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The contentious electoral bond funding scheme has helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party build an immense campaign war chest dwarfing rivals

Corporate India In Spotlight After Political Donor List Release

Huge donations by firms under criminal investigation or suspected of being shell companies have been funnelled to India's ruling BJP and other parties, new data showed, highlighting the backscratching ties between corporate titans and the government.
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India's Rahul Gandhi flanked by fellow opposition leaders at a campaign rally in Mumbai

India's Opposition Struggles To Battle Modi Juggernaut

Living a precarious existence on odd jobs, manual labourer Virender Singh says his relentless struggles to make money are inconsequential compared to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's endeavours to make India great.
Mar 21, 2024
Un homme soupçonné d'extorsion présenté au poste de police de la Gaula (Groupe d'action unifiée pour la liberté personnelle), après avoir été arrêtés à Bogota, le 20 février 2024 en Colombie

Amid Crime Surge, Vendors In Bogota Turn To Hired Guns

On the streets of a Bogota neighborhood where a businessman was killed for refusing to pay protection money, retired soldiers sporting weapons and camouflage gear keep a watchful eye on every movement.
Mar 21, 2024
Agustina Bovi (L) cooks at the small vegan restaurant 'Yedra,' in Buenos Aires, but even with another job on the side she's living through her 'worst period from an economic point of view'

Argentina's Battered Middle Class Shrinking Under Milei

Argentina's middle class is vanishing: with austerity cuts introduced by self-proclaimed "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei, ever more people cannot afford schooling or medicine, even those holding down two jobs.
Mar 20, 2024
China has slammed criticism of the new security law passed by Hong Kong's rubber stamp legislature Tuesday night

China Blasts Critics Of New Hong Kong Security Law

China lashed out against critics of Hong Kong's new national security law on Wednesday, accusing the British government of having the "mindset of a coloniser" and condemning the EU's "hypocritical" position.
Mar 20, 2024
A Milei marks 100 days in office, thousands protest his austerity measures

Success And Setbacks: 100 Days Of Argentina's Milei

Argentina's President Javier Milei has slashed public spending but 100 days into his presidency social tensions are simmering and he is still battling to pass his flagship economic reforms.
Mar 19, 2024
Putin's grip on power

Putin: The Autocrat Eyeing A New World Order

Russian President Vladimir Putin has over the past two decades built up a system of domestic repression and confrontation with the West that is almost certain to guarantee a fifth term in office on Sunday.
Mar 17, 2024

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