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Floods swamp China's south, spark extreme weather fears 2024-04-22
LBC International

Floods swamped a handful of cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking worries about the region's defenses against bigger deluges induced by extreme weather events. The province once dubbed the "factory floor of the world" is prone to...

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Why is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visiting Pakistan? 2024-04-22
Al Jazeera

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is in Pakistan on a three-day trip to discuss regional and bilateral relations days after Iran and Israel carried out attacks against each other, risking the Gaza war to expand into a regional conflict. Raisi is scheduled to hold talks with top Pakistani leadership,...

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Racial wart on Myanmar’s revolutionary troika 2024-04-22
Asiatimes

As Myanmar’s political opposition complex marks a three-year anniversary since the 2021 military coup, its progress has been at best mediocre and at worst an abysmal failure. The three groups that comprise the complex are the multi-member policy advisory body the National Unity Consultative Council...

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Modi’s Muslim remarks spark ‘hate speech’ accusations as India’s mammoth election deepens divides 2024-04-22
CNN

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of delivering Islamophobic remarks during an election rally Sunday, triggering widespread anger from prominent Muslims and members of the opposition. The world’s most populous nation is in the midst of a mammoth weeks-long election in which...

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India begins voting in gigantic election as Modi seeks historic third term 2024-04-19
Dawn

India began voting on Friday in the world’s largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term in office on the back of growth, welfare, his personal popularity and Hindu nationalism. The vote pits Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against an alliance of two dozen...

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Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat 2024-04-18
Guam Pacific Daily News

AFP Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 Updated 29 mins ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times Handout The eruptions forced authorities to close a major airport and issue a warning about...

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Will Modi win 400 seats in India’s election? The south holds the answer 2024-04-17
Al Jazeera

New Delhi, India – In the early part of his campaign for India’s upcoming 2024 election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a target for his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance that is ambitious even by the standards of his successful coalition. “Abki baar 400 paar,” Modi declared,...

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Sri Lanka’s lost revolution 2024-04-16
Asiatimes

On July 9, 2022, Sri Lankans protesting the regime of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa shocked the world when they stormed the executive mansion in Colombo. Live-streaming on Twitter and YouTube, dissidents ransacked the presidential palace and celebrated in the streets as state security struggled to...

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Behind India’s Manipur conflict, a tale of drugs, armed groups and politics 2024-04-16
Al Jazeera

Sugnu, India – Ratan Kumar Singh, a 58-year-old high school teacher, never imagined he would be happy to see armed fighters, or “revolutionaries” as he called them. But on May 28 last year, Singh welcomed them to his town of Sugnu in Manipur, a state in India’s northeast corner bordering Myanmar....

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Narendra Modi: India’s popular but controversial leader seeking a transformative third term 2024-04-16
CNN

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once famously made a simple election promise: “good days are coming”. To his adoring supporters, it’s a vision of a future now finally within reach should Modi and his right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secure an emphatic and rare third...

photo: PIB of India / Prime Minister's Office, Government of India