Thailand’s two tsunami-warning buoys re-deployed from Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

The tsunami-warning buoys will be re-installed during the 14-day round-trip by the team of DDPM experts. Photo: DDPM

 

PHUKET:-- The MV SEAFDEC departed Phuket today on a 14-day round-trip to repair and reinstall Thailand’s two tsunami-warning buoys located west of Phuket.

 

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Landless Thais get homes in mangrove forest in conservation push

By Rina Chandran

 

FILE PHOTO - People are seen on a beach which is usually full of tourists, amid fear of coronavirus in Phuket, Thailand March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - RC2NHF9RDQOF

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thai authorities have reached an agreement with a landless community that will allow villagers to live in a mangrove forest if they help protect the area, a unique collaboration that could work across the country, land rights groups said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192425-landless-thais-get-homes-in-mangrove-forest-in-conservation-push/

 

Explainer: What happens now the RCEP trade deal has been signed?

By James Pearson

 

ASEAN leaders are seen on a screen as they attend the 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies signed what could become the world's largest free trade agreement on Sunday, covering nearly a third of the global population and about 30% of its global gross domestic product.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192426-explainer-what-happens-now-the-rcep-trade-deal-has-been-signed/

 

Privacy activist files complaints against Apple's tracking tool

By Kirsti Knolle

 

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Apple is seen outside at the upcoming Apple Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore, September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple's online tracking tool, alleging that it allows iPhones to store users' data without their consent in breach of European law.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192427-privacy-activist-files-complaints-against-apples-tracking-tool/

 

Privacy activist files complaints against Apple's tracking tool

By Kirsti Knolle

 

FILE PHOTO: Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems poses after a Reuters interview in Vienna, Austria, July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple's online tracking tool, alleging that it allows iPhones to store users' data without their consent in breach of European law.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192428-privacy-activist-files-complaints-against-apples-tracking-tool/

 

Asia at a crossroads in fight against coronavirus as cases surge

By Stephen Coates

 

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way at Shinagawa station in Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Countries across the Asia-Pacific region reported record new coronavirus numbers and fresh outbreaks on Monday, with Japan facing mounting pressure to reimpose a state of emergency and South Korea warning it was at a "critical crossroads".

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192430-asia-at-a-crossroads-in-fight-against-coronavirus-as-cases-surge/

 

There's a new way to watch Sky TV and Netflix at home, and it could save you over £450

By AARON BROWN

 

If you're looking to upgrade your telly bundle with Sky Q and Netflix, you could save hundreds (Image: SKY • NETFLIX)

 

SKY TV and Netflix shows and movies can now be provided by a new company: Gigaclear.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192431-theres-a-new-way-to-watch-sky-tv-and-netflix-at-home-and-it-could-save-you-over-£450/

 

From David Bowie to The Beatles: Elvis Costello picks 500 greatest albums in history

 

Elvis Costello (Google)

 

Quite often Far Out readers ask us to provide different series of lists with ‘the greatest albums of all time’.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192432-from-david-bowie-to-the-beatles-elvis-costello-picks-500-greatest-albums-in-history/

 

David Fincher says ‘Joker’ is “a betrayal of the mentally ill”

By Will Richards

 

Joaquin Phoenix in 'Joker'. Credit: Warner Bros

 

David Fincher says he believes 2019’s Joker to be “a betrayal of the mentally ill”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192433-david-fincher-says-‘joker’-is-“a-betrayal-of-the-mentally-ill”/

 

Phuket artists launch ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ for COVID food-security drive

By The Phuket News

 

Students, teachers and parents of the Phuket Academy of Performing Arts and UWCT Junior School Choir all took part in creating their version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’.

 

PHUKET:-- Leading Phuket singers, musicians and music students are keeping the beat with their food security drive to help families on the island still in need of food staples and basic household supplies due to the COVID crisis.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192469-phuket-artists-launch-‘do-they-know-it’s-christmas’-for-covid-food-security-drive/

 

We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope

By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman

 

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading "COVID-19/Coronavirus vaccine/Injection only" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second U.S. drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192517-we-can-stop-covid-19-moderna-vaccine-success-gives-world-more-hope/

 

PM okays guidelines for community-based power plants

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Guidelines for community-based power plants were approved by a meeting of the National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) chaired by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192518-pm-okays-guidelines-for-community-based-power-plants/

 

Stringent checks at Thai-Malaysian border to curb Covid

By The Nation

 

Photos by Charoon Thongnual

 

Tight controls have been put in place at the Sadao border checkpoint in Songkhla province to curb the spread of Covid-19, especially since Malaysia has been recording up to 1,000 new cases daily.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1192519-stringent-checks-at-thai-malaysian-border-to-curb-covid/

 

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