Bidders line up for troubled Thames Water

Bidders line up for troubled Thames Water

Thames Water has received multiple bids for the struggling business, warning it could run out of cash by next year. Castle Water, the Scottish utility firm co-owned by Conservative Party treasurer Graham Edwards, is understood to have made an offer for Thames Water ahead of next Thursday’s deadline for potential investors. Infrastructure investor Covalis, backed…

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Statue of former president demolished in Hama

Statue of former president demolished in Hama

A statue of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, father of President Bashar al-Assad, has been vandalized in the city of Hama. Syrian rebels say they have taken complete control of the country’s second major city after the army’s withdrawal. The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Joulani, declared “victory”…

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