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THAILAND wants to welcome tourists back to the country as soon as July. Tourist groups in Thailand have launched the #OpenThailandSafely campaign, which wants to allow travellers with proof of a COVID-19 vaccine into the country without quarantine requirements by July 1. The petition, being sent to the Thai government, said: "As Thailand is starting to vaccinate its most vulnerable and its healthcare workers, we believe that now is the time to announce a firm and irreversible date to reopen its borders. "This will give confidence to international travellers and encourage them to book a trip to Thailand." "Thai tourism operators, especially those reliant on international travel, would then be able to start business planning, accept forward bookings, start to rehire staff, and conduct training programs. "Without a firm commitment to reopening made now, Thailand may lose all of 2021 as travellers will make plans for alternative destinations." Thailand has been off … [Read more...] about Thailand holidays to open to Brits as early as July – as country aims to reopen borders ahead of summer

DEAR DEIDRE: I’VE always known that I’m bisexual, but I never strayed since I met my wife –­ that is until I shared a passionate kiss with her brother last summer. I am worried as she is trying to organise another family holiday this summer, once restrictions allow it. I’m panicking and don’t know what to do. I’m 40 and my wife is 36, we’ve been married for eight years and have a five-year-old daughter. Last summer, when things opened up a little, we all went to stay at a big family holiday home in Cornwall. My wife’s brother, wo is the same age as me, and his family went too. Before the trip, I didn’t know her brother well at all, but during the two-week holiday I spent a lot of time with him. We discovered we share a love of fishing and would spend hours together talking on the river bank, while we waited for the fish to bite. Read more online ALCOHOL ISSUES? Other half hitting the bottle? For the support pack Dealing With A Drinker, email … [Read more...] about I feel so guilty after passionately kissing my wife’s brother

The German airline Lufthansa on Thursday announced a record loss of €6.7 billion ($8 billion) in the COVID-19-stricken year of 2020. That compared with a profit of €1.2 billion for 2019. CEO Carsten Spohr described the pandemic year as "the most challenging in the history of our company." Thousands of flight cancellations and travel restrictions because of the coronavirus crisis meant the airline reported a loss of nearly €5.6 billion for the first nine months of the year . The German, Belgian, Austrian and Swiss governments propped up the company with some €9 billion in 2020 . Since then, the German government has been the largest individual shareholder in the airline. Watch video 01:50 Share Breakthrough: Shareholders greenlight Lufthansa bailout Send Facebook Twitter reddit EMail Facebook Messenger Web Whatsapp Web Telegram linkedin Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/3eLJg From June 2020: Shareholders … [Read more...] about Germany’s Lufthansa announces record losses for 2020

HE was born Vincent Furnier but the world knows and loves him as Alice Cooper. “The only person who calls me Vince is Keith Richards,” admits the American shock rock icon. “He’ll say, ‘Vinnie, Vinnie, how long has it been since you had a drink?’ “And I’ll reply, ‘More than 30 years’. And he goes, ‘Ah, begs the question, why???’ ” There was a time, however, when Alice was a match for the Rolling Stones rogue when it came to hellraising. Let’s go back to one Christmas Eve in the early Seventies when rabble-rousing anthems like School’s Out and Elected were delivering teenage kicks years before the punk explosion. Alice and his band of renegades were playing cavernous Madison Square Garden in New York City. It may have been bitterly cold outside but the heat was rising inside one of America’s most hallowed music venues. “At the end of the show, Santa Claus came on stage and took a big bow,” remembers the frontman who still wears trademark ghoulish black eye … [Read more...] about Alice Cooper on the prophetic School’s Out and his new album Detroit Stories

TAYLOR Swift slams Netflix and its new drama series, Ginny & Georgia, for including a “lazy, deeply sexist” joke about her love life. Fans began trending “Respect Taylor Swift ” on Twitter over the weekend after watching the show and finding the joke to be incredibly “hurtful towards Taylor.” Season 1 of the series, which follows 15-year-old Ginny ( Antonia Gentry ) and her 30-year-old mom Georgia (Brianne Howey), released last Wednesday and features 10 episodes. In the finale, titled "The Worst Betrayal Since Jordyn and Kylie," the mother-daughter duo are fighting when Ginny says to her mom: "What do you care? You go through men faster than Taylor Swift.” Viewers slammed the series for including the joke, unable to believe that “in the year 2021,” a program would still be making the same comments about Taylor’s romantic life that have been made her entire career. The singer took notice after the joke went viral and she started trending on social media, and she … [Read more...] about Taylor Swift SLAMS Ginny & Georgia for ‘lazy, horse s**t’ joke about her love life after her fans bash Netflix show