By Reuters and published by CNA GOOGLE’S parent Alphabet Inc said on Friday (Jan. 20) it is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its workforce, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet’s shares rose almost 4 percent in pre-market trading. The cuts
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Drunk woman bites off part of tourist’s ear in Pattaya
AN INTOXICATED woman hopped on a songthaew bus in Pattaya last night (August 20) and bit off a part of a Thai tourist’s ear and swallowed it, Sanook.com said today. The attack on the tourist, Mr. Charoen (surname withheld), 55, occurred at 11.30 p.m. at the traffic light intersection in front of Wat Chaimongkol
Read moreYoung woman chases off would-be rapist
A 22-year-old woman who lives in a hostle at Kalasin province fought off an acquaintance who was infactuated with her and tried to rape her in her room in the dead of the night, Sanook.com said today. Reporters of this news site contacted the woman, Ms A (assumed name), who confirmed the post and video
Read morePremium durian growers use barcode to fend off ‘fakes’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DURIAN GROWN IN a certain village in the inland part of the seaside Hua Hin district will specifically bear a barcode sticker on the fruit to distinguish itself from all other durian in Thailand. Chief district officer of Hua Hin Prayong Chanthateng confirmed today (June 8) all Pala-U durian, named after
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