| | | | | | | At Pakistan's painful birth in 1947, the ensuing chaos meant little attention was paid to the architecture of British colonial rulers that influenced the country's biggest city, Karachi. More than 70 years later, many architectural gems are either crumbling or under threat from real estate developers in Pakistan's commercial capital which is mushrooming into a mega-city. | | |
| A witness in the case of two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar told a courtroom that he wrote notes on his hand about where the pair were arrested to jog his memory. The location of the arrests has emerged as a key point of contention in the proceedings to decide whether Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, will be charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison. | | |
| Commentary: Investors' fears that populist forces will win Italy's election are misplaced, writes Paul Wallace in a column on the real reason to worry about the March 4 vote. "Italian political risk is overhyped. By contrast there is undue complacency about Italy’s vulnerable economy, the third biggest in the euro area." | | |
| | | An oil venture that was meant to dominate the Arctic disintegrates - Exxon quits some Russian joint ventures citing sanctions https://reut.rs/2CPcTUX 11:31 AM - MAR 1, 2018 |
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