日: 2024-05-26

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Electoral laws flouted, opposition MPs arrested – this is what it’s like to stand against Modi’s BJP | Mahua Moitra

In his bid for re-election, the Indian PM is ramping up sectarian rhetoric and weaponising state agencies against his opponentsMahua Moitra is an opposition politician with the Trinamool Congress partyAbh ke baar 400 paar (“More than 400 seats this tim…

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Zelenskiy calls on world leaders to attend Ukraine ‘peace summit’ after deadly Kharkiv strike

Ukraine president urges Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to ‘show your leadership’ and send message to MoscowUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has released a desperate video plea calling on world leaders to attend a “peace summit” next month in Switzer…

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‘It is worse now’: The Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad on returning to Afghanistan 20 years on

The Norwegian writer on meeting the Taliban, her fears for girls’ education, and the legal battle that ensued after the publication of her bestselling bookThe author Åsne Seierstad’s cool, shaded garden, within walking distance from the centre of Oslo,…

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