Thursday, 1 February 2018

India Announces Sweeping Health Care Plan as Elections Loom


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Listen to ‘The Daily’: The Secret G.O.P. Memo


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For 7 Days After Flu Hits, Heart Attack Risk Remains High


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New York Today: HQ Trivia, Local Edition


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Olympic Doping Bans Lifted for 28 Russians


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The Tet Offensive Was Just the Beginning


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Trump Has Got Democrats Right Where He Wants Them


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Remember Langston Hughes’s Anger Alongside His Joy


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The Energy Solution Latin America Needs


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Diplomats Are Made, Not Born


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What if Clinton Had Done All This?


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The Chief Justice, Searching for Middle Ground


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Secret Memo, Winter Games, Facebook: Your Thursday Briefing


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UN official says Rohingya crisis has 'hallmarks of genocide'

  1. UN official says Rohingya crisis has 'hallmarks of genocide'  The Indian Express
  2. 'Five mass graves found' in Myanmar  ITV News
  3. AP Investigation Details Shocking Massacre, Mass Graves Of Myanmar Rohingya  WBUR
  4. Holly Richardson: Stories from Rohingya refugee camps  Salt Lake Tribune
  5. When Is a Refugee Story Real, and Why Does It Matter?  New York TimesFull coverage

Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's lakeside villa

  1. Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's lakeside villa  The New Indian Express
  2. Petrol bomb thrown at Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's Yangon home, no injuries and little damage  South China Morning Post
  3. Aung San Suu Kyi's residential compound attacked  Business StandardFull coverage

US democracy is in grave danger, a new Economist report warns

  1. US democracy is in grave danger, a new Economist report warns  Washington Post
  2. India slips 10 ranks to 42 on democracy index  The Tribune
  3. India slips to 42nd position in EIU Democracy Index  ANI NewsFull coverage

Poland risks rift with Israel and US over Holocaust speech law

  1. Poland risks rift with Israel and US over Holocaust speech law  The Guardian
  2. Poland's Senate backs Holocaust speech law  NBCNews.com
  3. Poland's Senate passes controversial Holocaust bill  BBC News
  4. Controversial bill passed in Polish Senate despite tensions with Israel  thenews.pl
  5. Poland's Holocaust Law Seeks to Weaponize Memory  BloombergFull coverage

A Fresh Wave of Terrorist Attacks Has Rocked Afghanistan. Here's What to Know

  1. A Fresh Wave of Terrorist Attacks Has Rocked Afghanistan. Here's What to Know  TIME
  2. Pakistan Wants Good US Relations Despite Trump, Minister Says  Bloomberg
  3. Pakistan extends Afghan refugees' repatriation deadline  The New Indian Express
  4. Taliban now active in '70pc of Afghanistan'  The NationFull coverage

Reaction to Trump's immigration offer casts doubt on a deal

  1. Reaction to Trump's immigration offer casts doubt on a deal  Washington Post
  2. Gonzalez: Big gap in reaching DACA deal  MonitorFull coverage

FBI opposes release of memo depicting agency as deeply politicised; John Kelly says document could be released soon

  1. FBI opposes release of memo depicting agency as deeply politicised; John Kelly says document could be released soon  Firstpost
  2. FBI Expresses 'Grave Concerns' Over Republican Memo's Accuracy  NDTV
  3. Once sacred, FBI becomes unlikely target of Republican fury  The New Indian Express
  4. Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein  New York Times
  5. What You Need To Know About The GOP Snooping Memo Controversy  NPRFull coverage

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan held in Paris over rape claims

  1. Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan held in Paris over rape claims  Free Malaysia Today
  2. Budget 2018-19: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's full speech  The Hindu
  3. Rape-Accused Tariq Ramadan Held in Paris  Newsweek PakistanFull coverage

UK minister quits after missing a question in Parliament

  1. UK minister quits after missing a question in Parliament  Hindustan Times
  2. VIDEO: UK minister 'resigns' in Parliament for being LATE and Tweeple lost their calm  The Indian Express
  3. "I Am Thoroughly Ashamed": British Lord Quits After Arriving Late To Work  NDTV
  4. Labour | The Irish Times  The Irish Times
  5. WATCH: Lord Bates stuns House of Lords by resigning for lateness  The Week UKFull coverage

Pakistan extends Afghan refugees' stay for only 60 days

  1. Pakistan extends Afghan refugees' stay for only 60 days  Reuters
  2. 6.1 magnitude quake rattles Afghanistan; girl killed in Pakistan's Quetta town  The Hindu
  3. 6.1 magnitude quake rattles Afghanistan; tremors in Pak, India  India Today
  4. Earthquake today in Delhi-NCR: Tremors felt in Punjab, UP, Delhi; epicentre Afghanistan's Hindukush  Financial ExpressFull coverage

Britain's May meets China's Xi on visit focused post-Brexit

  1. Britain's May meets China's Xi on visit focused post-Brexit  Washington Post
  2. End obsession with Europe, Liam Fox urges  BBC News
  3. Trade minister Fox urges mutinous MPs to lay off May  Reuters
  4. As Theresa May Pursues Deals in China, Her Own Troubles Follow  New York Times
  5. You have power to insist on soft Brexit, George Osborne tells Tory MPs - Politics live  The Guardian (blog)Full coverage

At Annual GOP Retreat, Party Seeks To Sharpen 2018 Focus

  1. At Annual GOP Retreat, Party Seeks To Sharpen 2018 Focus  NPR
  2. Train carrying US Republican lawmakers hits truck in Virginia, one dead  Times of India
  3. One Dead As Train Carrying US Republicans Hits Truck, Lawmakers Safe  NDTV
  4. The Latest: NTSB: Investigators will be at site for days  Daily MailFull coverage

Don't want India to become refugee capital, govt tells SC

  1. Don't want India to become refugee capital, govt tells SC  Daily News & Analysis
  2. Deportation of Rohingyas should be left to executive: Govt tells Supreme Court  The Indian Express
  3. Fresh plea for Rohingya  The TelegraphFull coverage

Separatists pin down Yemen government as aid hangs in balance

  1. Separatists pin down Yemen government as aid hangs in balance  Times of India
  2. Yemen separatists capture Aden, government confined to palace: Residents  Moneycontrol.com
  3. UN: 40000 displaced Yemenis without aid in Aden  Aljazeera.com
  4. Saud-led Arab Coalition from Aden: We seek to preserve the entity of Yemen  Arab NewsFull coverage

Sushma Swaraj Set To Visit Nepal Today

  1. Sushma Swaraj Set To Visit Nepal Today  NDTV
  2. Sushma Swaraj to visit Nepal today as alliance of Communist parties prepares to form new government  Firstpost
  3. India reaches out to Nepal, Sushma Swaraj meets 'pro-China' Oli today  The Indian ExpressFull coverage

HK police defuse second WWII bomb in Wan Chai construction site

  1. HK police defuse second WWII bomb in Wan Chai construction site  Xinhua
  2. Second wartime bomb found in Wan Chai defused, roads reopen  EJ Insight
  3. 2nd unearthed WW II bomb in Hong Kong triggers evacuation  The Day AfterFull coverage

Pakistani court disqualifies lawmaker Nehal Hashmi for threatening judges

  1. Pakistani court disqualifies lawmaker Nehal Hashmi for threatening judges  Times of India
  2. Pak lawmaker disqualified after threatening judges  India Today
  3. Pakistani Senator Disqualified For Threatening Investigators  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyFull coverage

Democrats Want Facebook, Twitter to Probe Russian Involvement in Social Media Campaigns

  1. Democrats Want Facebook, Twitter to Probe Russian Involvement in Social Media Campaigns  News18
  2. Lawmakers press social media companies — again — on the forces behind the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign  Washington Post
  3. Twitter notifies 1.4 mn users about Russian accounts  Business StandardFull coverage

A ‘Blue’ Florida? There Are No Quick Demographic Fixes for Democrats


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When Is a Refugee Story Real, and Why Does It Matter?


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36 Hours in Orlando


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As Strongmen Steamroll Their Opponents, Trump is Silent


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Republicans Tack a Conservative Campus Wish List to a Major Education Bill


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The Right Way to Order Room Service at a Hotel


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They Were Super Bowl Heroes. And Then, in a Blink, They Weren’t.


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The Smiling Axolotl Hides a Secret: A Giant Genome


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A Postcard View of Manhattan


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Tests Indicated His Infection Was Getting Better. Why Did He Feel Worse?


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Letter of Recommendation: Hysterectomies


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I Buy Fancy Bread Just to Let It Grow Stale. Here’s Why.


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A Doctor’s Painful Struggle With an Opioid-Addicted Patient


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Should Schools Teach You How to Be Happy?


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The Next Big Volcano Could Briefly Cool Earth. NASA Wants to Be Ready.


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The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism?


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A Debut Novel Traces the Boundary Between Life and Death


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Amy Chua: By the Book


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Samantha Bee Demands an End to Arbitration in Sexual Misconduct Cases


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Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson Save It for the Stage


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High-Ranking Communist Rebel Is Arrested in Philippines


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Teaching Activities for: ‘‘Chain Migration’ Has Become a Weaponized Phrase. Here Are the Facts Behind It.’


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