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Here’s a primer on ‘minnow’ UK’s position on Brexit, and what’s causing the hang-ups

After a host of developments in Britain’s Parliament Wednesday, ThePrint tries to decode some of the political shifts ahead of 29-March deadline.

In first-of-its-kind deal, OxyContin maker reaches $270 mn settlement with Oklahoma

Mexican mogul criticises Lopez Obrador’s economic policies, and New York County declares measles emergency.

Theresa May begins to lose authority over Brexit to Parliament

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket hits house in Tel Aviv and Italy’s 5-Star Movement suffers third regional election defeat.

Robert Mueller’s verdict: Russia guilty, Donald Trump not so much

UK newspapers report a planned coup to unseat PM Theresa May ahead of Brexit, but two leaders tipped to replace her deny the reports.

EU refuses to extend deadline, May increasingly faces no-deal Brexit

Viktor Orban’s party booted out of EU parliamentary coalition as US decides against interest rate hikes for the rest of 2019.

China plans to build 30,000-tonne nuclear-powered ship

Europe deeply divided over Brexit and UN says there is a ‘major humanitarian crisis’ after cyclone Idai batters Southeast Africa

Over 1000 feared dead in cyclone Idai in Mozambique

British PM Theresa May prepares for extension as Speaker denies vote on another Brexit bill, and Justin Trudeau’s crisis deepens as his top civil servant resigns amid scandal.

Israeli SC bans far-right politician from next month’s polls

Italy probes 'mysterious' death of Berlusconi's bunga bunga witness as Macron pushes for new social contract to combat inequality.

US prosecutors bust ring selling admissions to Yale, Stanford

Two mosques attacked in New Zealand, and British MPs want Brexit delayed

British MPs reject two no-deal scenarios as Brexit date nears

Boeing grounds controversial Max 8 aircraft and trouble in African paradise.

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Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Spain denies port of call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.