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...“The China factor seems a little more explicit this time,” said Shelley Rigger, a veteran expert on Taiwan politics at Davidson College....
...One of the facilities Kim inspected in August, the March 16 Factory at Phyongsong just north of the North Korean capital, produces “transporter erector launchers” for missiles including the solid-fuel Hwasong...
...Resurgam is a joint commission by the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival and the City of London’s “Destination City” programme....
...temporary process, but if the male lineage grows up in good health, it is more orthodox for a member of the male bloodline to become the leader of North Korea”.Christopher Green, a senior consultant for the International...
...Although she is now tied up alongside a secure quay in Portland, and has no means of propulsion, Bibby Stockholm is a ship, with an International Maritime Organisation number....
...In the sale are names such as El Anatsui (“Oga 1”, est £60,000-£80,000); Ibrahim El-Salahi (“The Tree”, £20,000-£30,000); William Kentridge (“The Head”, £50,000-£70,000); and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (“Erector...
...“Paraguay is in play, the Chinese are trying to poach it,” said Bonnie Glaser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think-tank....
...The building complex surrounding the Grand Mosque of Mecca is reckoned to be the most expensive construction of modern times, although the cost of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in...
...signed six laws aimed at supporting Taiwan, including streamlining arms sales, encouraging high-level visits, and helping Taiwan preserve its remaining diplomatic allies and gain greater participation in international...
...Globally, the pandemic’s impact on workers has been “catastrophic”, says the International Labour Organization....
...But whoever replaces Mr Li, the former oil-rigger from mainland China, will have their work cut out closer to home if the exchange is going to keep riding high....
...Ashley Pittard, head of global equities at fund manager and HKEX shareholder Pendal, said international expansion plans could take a back seat following Mr Li’s departure....
...Shelley Rigger, a Taiwan expert at Davidson College, said allowing Mr Lai to visit Washington was a risky move that could destabilise relations between Taiwan and Beijing as well as between China and the...
...Mr Li’s decade-long tenure at HKEX has been characterised by an outward-looking agenda to match his international background....
...“As a relatively new company [being shortlisted for WAF] gives us international exposure,” says Adnan Harambasic, partner at SAAHA....
...Convicted Libor rigger Tom Hayes is expected to appeal against the judge’s verdict and his 14-year sentence today....
...There is bound to be a Libor super-rigger, a VW, or a GlaxoSmithKline in China, which flouts the law to such an extent that it cannot be concealed....
...It is the first successful prosecution of a Libor rigger since allegations first coalesced in 2011. More, please....
...In good weather, when the sun is shining and the views stretch as far as the horizon, riggers say there is no better place to work. When the wind blows and the rain falls, it can be one of the worst....
...A haunting novel by the Albanian winner of the inaugural International Man Booker Prize....
...“I threw out my Japanese brushes and worked only with long-stapled handmade sable riggers, or short-handled paintbrushes,” she says....
...’s art galleries, “we have to work constantly on keeping and making Berlin an interesting and exciting place for the international art world”....
...… The make-up artist: Yadim Carranza Fresh from his stint at Dior as international make-up designer, Yadim Carranza created Lady Gaga’s smeared dramatic clown face on the cover of Gaga’s single “Applause...
...Experts said Pyongyang’s decision will add pressure on South Korea and the US to resume talks with North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programmes as Pyongyang vows to expand it in response to stronger international...
...Jane’s said the vehicle – a transporter erector launcher, or TEL – showed similarities to a Chinese equivalent, an allegation confirmed by US officials a few days later....
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