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Police shot dead a man in riot-hit New Caledonia on Friday evening, a day after President Emmanuel Macron visited the French-ruled Pacific island to try to calm tensions, local media said, citing the local prosecutor’s office.
But political observers say a sizeable chunk of India’s population is “completely put off by the narrative of communal polarisation” that the BJP promotes – with Congress and the 28 regional parties in its INDIA alliance hoping to tap into that discontent.
One in every two children in low-income households in Kuala Lumpur eat fewer than three meals a day, according to a United Nations report published on Wednesday, as high inflation forces the Malaysian capital city’s poorest to forgo food or rely on low-nutrition options like instant noodles.
The new formula has several advantages. It does away with the need to spend resources on collecting data or expend time on debates in the Minimum Wage Commission. The formula provides an objective and efficient way to set the minimum wage. It also strikes a balance so low-income earners can share the benefits of economic growth and have a safety net during economic downturns.
Analysts believe Prabowo is likely to form a grand coalition with minimal opposition, an outcome that would accelerate his legislative agenda, but potentially erode the country’s democracy due to a lack of checks on his power.
SYDNEY -- Voters in the Solomon Islands will cast ballots on Wednesday in a national election that could determine the Pacific nation's relations with China amid increasing geopolitical competition in the region.
