LONDON (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic has forced sovereign wealth funds to make it rather unthinkable. FILEFOTO: Empty offices are seen as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease continues, in London, UK March 19, 2020. REUTERS / Simon Dawson With leading office blocks lying empty around the world, hotels half …
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MOSCOW / DUBAI / LONDON (Reuters) – In the long-running story of a highly explosive cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate on the waterfront of Beirut, one thing is clear – no one has ever come forward publicly to demand it. FILE PHOTO: A man is seen at the scene …
Read More »Test of royal taboos: within the new youth protests of Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Over two days of video calls earlier this month, about a dozen students from the Kasetsart and the Mahanakorn universities in Thailand debated breaking a taboo that could land them in jail: openly challenging the powerful monarchy of the country, according to two people at the talks. …
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