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Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march | UK news newsthirst.

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell were due to be interviewed under caution by police after a pro-Palestine march in central London on Saturday. Nine people have been charged with public order offences after protesters allegedly breached conditions as they marched through the city, allegedly breaking through a police line in the process. The Palestine Solidarity…

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Japan’s economy contracts by a more than expected 0.2% from prior three months newsthirst.

Commercial and residential buildings at dusk in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economy contracted 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in the quarter ended March, a sharper fall than expected, preliminary government data showed Friday. The GDP figure was a larger drop than the 0.1% contraction expected by economists polled by…

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Qatar attracts VC fund managers to Doha with its $1 billion ‘fund of funds’ newsthirst.

The skyline of Doha, Qatar. Tim De Waele | Corbis | Getty Images The Qatar Investment Authority is leveraging its over-$500 billion in assets to attract venture capital firms to the hydrocarbon-rich state. The sovereign wealth fund’s $1-billion fund of funds program — which invests in both international and regional VC funds — is designed…

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Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, U.S. PE firm to invest $25 billion in U.S. data center projects newsthirst.

A car drives past a building of the Digital Reality Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., March 17, 2025.  Leah Millis | Reuters Sovereign wealth fund ADQ and American private equity firm Energy Capital Partners, or ECP, have signed a deal for a $25 billion investment partnership dedicated to increasing power generation, primarily in the…

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