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Desperate for water, some Delhi residents are prepared to kill
The streets feel like an oven. Driving a water truck is dangerous work when water is rationed: people will do anything to quench their family’s thirst.
- by Sameer Yasir
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World elections
Modi’s alliance races to majority but falls short of landslide
- by YP Rajesh and Shilpa Jamkhandikar
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He’s warned us before on the China threat. Can we afford to ignore him again?
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Peter Hartcher
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Trump’s martyr schtick is working, at least with my Republican siblings
Donald Trump has been playing the victim since his bombshell conviction, and if my family straw poll is indicative, it’s an effective strategy.
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
The girlfriend AI experience could spur, or destroy, real relationships
AI has the potential to make the market for fake intimacy much larger. People can subscribe for a fraction of the cost of a human sex worker, and with no stigma or legal consequences.
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‘Boundless love’: Joe Biden issues rare public statement of support for son Hunter
The US president’s 54-year-old son appeared in court in Delaware to fight charges of multiple gun charges that could land him in jail.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Donald Trump
Trump’s martyr schtick is working, at least with my Republican siblings
- by Maureen Dowd
Mexico’s Sheinbaum wins landslide to become first woman president
- by Kylie Madry and Valentine Hilaire
Europe
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UK politics
There are no fun facts about the next UK PM, but that’s his strength
- by George Brandis
She’s 98 and walked through a battlefield in slippers to escape Russian attacks
- by Marc Santora and Liubov Sholudko
Asia
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World elections
Modi’s alliance races to majority but falls short of landslide
A third Modi term with a slim majority for the BJP could introduce some uncertainty after his decade-long authoritative rule. Counting continues.
- by YP Rajesh and Shilpa Jamkhandikar
Desperate for water, some Delhi residents are prepared to kill
The streets feel like an oven. Driving a water truck is dangerous work when water is rationed: people will do anything to quench their family’s thirst.
- by Sameer Yasir
Opinion
China relations
He’s warned us before on the China threat. Can we afford to ignore him again?
- by Peter Hartcher
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China relations
Shorten will attend Ukraine peace summit as Zelensky makes surprise Asia visit
- by Lisa Visentin
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Monday’s announcement heightens pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a US ceasefire proposal.
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