Facebook 'refriends' Australia after changes to media laws

By Colin Packham and Byron Kaye

 

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed Australian flag in this illustration photo taken February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207219-facebook-refriends-australia-after-changes-to-media-laws/

 

Proposal for Pattaya to become quarantine travel bubble

 

Image: STV Pattaya

 

The mayor of Pattaya has said he will put forward a proposal for the city to become a quarantine zone or so-called travel bubble in order to help boost tourism in the city.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207220-proposal-for-pattaya-to-become-quarantine-travel-bubble/

 

Thai govt outlines 8-step process for people to receive COVID-19 vaccinations

 

Image: Reuters

 

The Thai government on Tuesday outlined an eight-step process for registration and vaccination at hospitals in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207221-thai-govt-outlines-8-step-process-for-people-to-receive-covid-19-vaccinations/

 

TAT Proposes Clear Vaccine Passport Plan by June

Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand should have a clear-cut plan on a vaccine passport by June in line with plans to reopen the international market by the fourth quarter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207222-tat-proposes-clear-vaccine-passport-plan-by-june/

 

Dr. Yong explains side effects of COVID-19 vaccines

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Head of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Dr. Yong Poovorawan, has responded to questions about the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines developed by China’s Sinovac.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207224-dr-yong-explains-side-effects-of-covid-19-vaccines/

 

Salty tap water needs urgent attention

 

(Photo by PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL / AFP)

 

Experts come up with a short-term fix and a long-term solution to the problem of salty tap water that looks set to become a permanent fixture

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207225-salty-tap-water-needs-urgent-attention/

 

Man arrested in Phuket Town with 4.5k ya bah pills, 600g of crystal meth

By The Phuket News

 

Photo: Border Patrol Police

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Police working with Border Patrol Police have reported arresting a man in Phuket Town after finding him in possession of 4,510 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) and 618.18 grams of crystal meth (ya ice).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207227-man-arrested-in-phuket-town-with-45k-ya-bah-pills-600g-of-crystal-meth/

 

TAT sees vaccines passports and ‘area quarantine’ as key to reopening Thailand to foreign tourists

 

File photo: Travel Daily (for reference only)

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) sees the implementation of so-called vaccine passports and ‘area quarantine’ as a fundamental part of Thailand properly re-opening its borders to foreign tourists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207230-tat-sees-vaccines-passports-and-‘area-quarantine’-as-key-to-reopening-thailand-to-foreign-tourists/

 

Thailand Mulls Waiving Quarantine Rule for Vaccinated Tourists

Suttinee Yuvejwattana, Bloomberg News

 

File photo for reference only

 

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand may scrap mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors vaccinated against Covid-19 as it may help the nation revive its tourism industry, according to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207233-thailand-mulls-waiving-quarantine-rule-for-vaccinated-tourists/

 

Thailand to start first coronavirus vaccinations this week

 

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample from a migrant worker during proactive testing at their work place, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will start vaccinating priority groups including health workers against COVID-19 by the end of this week, its prime minister said on Tuesday, a day ahead of the arrival of the country's first coronavirus vaccines.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207236-thailand-to-start-first-coronavirus-vaccinations-this-week/

 

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Planned

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 23 (TNA) – The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration has planned the distribution of the first lot of COVID-19 vaccine to contain the disease, save life and revive the national economy.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207238-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-planned/

 

Drunken Phuket police officer shoots noodle vendor on Bangla Rd

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Cpl Pornthep Channarong of the Phuket Provincial Police is caught on CCTV firing at close range at Mr Aroon. Image: CCTV / Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A 25-year-old noodle vendor from Trang was shot and beaten by a Phuket Provincial Police officer on Bangla Rd, Patong, before dawn this morning (Feb 23).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207239-drunken-phuket-police-officer-shoots-noodle-vendor-on-bangla-rd/

 

Ten rescued orangutans returned to the wild in Indonesia

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman

 

Nenuah, a 19-year-old orangutan, sits in a tree after being released at Bukit Batikap Protection Forest in Murung Raya regency, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, February 16, 2021 in this photo obtained by Reuters on February 22, 2021. Courtesy of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF)/Handout via REUTERS

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Ten orangutans have been released back into the wild in the Indonesian portion of Borneo island, with helicopters used to ferry the critically endangered great apes deep into the forest from rehabilitation centres.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207240-ten-rescued-orangutans-returned-to-the-wild-in-indonesia/

 

Myanmar junta chief urges economic action as Western pressure grows

 

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

(Reuters) - The leader of Myanmar's junta has called for energetic efforts to revive an ailing economy, state media reported on Tuesday, as Western countries considered more sanctions to press the generals to shun a violent crackdown on democracy protests.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207241-myanmar-junta-chief-urges-economic-action-as-western-pressure-grows/

 

Holiday bookings soar as Britons hope for travel restart

By Sarah Young

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - International holiday bookings surged by as much as 600% after Britain laid out plans to gradually relax coronavirus restrictions, giving battered airlines and tour operators hope that a bumper summer could come to their rescue.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207242-holiday-bookings-soar-as-britons-hope-for-travel-restart/

 

Thailand further relaxes COVID-19 control measures from 22 February 2021

 

 

Bangkok, 23 February, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand would like to provide the latest update regarding the Royal Thai Government’s announcement on further relaxing the COVID-19 control restrictions in more provinces.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207245-thailand-further-relaxes-covid-19-control-measures-from-22-february-2021/

 

Scorsese vs Netflix: can streaming regain its artistic integrity?

By Mark Beaumont

 

Martin Scorsese has added streaming to his list of dislikes. CREDIT: Getty/Alamy

 

Art enriches, content distracts. Art is an event, content everyday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207248-scorsese-vs-netflix-can-streaming-regain-its-artistic-integrity/

 

Vanessa Bryant criticises Meek Mill for 'insensitive' Kobe Bryant lyric

By Mark Savage

 

Vanessa Bryant said Meek Mill's lyrics lacked "respect and tact" / GETTY IMAGES

 

Vanessa Bryant has criticised rapper Meek Mill over a song that references her late husband, the basketball star Kobe Bryant.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207249-vanessa-bryant-criticises-meek-mill-for-insensitive-kobe-bryant-lyric/

 

Daft Punk were the most influential pop musicians of the 21st century

 

Always a step ahead ... Daft Punk in 2013. Photograph: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

 

It’s hard to think of an act who had a greater impact on the way 21st-century pop music sounds than Daft Punk. The style Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo minted on their 1997 debut album Homework – house music heavy on the filter effect, which involved the bass or treble on the track gradually fading in and out, mimicking a DJ playing with the equalisation on a mixer; drums treated with sidechain compression, so that the beats appeared to punch through the sound, causing everything else on the track to momentarily recede – is now part of pop’s lingua franca.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207250-daft-punk-were-the-most-influential-pop-musicians-of-the-21st-century/

 

CONFIRMED: Bangkok’s bars and pubs can now open until 11pm

 

 

Bangkok’s bars, pubs and clubs can open until 11pm with immediate effect, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207251-confirmed-bangkok’s-bars-and-pubs-can-now-open-until-11pm/

 

Traveller forced to spend £1,750 on quarantine after ‘incorrect advice’

By The Newsroom

 

Simon Kenway

 

A traveller returning from Thailand has been forced to spend £1,750 on hotel quarantine after being given the wrong advice from his airline.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207253-traveller-forced-to-spend-£1750-on-quarantine-after-‘incorrect-advice’/

 

Thai jobless rate dips in fourth quarter but remains near multi-year high

 

FILE PHOTO: People visit the Job Expo Thailand 2020, as the country is offering one million jobs as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief efforts, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's unemployment dipped in the fourth quarter of 2020 from the previous three months as an easing of COVID-19 curbs prompted a revival in economic activity, but a recent uptick in infections poses a risk, the state planning agency said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207254-thai-jobless-rate-dips-in-fourth-quarter-but-remains-near-multi-year-high/

 

Thailand plans $5.4 billion of public-private projects this year

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers work at a construction site in central Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2016. Picture taken December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans 163 billion baht ($5.43 billion) of public-private infrastructure projects this year, a finance ministry official said on Tuesday, as the government tries to invest more to support long-term economic growth.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207263-thailand-plans-54-billion-of-public-private-projects-this-year/

 

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