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Weed policy U-turn draws flak
News, Published on 10/05/2024
» The Pheu Thai-led government's about-turn on the last administration's cannabis decriminalisation policy has drawn flak from critics, with activists vowing to protest its plan to reclassify the plant as a narcotic.
Google in hot seat after ban on Hong Kong protest song
Published on 09/05/2024
» Hong Kong called it “unbelievable” when Google rebuffed its 2022 request to bury a popular protest song from search results. Now armed with an injunction, authorities are putting legal pressure on the company to wipe it from the city’s internet.
Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Published on 09/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and class-action suits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
Putin renews nuclear threats against West
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/05/2024
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West against threatening Russia as he pursues his invasion of Ukraine and revived his nuclear saber-rattling at the annual military parade on Moscow’s Red Square marking the victory in World War II.
Steve Albini, studio master of '90s rock and beyond, dies at 61
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered studio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative music in the 1980s, '90s and beyond — recording acclaimed albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey and Pixies, along with hundreds of others — while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died Tuesday at his home in Chicago. He was 61.
Launching the Accessible Thailand Wellness Tourism Initiative
Published on 09/05/2024
» The Thai government proudly announces the launch of the Accessible Thailand Wellness Tourism (ATWT) initiative. The programme will commence with a media event at the SIRIRAJ H SOLUTIONS wellness centre on Wednesday, 8 May 2024. Hosted on the 5th floor of the ICS Lifestyle Complex, this inaugural event aims to engage media representatives and stakeholders in this groundbreaking endeavour.
Comic in crosshairs after Netflix show
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/05/2024
» The latest show by Udom "Nose" Taephanich, a stand-up comedian, sparked criticism when he made a sarcastic joke about self-sufficiency.
Police arrest ladyboy who abducted tot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/05/2024
» A ladyboy was arrested in Rayong after abducting a nine-month-old child from Bangkok. Police received tipoffs from social media that helped identify the whereabouts of the ladyboy.
Loading the chamber
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2024
» By Saturday the term of the junta-appointed Upper House will come to an end, and the process of starting a new chamber will begin.
Govt, BoT spat may not be economic
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 09/05/2024
» The row between the government and the Bank of Thailand (BoT) over its "high" interest rate is all over the news. Many have started questioning the appropriateness of the central bank's independence.