After more than three decades, the relationship between Thailand and Saudi Arabia is on the mend. Top officials met on Wednesday in Riyadh and decided to let bygones be bygones. Why, you ask, were they angry at each other in the first place? Well, that’s a story that involves a Thai gardener, a Saudi prince, murders and a jewel heist. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum has the story.
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