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by Jerome TAYLOR BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — After spending much of his life outside the public eye, Thailand’s next monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn has been catapulted into the limelight as future king of a politically fractured nation still grieving for his revered father. The 64-year-old inherits one of the world’s richest monarchies, an opaque institution shielded by a notoriously tough royal defamation law. Yet the untested heir has enormous shoes to fill following the October 13 […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Five key facts about the election of Rome’s new mayor on Sunday: A woman at last Every king, consul, emperor and pope who has run Rome since it was founded two and a half millennia ago has been male: that looks set to change with Virginia Raggi the runaway favourite to be the next mayor. Female mayors club Raggi headed the first round with 35 percent of votes, well ahead of […]
(Reuters) – King, the company behind the hit mobile phone game “Candy Crush Saga,” is planning a U.S. stock market debut that some analysts think could value it at more than $5 billion and herald a flurry of technology company listings this year. The successful flotation of Twitter in November and a surge in Facebook’s share price have fueled speculation that a string of technology firms could come to market, including music-sharing service Spotify, lodging […]
