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What its economic challenges tell us about globalisation

Tax changes have made it harder for some landlords to make ends meet.

Anti-government protesters in Thailand have been charged with sedition. Nine of them face at least seven years in jail, if they are found guilty. They had been calling for elections and an end to military rule.

Scores of people have died in four days of intense bombardment in the besieged Damascus suburb.

The top House Democrat, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, is thought to have set a new record for the longest speech ever made in the House of Representatives, after telling the stories of immigrants for eight hours.

Expectations build, albeit cautiously, for relatively aggressive rises in rates