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Six Indian nationals were arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday (March 6) after a red panda and dozens of other exotic animals and birds were seized from their checked luggage in a major wildlife trafficking bust.“We have found out that the animals include 29 black throat monitor lizards, 21 snakes, 15 birds, including parrots — a total of 87 animals. The animals were hidden inside the luggage,” Thailand’s Customs Department announced in a statement. Highlights 87 exotic animals were seized in…

Can Kia challenge Toyota, which has dominated the market in Thailand, with affordable EVs? Chinese automakers like BYD are already stealing market share, but Kia is in talks over a new EV plant in Thailand that could help position itself as an early leader. Affordable electric cars are coming Kia has already revamped the brand as the industry transitions to electric with a new logo and design. The Korean automaker is also seeing early success with its first three-row electric SUV, the EV9.…

Tesla is in talks with Thailand’s government to build a factory in the country, according to government officials. Tesla is reportedly aiming to announce a new factory location by the end of the year and the rumor mill is already in full swing about where it could end up. Last week, Italy said it was talking to Tesla about a potential factory. Now, Thailand is back in the running. Reuters reports that the prime minister is reporting discussions with Tesla, including a site survey by the company in…

Catch up with China 1. Two influential Chinese bloggers in exile have been sharing uncensored news about the country on overseas social media. Now the police are tracking down their followers in China, one by one. (Associated Press) “Teacher Li,” one of the bloggers, rose to prominence in late 2022 when he tirelessly collected and shared information on the White Paper protests in China. I talked to him at the time about the toll the work had taken on him. (MIT Technology Review) 2. Leaked internal documents from…

Thailand and Indonesia unveiled fresh incentives to spur the adoption of electric vehicles, part of efforts to curb the use of fossil fuels and drive growing EV industries in the populous Southeast Asian nations. Thailand and Indonesia unveiled fresh incentives to spur the adoption of electric vehicles, part of efforts to curb the use of fossil fuels and drive growing EV industries in the populous Southeast Asian nations. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston only had to travel 4 miles from his downtown office to attend the Saturday, Feb. 10, Lunar New Year celebration at the Far East Center. The close-knit Luong family, which has run the food-and-retail complex at Federal Boulevard and Alameda Avenue since opening it in 1988, traveled many thousands more. “Back in the (late 1970s) there were not a lot of resources for immigrants and refugees in Denver,” said Mimi Luong, whose family fled North Vietnam for a refugee camp in Guam, and eventually,…

Last updated: February 13th, 2024 at 10:58 UTC+01:00 We may be getting very close to the Galaxy A35's debut. The upcoming mid-range phone from Samsung keeps cropping up online in one way or another, and in the latest news, the phone emerged in the database of Thailand's regulatory body NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission). The agency confirms that the Galaxy A35 5G carries model number SM-A356, or in this particular case, SM-A356E/DS. The letter “E” means this variant is destined for…

OPPO Reno 11F 5G priceThe OPPO Reno 11F 5G comes in a single variant with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage for a price of THB 10,990 (Rs 25,400 approx). The smartphone is available in three colour options of Palm Green, Ocean Blue, and Coral Purple. OPPO Reno 11F 5G specsDisplay: OPPO Reno 11F 5G features a 6.7-inch FHD+ OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. It also has a 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut, a 394ppi pixel density, and Panda glass protection on top. Processor: The smartphone is…

AI Roundup: Several notable developments took place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) today, February 7. A deep tech startup based in Kerela bagged the ‘Best Research Company in AI' award at the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit and Awards 2024. Meanwhile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urged India and the US to cooperate on AI norms in a bid to “diffuse” AI in every corner of the world. OpenAI on Wednesday said that it is adding watermarks to the metadata of images generated with the Dall-E 3 model in…

If you watched the Season Two finale of The White Lotus, you know what happened to Jennifer Coolidge’s frazzled, impossibly wealthy Tanya. As she accepted her second Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Monday, she gave audiences a reminder of her laugh-out-loud death scene: “He says I’m definitely dead, so I’m going along with it.” After thanking creator Mike White, she gave a shout-out to “all the evil gays” before getting the boot by Anthony Anderson’s mother. (At the last Emmys, the…