Friday, 31 August 2018

The Week in Arts: Season 2 of ‘The Deuce,’ 5-Minute Dances at Joe’s Pub


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One Last Time, McCain Counterprograms Trump


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'Shape up, else US will quit': Trump threatens World Trade Organisation

  1. 'Shape up, else US will quit': Trump threatens World Trade Organisation  Business Standard
  2. Trump warns that he could pull the US out of WTO  The Hindu
  3. Trump Threatens To Withdraw US From World Trade Organisation: Report  NDTV
  4. Trump Gives Himself an A-Plus  BloombergFull coverage

Pakistan rally ends after Dutch lawmaker cancels cartoon contest

  1. Pakistan rally ends after Dutch lawmaker cancels cartoon contest  The Hindu
  2. Geert Wilders cancels Muhammad cartoon contest after Pakistan protests  Telegraph.co.uk
  3. Far-right Dutch MP cancels Muhammad cartoon competition  The Guardian
  4. Geert Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest  Aljazeera.comFull coverage

BIMSTEC summit delivers on terror where SAARC failed

  1. BIMSTEC summit delivers on terror where SAARC failed  Economic Times
  2. BIMSTEC Summit concludes in Kathmandu: Member nations term terrorism as 'great threat'  Firstpost
  3. BIMSTEC calls for early adoption of regional transport plan  Livemint
  4. 4th BIMSTEC Summit: Kathmandu Declaration adopted by Member States  Jagran JoshFull coverage

Malaysian Hindu temple complex gets technicolour paint job

  1. Malaysian Hindu temple complex gets technicolour paint job  South China Morning Post
  2. Batu Caves' rainbow temple steps in Malaysia are causing controversy  Mirror.co.uk
  3. The steps to this Malaysian temple got a rainbow makeover – and created controversy  Lonely Planet Travel NewsFull coverage

Minister sparks meme fest by claiming Imran Khan's helicopter ride to work costs just Rs 55

  1. Minister sparks meme fest by claiming Imran Khan's helicopter ride to work costs just Rs 55  The Indian Express
  2. Pakistan backs down after Imran Khan government's first spat with US, ahead of US officials' visit  Times of India
  3. Want to give Pak PM space to explore better relations with India: Pentagon  Deccan Chronicle
  4. The rage, range and age of Imran Khan  VanguardFull coverage

Flood Alert in Arunachal and Assam as China Releases Tsangpo Water

  1. Flood Alert in Arunachal and Assam as China Releases Tsangpo Water  NorthEast Today
  2. Arunachal Pradesh on alert as water level in Siang River increases  Business Standard
  3. Heavy water discharge from China threatens Arunachal  The HinduFull coverage

EU pushes ahead with plans to abandon daylight saving time after sketchy online poll shows widespread support

  1. EU pushes ahead with plans to abandon daylight saving time after sketchy online poll shows widespread support  Washington Post
  2. EU to lift auto tariffs if Trump reneges  NEWS.com.au
  3. EU proposes abolishing bi-annual clock change  Yahoo NewsFull coverage

Speculative fiction or prophetic prose? Novel imagines a US-North Korea nuclear conflict

  1. Speculative fiction or prophetic prose? Novel imagines a US-North Korea nuclear conflict  The Japan Times
  2. S.Korea says sending special envoy to N.Korea to prepare for summit  The Hindu
  3. S Korea's Moon to send special envoy to N Korea next week: Yonhap  Business Standard
  4. Sustained diplomacy needed on NK  Korea Times
  5. Trump Doubles Down on Indulgent—and Failing—North Korea Policy  Daily BeastFull coverage

Indian Passport New Visa Rules: Must read details for travellers

  1. Indian Passport New Visa Rules: Must read details for travellers  News HeadsFull coverage

Former Australian PM Resigns From Parliament, Government Loses Majority

  1. Former Australian PM Resigns From Parliament, Government Loses Majority  NDTV
  2. Deposed Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull quits parliament  The New Indian Express
  3. Deposed Australian PM Turnbull quits parliament  Business Standard
  4. Adding up the loss of Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop  The Australian Financial Review
  5. Malcolm Turnbull's epitaph: An immodest PM with much to be modest about  The New DailyFull coverage

Washington prepares to say goodbye to late Sen. John McCain

  1. Washington prepares to say goodbye to late Sen. John McCain  Business Standard
  2. Washington comes together for John McCain, with one exception  Daily News & Analysis
  3. John McCain: friends and family bid farewell to 'a true American hero'  The Guardian
  4. Cindy McCain and family deserve our thanks for allowing us to share in their grief  AZCentral.com
  5. John McCain believed in 'the soul of America,' Joe Biden says at tribute  CBC.caFull coverage

India's Diplomat Shortage Leaves It Far Behind Asian Rival China: Report

  1. India's Diplomat Shortage Leaves It Far Behind Asian Rival China: Report  MENAFN.COMFull coverage

Social media mobilization is a bright spot in Uganda's dark Bobi Wine saga

  1. Social media mobilization is a bright spot in Uganda's dark Bobi Wine saga  Quartz
  2. Ugandan Pop Star-Turned-Politician Bobi Wine Stopped From Seeking Treatment in US After Alleged Torture  TIME
  3. Bobi Wine: Uganda's pop star MP re-arrested at airport  BBC News
  4. Bobi Wine arrested at Entebbe airport  The ObserverFull coverage

Muslim governments stay silent as China cracks down on Uighurs

  1. Muslim governments stay silent as China cracks down on Uighurs  Times of India
  2. China must release Uighurs immediately, UN says amid 'alarm' at reports of 1m Muslims kept in detention centres  The Independent
  3. UN alarmed by China's Uighur camps  The Hindu
  4. AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority - AP News  AP News
  5. Is China holding Uighur Muslims in secret camps?  Aljazeera.comFull coverage

Cambodian Court Sentences Australian Filmmaker to 6 Years for Espionage


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Beto O’Rourke Dreams of One Texas. Ted Cruz Sees Another Clearly.


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Michigan and Notre Dame Bolster a Sport Built on Rivalries


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The Notorious Kimi Raikkonen


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Formula One Uses Technology to Make Drivers Safer


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After Years of Dismal Results, a Reorganization at McLaren


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Lot-Line Window? Keep Your Fingers Crossed


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When We Almost Stopped Climate Change


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Summer Road-Tripping While Black


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The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex


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We Are Not a ‘Cabal,’ Just Critics of Trump


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New York Today: A Maple Syrup Boom


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How Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion at Parsons, Spends His Sundays


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Son, Given Up for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later


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Nafta, John McCain, Coca-Cola: Your Friday Briefing


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A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead


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‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine


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An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More


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Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out


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In Classic Car Market, Exceptional Is the Rule


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US will withdraw from the WTO unless it shapes up, threatens Trump

  1. US will withdraw from the WTO unless it shapes up, threatens Trump  Business Standard
  2. Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organisation 'if they don't shape up'  The Independent
  3. Donald Trump threatens to pull America out of World Trade Organisation if it does not 'shape up'  Evening Standard
  4. Trump threatens to pull out of WTO unless it starts to 'treat the US better'  Telegraph.co.uk
  5. FirstFT: Today's top stories  Financial TimesFull coverage

BIMSTEC Summit: PM Modi holds bilateral talks with leaders of Thailand, Myanmar and Bhutan

  1. BIMSTEC Summit: PM Modi holds bilateral talks with leaders of Thailand, Myanmar and Bhutan  Times of India
  2. Fourth BIMSTEC Summit concludes  The Hindu
  3. PICS: PM Narendra Modi at the 4th BIMSTEC Summit in Nepal  News18
  4. 4th BIMSTEC Summit: Kathmandu Declaration adopted by Member States  Jagran Josh
  5. PM Modi In Nepal Live Updates: PM Meets Leaders On Sidelines Of BIMSTEC Summit  NDTVFull coverage

Famed Malaysian Hindu temple complex gets technicolour paint job

  1. Famed Malaysian Hindu temple complex gets technicolour paint job  Yahoo News UK
  2. Urgent : Batu Caves temple committee steps into trouble  The Nation
  3. Malaysia: Paint Job At Malaysia Temple Complex Enrages Officials  Dailyaddaa (press release)Full coverage

China slams 'absurd' Trump NK logic

  1. China slams 'absurd' Trump NK logic  The Phnom Penh Post
  2. S.Korea says sending special envoy to N.Korea to prepare for summit  The Hindu
  3. Train project linking North and South Korea stopped in its tracks by US  The Guardian
  4. Politics this week  The Economist
  5. Trump revisits wargames with South Korea as North Korea talks stall  News24Full coverage

Cambodian Court Sentences Australian Filmmaker to 6 Years for Espionage

  1. Cambodian Court Sentences Australian Filmmaker to 6 Years for Espionage  New York Times
  2. Top Asian News 9:08 am GMT  Yahoo News
  3. An Australian Filmmaker Has Been Sentenced to Six Years in Cambodian Prison on Espionage Charges  TIME
  4. Australian Arrested at Cambodian Rally Convicted of Spying  U.S. News & World Report
  5. The Latest: Morrison says Australia will support filmmaker  Washington PostFull coverage

Here's how the 'Khan meter' will monitor new Pakistan PM's performance

  1. Here's how the 'Khan meter' will monitor new Pakistan PM's performance  Business Standard
  2. Want to give Pak PM space to explore better relations with India: Pentagon  Deccan Chronicle
  3. Pakistan is facing external, internal challenges: Imran Khan  Zee News
  4. The rage, range and age of Imran Khan  VanguardFull coverage

China ignores UN concerns over detention camps in Xinjinag

  1. China ignores UN concerns over detention camps in Xinjinag  Business Standard
  2. UN alarmed by China's Uighur camps  The Hindu
  3. Detention of Uighurs must end, UN tells China, amid claims of prison camps  The Guardian
  4. AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority - AP News  AP News
  5. China hits back after damning UN report on Uyghur 're-education camps'  CNNFull coverage

Japan eyes record defence budget amid North Korea, China threats

  1. Japan eyes record defence budget amid North Korea, China threats  Times of India
  2. South Korea To Send Special Envoy To North Next Week: Report  NDTV
  3. Japan's military seeks record spending to reinforce North Korea missile defence  Economic Times
  4. Japan to Spend Billions on US Missile-Defense System  Wall Street JournalFull coverage

Watch: India, Pak Troops Dance To Bollywood Songs After Anti-Terror Drill

  1. Watch: India, Pak Troops Dance To Bollywood Songs After Anti-Terror Drill  NDTV
  2. Russia's Deadly Embrace of Pakistan  besacenter.org
  3. Chinese, Russian generals discuss military coordination  Xinhua
  4. Russia tilting towards Pakistan irks close friend India  Daily News & Analysis
  5. India, Pakistan attend SCO military exercises: New Delhi must continue to separate politics from multilateral interests  FirstpostFull coverage

AP Explains: The looming, final battle for Syria's rebels

  1. AP Explains: The looming, final battle for Syria's rebels  Fox News
  2. Last-ditch talks to avert battle for Syria's Idlib  The Hindu
  3. UN Syria envoy offers to negotiate ceasefire in last rebel stronghold  The Guardian
  4. Commentary: Russia has a plan for Syria. The US needs one, too.  Reuters
  5. Syria's last rebel stronghold braces for the regime's wrath  Washington PostFull coverage

VIDEO: Theresa May dances again… and it's still awkward

  1. VIDEO: Theresa May dances again… and it's still awkward  The Indian Express
  2. Africa wants free trade, not to be reliant on UK aid, says ROSS CLARK  Express.co.uk
  3. Greek gift from Britain and United States  Daily Sun
  4. UK opts for military aid route in bid to regain lost influence  Daily Nation
  5. Theresa May's post-Brexit Africa agenda smacks of desperation  News24Full coverage

Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakers' Worst Fears

  1. Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakers' Worst Fears  New York Times
  2. US-Canada NAFTA talks to resume Friday as deadline looms  Times of India
  3. NAFTA 2.0: US and Canada aim to finalise trilateral deal today  Business Standard
  4. Trump's worldview is the real threat to global trade  The Globe and Mail
  5. 'Trade not aid': farmers urge Trump to make a deal amid Nafta uncertainty  The GuardianFull coverage

At least 7 killed in head-on bus crash in New Mexico

  1. At least 7 killed in head-on bus crash in New Mexico  The Hindu
  2. Police report fatalities in New Mexico bus crash  Times of India
  3. Seven dead in New Mexico after bus collides with truck  India Today
  4. Blown tire may have caused horrific New Mexico bus-semi crash: Authorities  CBS NewsFull coverage

New visa rules every Indian passport holder must know about

  1. New visa rules every Indian passport holder must know about  Times of India
  2. Indian Passport New Visa Rules: Must read details for travellers  News HeadsFull coverage

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines


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