World
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Pakistan: No foreign leader will be invited to Imran Khan’s oath-taking ceremony, says his party
Scroll Staff
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French President Emmanuel Macron wins two no-confidence motions
Scroll Staff
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Australia: Teenager accused of killing Indian student charged with murder
Scroll Staff
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of key cardinal amid allegations of sexual abuse
Scroll Staff
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‘Blood moon’: The myths and superstitions about the lunar eclipse from across the world
Daniel Brown, The Conversation
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North Korea returns remains of over 50 US soldiers killed in Korean War
Scroll Staff
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US: Radio show hosts suspended after calling Sikh-American attorney general ‘turban man’
Scroll Staff
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Use of a genealogy database to crack an old serial-killer case in the US has raised privacy concerns
Julia Creet, The Conversation
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Why migrant-dominated UAE’s exclusionary nationalisation model is unsustainable
Riaz Hassan
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Widening trade deficit, high oil prices: Why the rupee is at a seven-month low against the US dollar
Sriram Iyer, qz.com
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The Havana mystery: Inside the investigation into strange illnesses of US diplomats in Cuba
Tim Golden, ProPublica Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica
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Not just India: Bangladesh’s banks are also battling loan defaults and experts blame corruption
Shariful Islam, Dhaka Tribune
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Ever expanding, but at what cost? The Winter Olympic journey from Chamonix to PyeongChang
Heather Dichter, The Conversation
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The ‘Modi bounce’: India’s Ease of Business rank jumped because of methodological change, not reform
Divyanshi Wadhwa Justin Sandefur
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May the best man not win: Why companies should stop looking for the best talent while recruiting
Scott E Page, Aeon
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We can learn things in our sleep – but not the way scientists once thought
Sadie Witkowski, Aeon
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Iran: Lawmaker says at least 3,700 have been arrested during protests
Scroll Staff
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The travel industry is creating a bad name for itself – and tourists are facing the backlash
Carter A Hunt, The Conversation
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Latin America has lessons for the world on how to tackle income inequality
Alice Evans, The Conversation
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British Asians and football: how the ‘beautiful game’ needs to change
Daniel Kilvington, The Conversation