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Global Pulse: Australia hopes its new deputy prime minister can stabilise its weak coalition

Vandana Menon -
Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, can breathe a sigh of relief now that his coalition has a new deputy prime minister.
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Global Pulse: Xi Jinping is now allowed to be in power forever

Vandana Menon -
The Chinese Communist Party has removed a limit on the number of presidential terms, essentially making Xi Jinping president for life.
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Global Pulse: The Venezuelan exodus is now Latin America’s worst refugee crisis

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The human outflow from Venezuela is now more than 1.1 million people — which makes it the largest displacement of people in Latin America.
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Global Pulse: The investigations on Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu are heating up

Vandana Menon -
Last week, the Israeli police recommended that Netanyahu be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in two corruption investigations.
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Global Pulse: The UN has called for an end to “hell on Earth” in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

Vandana Menon -
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called Ghouta a “hell on Earth.”
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Global Pulse: Germany’s hate speech law isn’t fixing the problem of online hate

Vandana Menon -
In other news, China’s latest family-planning policies are a major violation of women’s rights.
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Global Pulse: Italy is witnessing the resurrection of Silvio Berlusconi in its search for stability

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In the run up to the upcoming Italian elections, Silvio Berlusconi has somehow become a reliable "candidate of calm."
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Global Pulse: Turkish officials have begun describing the country’s military deployment in Syria as “jihad”

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Turkey seems to be slowly moving along the path of mainstreaming jihad, a step towards enacting full sharia law.
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Global Pulse: Ethiopia’s prime minister has resigned, with no clear successor in sight

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Hailemariam Desalegn's shock resignation has opened up a succession struggle within the coalition that has governed Ethiopia since 1991.
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Global Pulse: Jacob Zuma has finally resigned as South Africa’s President

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After mounting pressure from the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma has finally resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday evening.
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Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Pia Krishnankutty -
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

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Economy

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

ThePrint Team -
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Defence

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

ThePrint Team -
He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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