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The billionaire dynasty that has dominated Thailand’s politics for more than two decades is on the cusp of being ousted from ...
Many signs, unfortunately, now point to another coup looming in the relatively near future. Thai politics, particularly army ...
Forty-four of the world's 195 countries are monarchies.As a result of how the British Empire dissolved itself, 16 of these 44 have Queen Elizabeth II as their Head of State.
The king of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch, has changed the name of his country to the “Kingdom of eSwatini” to mark the 50th anniversary of independence – and to avoid ...
Thailand was an absolute monarchy for centuries until the system ended in 1932. Since then, Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy. Today, it has a democratic form of government, but with the ...
President Trump’s shocking statement on self-pardons and his lawyers’ equally startling letter asserting absolute power over the federal investigation of Trump raise a stark question about our ...
Thousands of Thais took to the streets of the capital on Sunday demanding reforms of the monarchy, defying a court ruling that such demands are a veiled attempt to overthrow the institution.
And then there’s the plaque. One night in April 2017, a small, round brass plaque commemorating the end of absolute monarchy in 1932 disappeared from the paving of the Royal Plaza.Another one ...
The king of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch, has changed the name of his country to the “Kingdom of eSwatini” to mark the 50th anniversary of independence – and to avoid ...