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Tech NewsAmerican Could Get Two Years in Thai Prison for TripAdvisor Review
Anyone planning a trip to Thailand should be advised to keep their opinions to themselves. Wesley Barnes, an American living in Thailand, found out this month that the Thai defamation laws can be extreme after a negative online review of a resort landed him behind bars. According to the New York Times, Barnes stayed at … Continued
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Tech NewsCruise Ship Previously Rejected by Five Countries Over Virus Fears Will Finally Be Allowed to Dock
The Westerdam cruise ship will be allowed to dock in Cambodia, according to a new statement from Holland America Line. The ship had previously been refused entry by five countries over concerns that passengers might have been infected with the new coronavirus that has killed 1,116 and sickened over 45,000 worldwide. “Westerdam is now sailing … Continued
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Tech NewsCruise Ship Denied Entry by Multiple Countries Over Coronavirus Fears Despite Having No Cases
The government of Thailand has denied a Dutch-based cruise ship entry to its ports over coronavirus fears, despite the fact that no one on board has any signs of the illness that has killed at least 1,018 people and sickened over 43,000 globally. The cruise ship, identified as the MS Westerdam, has previously been denied … Continued
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ScienceHealthNew Virus Kills Sixth Person After Human-to-Human Transmission Confirmed
Health officials in China have confirmed that a mysterious new virus which originated in the city of Wuhan can be transmitted from human-to-human, not just from animals to humans. The news comes after a sixth person has died from the virus and at least 15 health care workers have been infected. The World Health Organization … Continued
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ScienceHealthDeadly Mystery Virus Spreads Outside China to New Countries
Health officials in Thailand and Japan have announced that a strange new virus, which has killed two people and sickened dozens of others in China, has appeared inside their borders this week. The virus, known as 2019-nCoV, was first identified in Wuhan, China in late December and questions remain about how it spreads, according to … Continued
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ScienceBiologySix Elephants Die in Thailand Trying to Rescue Each Other From Waterfall
At least six wild Asian elephants died in southern Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park after trying to save each other from a waterfall, Reuters reported on Saturday. According to the BBC, the incident began when a baby elephant fell into the waterfall, which is known as Haew Narok (Hell’s Fall) and in 1992 was the … Continued
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Tech NewsThat Viral Story About Selfie-Takers on a Thai Beach ‘Facing the Death Penalty’ Is Totally Fake
Recently, you may have seen news stories claiming that tourists could “face the death penalty” for taking selfies on a certain beach in Thailand—which we can all agree is a little bit extreme. Thankfully, those claims are totally fake. This week, a flurry of fear-mongering reports came out warning that taking a photo on Mai Khao … Continued
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Tech NewsThai Boys Were Given Ketamine to Prevent Panic and Hypothermia During Cave Rescue
Ketamine may have helped save the lives of the twelve boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a Thai cave last summer. The group was spelunking in the Tham Luang cave complex on June 23 when a sudden rainstorm flooded the caverns and trapped them inside. A group of divers saved the team … Continued
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EartherEnvironmental JusticeSmog-Choked Bangkok Is Going to Make It Rain
In the capital of Thailand, a bout of toxic air has gotten so bad that officials are planning to literally make it rain to combat the smog. Over the weekend, air quality in parts of Bangkok veered into the “very unhealthy” category, with particulate matter levels as high as 227. Anytime the air quality index … Continued
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Hero Diver Threatens Lawsuit Against Elon Musk for Calling Him a Pedophile
Elon Musk had quite a weekend on Twitter. The billionaire tech mogul accused one of the cave divers who helped save a Thai soccer team of being a pedophile yesterday. And now the diver is considering a lawsuit. British national Vernon Unsworth was instrumental in rescuing 12 kids and their soccer coach from a flooded … Continued
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Increasingly Agitated Elon Musk Labels Diver Who Mocked His ‘Submarine’ a ‘Pedo Guy’
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused one of the British divers involved in the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave complex of being a pedophile on Saturday in retaliation for questioning Musk’s contributions to the rescue effort. Yeah. CNN reported that the diver in question, … Continued
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Is Elon Musk Serious?
A kid-sized submarine arrived in northern Thailand, just a few hours before the final four members of a youth soccer team and their coach were rescued from the flooded Tham Luang cave complex. Elon Musk, whose minions had built the sub out of SpaceX rocket materials for the sole purpose of moving the trapped boys … Continued
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All 12 Boys and Coach Rescued From Thai Cave
An 18-day ordeal in which the Wild Boars soccer team was trapped inside a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand has finally come to an end, with the twelfth team member and the coach exiting the cave earlier today. Four boys were rescued from the caves on Sunday, four yesterday, and now the remaining five … Continued
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Elon Musk’s Mini-Sub ‘Not Practical’ for Thai Cave, According to Rescue Chief
The attempted rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave has captivated the world. So when billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk announced that he was going to help, some in the tech community beamed with pride. But Musk’s Thai adventure is looking more and more silly with each passing day. Rescue … Continued
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Alert: Elon Now in Cave
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who this weekend announced he had directed a team of engineers to build a “tiny, kid-size submarine” (really more of an air-filled metal box) to help extract the 12 boys and coach of Thai soccer team Wild Boars stranded in the flooded Tham Luang cave complex for weeks, is … Continued
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Eight Boys Have Now Been Rescued From the Flooded Thai Cave Complex
Rescue teams working in northern Thailand have pulled four more boys from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex, raising the total number of rescued boys to eight. After nearly two agonizing weeks in Thailand, things are starting to look brighter for the 12 trapped boys and their 25-year-old coach. Four members of the Wild … Continued
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The Thai Cave Rescue Is Going Well So Far, With Four Boys Successfully Extracted
Thai authorities announced on Sunday that they have successfully extracted four of the dozen boys who, alongside their soccer coach, have been trapped on a muddy ledge in the flooded Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand since June 23rd. Per CNN, rescuers commenced with a daring plan to give the boys a crash course … Continued
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Elon Musk Says He’s Building a Tiny ‘Submarine’ to Rescue Thai Soccer Team Trapped in Cave
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that he is building “a tiny, kid-size submarine” to rescue the 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach infamously trapped within the submerged Tham Luang cave complex. According to the Bangkok Post, a nine-person engineering team assembled by Musk has already begun to arrive in the … Continued
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Former Navy Diver Dies in Thai Cave While Working to Rescue Trapped Boys
A former Thailand navy SEAL has died while working to save 12 boys and their coach from the submerged Tham Luang cave complex, the New York Times reports. The death comes as a heavy blow to the rescue mission, as monsoon rains threaten further flooding and as oxygen levels inside the chamber have started to … Continued
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Threat of Heavy Rains Could Force Emergency Evacuation of Boys Trapped in Thai Cave
As 12 boys and their soccer coach wait to be rescued from a submerged cave in northern Thailand, officials may be forced into action due to expected heavy rains in the coming days. The situation is grave, given a medical assessment claiming the boys and coach are too weak to attempt such a physically demanding … Continued