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Ebrahim Raisi receives 62% of the vote in Iran's elections for president in 2021. He is an Iranian judge opposed to Iran's outreach to the west at a time when the Iran nuclear deal is in the process of being revived. Turnout was low at 49% reflecting the lack of real choice in the vote. In the weeks before the election most nonconservative candidates were disqualified. 

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The 1608 foot, 118 story International Commerce Center going up in Hong Kong, will be the tallest in China after the World FInancial Center in Shanghai. Sun Hung Kai Properties , the developer of the ICC, says it is almost completely leased with Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley taking multi story space because they are shifting from the more costly central district.
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Apartment prices in HongKong are up 28% so far in 2009. THey are at their highest levels since the 1997 Aisna financial crisis. This occurs with rising unemployment and falling household incomes. It is fueled by low interest rates and cash rich investors from mainland China.
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Microsoft and Amazon to invest$17.5 billion and $35 billion in India  dat centers by 2030. Google plans to invest $15 billion with partners Airtel and Adani Group for a total of $67.5 billion. Renewable energy in Hyderabad costs 7 cents for one kilowatt hour compared to 18 cents on average in the US. TPG of the US is working with Tata Group on AI data centre in Hyderabad and others in India. Till recently most of India's data was stored in Singapore. Even today India has only 5% of the data center capacity in the world and yet consumes most of the data in the world because of it's growing population.

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We asked the question if survey respondents by 60% chose Nature to replace historical figures, why wildlife, why not British gardens which are famous and something Britons can be proud of? This BBC report by Kevin Peachey shows why but does not fully answer that question. Banknotes from Sri Lanka and Asian countries already show nature or birds unique to each country.  Scientists in England's Industrial Revolution that set the example for the Industrial Revolution in the rest of Europe, then Asia, or landmarks, cathedrals including Salisbury location of Magna Carta were these not candidates that Britons could be proud of? All these made an enormous impact on people's lives, not just in England but in the whole world. 

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Peter Magyar Explained- Magyar 45 years was a follower of Orban till 2024 when he broke from the Fidesz ruling party. He married the Justice Minister Judit Varga of the Fidesz in 2006. He was a Hungarian diplomat in Brussels and held senior positions in state companies. The break with Fidesz came when Varga resigned over a government scandal. There is some skepticism even among Magyar's supporters and hope that things will change from the corruption that this report says is the most corrupt in the EU with funds from the EU for public services. Hungary now gets access to 18 billion euros of EU funds that were blocked because of Orban's policies.

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US president DJT says about television news network CNN in December 2025- "it is imperative that CNN be sold." Paramount's deal for merging with Warner Brothers is one way this is planned.

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How AI bots working for Perplexity are affecting $64 billion in Ads revenue for Amazon and Amazon's response. A judge rules in favor of Amazon to keep AI bots out of its shopping site.

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Prince William's quiet faith and his meetings with Dame Sarah Mullally, new Archbishop of Canterbury. The prince will attend the ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral for the new Archbishop on Wednesday March 25, 2026.

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Mattel sees the need for inhouse manufacturing to have real quality assurance.
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Nissan and NEC plan to invest $115 to produce a lithium ion battery in a 3 years project with capacity of 13,000 a year in the beginning growing to 65,000 annually by 2011, mostly for cars. Nissan has a 51% ownership stake in the new company. Nissan and NEC say their laminated cell battery uses a stable crystal structure called spinel manganese that will eliminate risk of overheating.
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Beatles oldest singers to get to top the charts as well as having one in 1963 when Macmillan was prime minister and now in 2026 when Labour's Starmer is PM.


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