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Uber Aims for Valuation of Up to $91 Billion in I.P.O.

By KATE CONGER and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UYyl7R
Right Back at You

By MING LIU from NYT Fashion https://nyti.ms/2M66evO
Listen to ‘The Daily’: Guns and the Midterm Elections

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At LVMH’s Watch Division, Experience of a Different Kind

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Turkey rejects U.S., French calls for Afrin ceasefire in Syria

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey forcefully rejected on Wednesday Western calls to suspend its offensive in northwest Syria, saying the United St...
Thailand's King Rama X - from pilot prince to powerful monarch

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will be officially crowned as the 10th king of the Chakri dynasty on May 4, ...
Rights group says China arrests at least three labour activists

At least three prominent labour activists in China have been formally arrested on public order charges, a Hong Kong-based labour rights orga...
Malaysian royals to vote for a new king after surprise resignation

Members of Malaysia's royal families agreed on Monday to vote for a new king on Jan. 24 to replace King Muhammad V, who has stepped down...