-left-him-desperate-to-smell-strangers-armpits/

 

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Denzel Washington's mansion draws multiple fire crews responding to reports of 'smoke'

By TRACY WRIGHT 

 

Reports: Los Angeles Fire Department crews confirmed they attended Denzel's 29,000-sq. ft home in the exclusive Beverly Crest neighbourhood on Wednesday evening (pictured with his wife Pauletta)

 

Denzel Washington's Beverly Hills mansion was attended by the fire department after 'billowing smoke' was spotted in the second floor of the property.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191915-denzel-washingtons-mansion-draws-multiple-fire-crews-responding-to-reports-of-smoke/

 

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