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In India elections are a matter of faith, and criticism is akin to blasphemy
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Zach Hope
South-east Asia correspondent
Lust, power, politics, money: In court with Donald Trump
The case in which the ex-president is accused of falsifying business records to hide an affair ahead of an election has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster.
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Starvation is true horror. Sanctions against Israel are Australia’s only choice
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Marc Purcell
CEO, Australian Council for International Development
North America
Your brain waves are up for sale – a new law wants to change that
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- by Jonathan Moens
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Lust, power, politics, money: In court with Donald Trump
The case in which the ex-president is accused of falsifying business records to hide an affair ahead of an election has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Republican House Speaker faces choice between losing his job and funding Ukraine
- by Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves
Europe
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- by Sam Tobin and Michael Holden
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Assange saga
Julian Assange extradition moves closer as US provides British court with assurances
- by Michael Holden and Kanishka Singh
Asia
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World elections
In India elections are a matter of faith, and criticism is akin to blasphemy
Close to a billion Indians are eligible to vote in a 44-day national election beginning today. It will be the largest democratic exercise in history.
- by Zach Hope
Opinion
Inside China
China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan
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- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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