January 21, 2022

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Putin Push
On January 6, security forces were used to quell mass unrest. Protests sparked by rising fuel prices in the towns of Zhanaozen and Aktau spread across the country. On January 5, President Tokayev dismissed the cabinet and declared a state of emergenc
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Dark Day
U.S. Capitol Police officers after morning roll call on Capitol Hill on January 6, a year after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building in hopes of interrupting the certification of the election of Joe Biden as President. The poli
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Jail Time
On January 3, Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her father. A jury found Holmes guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud investors. The blood testing
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RIP Sidney Poitier
The legendary actor, who died on January 6 at age 94, is honored at the site of his star on the Walk of Fame on January 8. His best-known roles were in films ranging from Blackboard Jungle in 1955 to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in 1967. As The New Y
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Multiple Fronts
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT is seeking to build upon a series of peace deals with Arab countries by fortifying ties with the United Arab Emirates, even as he wages war on a particularly contagious strain of COVID-19 at home. Bennett’s hist
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All You Need Is LOVE
Cirque du Soleil, the global entertainment company with annual pre-pandemic revenues of $1 billion, is known for trafficking in multi-million dollar extravaganzas with acrobatic feats that stretch the boundaries of the imagination. For 20 years, Dani
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Q&A: Daniel Lamarre
What’s the most important thing for success in business? DANIEL LAMARRE: Creativity. If you are not prioritizing creativity—the dictionary definition of “making or bringing into existence something new”—you are wasting your time. No company deserve
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Thailand Leading The Way In Sustainability
Thailand ranks in the top three countries in South East Asia, and the top 25 globally, in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 rankings, reflecting successive administrations’ work to strengthen the business environment and encourage investment from
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TPI Polene Group - Thailand’s ESG leader
This dynamic business environment has powered the Thai manufacturing sector, which contributed 26% of GDP on a value-added basis on the eve of the covid-19 pandemic, according to World Bank figures. The sector has been rebounding strongly this year,
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Krungthai Bank Driving Thailand’s financial inclusion
Thailand’s economic vitality is reflected in and underpinned by the strength of its banking system. In June 2021, the Thai office of ratings agency Fitch Ratings, said that that banks’ buffers, such as loan-loss reserves and common equity Tier 1 capi
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YLG Group Thailand’s Gold Leader Eyes International Growth
YLG Bullion International Company Limited, expanded from succeed of Yoo Lim Gold Factory Company Limited which established in 1993. YLG Bullion was originally active as a manufacturer and exporter of authentic gold, jewelry, and gems. Over the past t
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‘The World Is On the Brink’
LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE PRESIDENT JOHN F. Kennedy delivered his Commencement Address at the American University in 1963, the Cuban Missile Crisis had brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Though the prospect of a lasting peace remained a dis
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Talking Points
“I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1 pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I’m still not near the Capitol.” —VIRGINIA SENATOR TIM KAINE, AMONG THOSE STRANDED ON I-95 BY A SNOWSTORM “I WORK AT FOX. I WANNA SEE DISARRAY ON THE LEFT. IT’S GOOD FOR AM
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The Second Coming Of Nuclear Power
THE U.S. AND 80 OTHER COUNTRIES agreed in November at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, to convert most of the world to green energy in a few decades. It’s a necessary step to curb greenhouse gases that cause climate change, but it c
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Trips Worth the Wait
As we begin a new year and the pandemic continues to rage on, travel is more complicated than ever. But with the glimmers of hope from the availability of vaccines and reopening borders in 2021, we’re cautiously optimistic about the year ahead. One t
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Eva Chen
EVA CHEN, DIRECTOR OF FASHION PARTNERSHIPS AT INSTAGRAM, KNOWS how to tell a story expertly through clothes. “My job at Instagram is two glorious things: fashion and shopping.” But when she became a mother, she was eager for a children’s book that re

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