SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – The global ambitions of Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei are marked in brick and mortar at a new company campus in southern China, where the buildings are replicas of European cities. FILE PHOTO: Employees are seen after a day of work at the new Huawei …
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Read More »‘Delicious Taxes’: Thai Protesters Use Cartoon Japanese Hamster to Mock Government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a jingle of Japanese cartoons on Sunday with taunts mocking the government as hungry hamsters feast on taxpayer money, part of a new youth protest movement that they say are using whimsical tactics for serious purposes. Thai youth have been challenging the …
Read More »Putin and Zelenskiy discuss conflict in eastern Ukraine on the eve of the ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day Parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2020. Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin via REUTERS MOSCOW / KYIV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine and both voiced support for a ceasefire …
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