World Leaders
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Jacinda Ardern won a landslide re-election because of her effective Covid-19 response
Five experts analyse the historic election.
Richard Shaw, The Conversation, Bronwyn Hayward, The Conversation, Jennifer Curtin, The Conversation, Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald, The Conversation & Jack Vowles, The Conversation
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Yoshihide Suga: The son of a strawberry farmer who has become Japan’s new prime minister
Shinzo Abe’s successor will likely promote relations with India, ASEAN and Australia.
Craig Mark, The Conversation
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Who assassinated Swedish PM Olof Palme? Thirty-four years later, there is an answer
With the closure of the case, the nation ‘can now begin to heal’.
Andrew Nestingen, The Conversation
Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Australian bushfires: In the country’s hour of need, PM Scott Morrison failed to step up
While tackling global concerns, political leaders must put aside partisanship in the interest of collective action.
James Walters, The Conversation
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Kwame Nkrumah: Why the hero of Ghana’s independence struggle is often considered a villain
Like many great men, the legacy of Ghana's independence hero is not uncontested.
Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah, The Conversation
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Dynasties still run the world: Study finds one in 10 world leaders belongs to a political family
To reach the highest rungs of power, it really helps if your father was president.
Farida Jalalzai, The Conversation & Meg Rincker, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Trump’s call to leaders to put their countries first will take world to 1913, says UN rights chief
The sense that certain countries are somehow morally superior to others courts trouble, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said.
Scroll Staff
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‘I am not a racist’: US President Donald Trump replies to uproar over ‘shithole’ comment
Trump said he was ready and willing to reach a deal to protect illegal immigrants who were brought to the US as children from being deported.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Meet Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s first Prime Minister with Indian roots (and openly gay)
The son of an Indian immigrant won on a platform opposing prejudice.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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Resist the temptation to compare Trump and Modi. The two are radically different
The two leaders have different journeys and need to be engaged with in different ways.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Narendra Modi ranked ninth in Forbes' World's Most Powerful People list
The prime minister made it into the top 10 for the first time.
Scroll Staff