Thailand suffers sharp fall in rankings of best countries for retirement

 

 

Thailand has fallen in the global rankings of the best countries for expat retirees.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208511-thailand-suffers-sharp-fall-in-rankings-of-best-countries-for-retirement/

 

Bollywood, streaming giants on edge as Amazon gets flak for hurting religious beliefs in India

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Aditya Kalra and Euan Rocha

 

A poster of Tandav, a web series is seen on Amazon Prime Video streaming service website in this illustration picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Illustration

 

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Controversy in India over Amazon's political drama "Tandav" has put Bollywood and global video streaming giants on edge, prompting a closer scrutiny of scripts for possible offence to religious sentiments in a key growth market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208529-bollywood-streaming-giants-on-edge-as-amazon-gets-flak-for-hurting-religious-beliefs-in-india/

 

Restored Chaplin films to be released in cinemas worldwide

 

 

Visitors look at an extract of the silent film "The Great Dictator" during a media tour of 'Chaplin's World', an interactive museum celebrating the life and works of comic actor Charlie Chaplin, in Corsier near Vevey, Switzerland, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A hundred years since Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in his first feature-length film "The Kid", some of the silent comic's best-known movies are being restored to be released in cinemas worldwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208531-restored-chaplin-films-to-be-released-in-cinemas-worldwide/

 

'It feels amazing': New Yorkers cheer reopening of movie theaters

 

Opening signage is seen outside IFC Center movie theatre amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's cinemas re-opened on Friday after nearly a year of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, an encouraging sign for the city's residents that life in the Big Apple may start to normalize again.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208532-it-feels-amazing-new-yorkers-cheer-reopening-of-movie-theaters/

 

Antivirus software pioneer McAfee charged by U.S. with cryptocurrency fraud

By Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice

 

FILE PHOTO: John McAfee, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and founder of McAfee Antivirus, speaks during an interview in Havana, Cuba, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer whose former company still bears his name, has been indicted on fraud and money-laundering conspiracy charges stemming from two cryptocurrency schemes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208533-antivirus-software-pioneer-mcafee-charged-by-us-with-cryptocurrency-fraud/

 

D-day for Thailand to reopen next month: Area Quarantine hailed as foreign tourists set to return

 

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's billionaire minister for tourism and sports has reiterated his commitment to Area Quarantine saying that the scheme could start next month, certainly by May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208535-d-day-for-thailand-to-reopen-next-month-area-quarantine-hailed-as-foreign-tourists-set-to-return/

 

Thailand’s porous borders: 33 illegal immigrants nabbed on route to Samut Sakhon

 

 

Image: Sanook

 

Prachuap Khiri Khan senior official Kittipong Sukphakkul revealed to Sanook that 33 illegal immigrants from Myanmar were arrested in operations earlier this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208536-thailand’s-porous-borders-33-illegal-immigrants-nabbed-on-route-to-samut-sakhon/

 

Primary educated Korat man told he was a lazy waste of space - now the boot is on the other foot!

 

Image: Sanook

 

A Thai man in Nakhon Ratchasima is laughing all the way to the bank after people doubted him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208538-primary-educated-korat-man-told-he-was-a-lazy-waste-of-space-now-the-boot-is-on-the-other-foot/

 

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Thailand Live Sunday 7 Mar 2021

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1208556-thailand-live-sunday-7-mar-2021/