A World Apart: Nazi images for the cutting room floor in Thai cartoon
A short propaganda film commissioned by Thailand’s military rulers was supposed to promote the “12 core values” every Thai student must learn.
But there was one scene the junta has had trouble explaining: a grinning schoolboy painting an image of Adolf Hitler while his smiling classmate applauds.
The video, which has been screened before films in major cinemas since Saturday, has been met with ridicule on social media and condemned by the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok.
A senior official in the prime minister’s office, Panadda Diskul, said it was a “misunderstanding”, adding that the Nazi imagery in the cartoon scene would soon be replaced.
The film tells the story of two young children learning about life and loyalty.
Mr Panadda said the boy shown merrily painting an image of Hitler saluting beside a swastika was trying to compare his mother to a dictator, in essence a rebellious jest.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed in Los Angeles with one more passenger than when it took off.
A passenger gave birth shortly after Flight 623 took off from San Francisco on Tuesday and the Phoenix-bound jet diverted to Los Angeles International Airport.
The woman was assisted by the flight crew and a doctor and nurse who were aboard, airline spokeswoman Emily Samuels said. She said hopefully the airline has a new customer for life.
Paramedics boarded the aircraft and the mother and newborn, whose names have not been released, were taken to a hospital in good condition, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said.
“The captain announced congratulations for the arrival of this new baby boy,” said passenger Aarti Shahani. “So we all started applauding, but it was confusing because we thought someone was going to die not be born.”
A familiar image of Winnie the Pooh as he played “Poohsticks” with Piglet and Christopher Robin has sold at auction for more than £300,000 (€378,000).
The illustration by EH Shepard — first published in 1928 — one of the most famous images of Pooh — had been in a private collection for more than 40 years.
It had been expected to fetch between £100,000 and £150,000 but finally went for £314,500 — including buyer’s premium — at the sale in London by auction house Sotheby’s.
A long lost series of erotic letters could become a literary hit after a book deal was struck following their discovery in a Paris apartment.
The cache of messages dating from the 1920s, from a young woman called Mademoiselle Simone to her married lover named Charles, are said to become increasingly explicit as their relationship develops.
They were discovered in an apartment by French diplomat Jean Yves Berthault and are now to be published around the world.
A sheep wearing a festive red-and-green sweater who was found wandering around Omaha has been reunited with his owner.
Owner Margaret Vazquez said she initially panicked when the sheep named Gage went missing. She says the sheep “follows me everywhere”.
The Humane Society was caring for Gage after he was found Sunday evening in an Omaha neighbourhood.
Gage shares a shed with two chickens, when he isn’t in his owner’s house. Gage is used to walking on a leash and doesn’t seem to mind that the holiday apparel he donned appears to have been designed for a dog.
