Why students care so much about Gaza
University campuses around the world have become the site of tiny tent cities in recent weeks, with student activists protesting the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
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Indian election enters fourth phase amid heightened rhetoric over religion, inequality
India voted on Monday in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious divisions.
Cambodia never to allow Chinese troops on its soil
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s newly proposed Funan Techo Canal, a project under the auspicious of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, aims to connect the national capital to coastal areas to facilitate trade, reduce logistics costs and streamline transport – all the while reducing dependence on Vietnamese ports.
India needs to assert its superpower arrival
India, having recently surpassed China as the world’s most populous country, stands as the fastest-growing major economy globally and set to become the world’s third-largest economy within the next five years.
Xi’s visit a hard reality check for EU-China relations
President Xi Jinping’s European tour, his first in five years, has shown how much EU member states, at least those in the core of Europe, need a reality check.
BOJ board turns hawkish, with many calling for more rate hikes
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting, with many calling for raising interest rates steadily to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed.