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Global Pulse: Turkey and the Syrian Kurds are at war, opening up a new front

Meanwhile, Aung San Suu Kyi could still help the persecuted Rohingyas.

Global Pulse: The Czech Republic is gearing up for a momentous election

While the Czech Republic prepares for its election Friday, Liberia just swore in their new president, a former football player.

Global Pulse: Press freedom is at stake in the Philippines

The Iranian regime acknowledging the protesters' demands is "new and significant because it signals a willingness to open up in order to stay in power."

Global Pulse: North and South Korea will march under one flag at the Olympics next month

Meanwhile, hyperinflation in Venezuela has worsened, leaving the economy crippled.

Global Pulse: The ‘blurred’ lines between yes & no, free speech & hate speech, & Trump’s separate realities

Germany has long striven to be the land where the thin line between free speech and hate speech remains clear, but this line is now increasingly blurred.

Global Pulse: Netanyahu might be in India, but he’s still facing the heat back in Israel

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia shocked his country by promising optimistic reforms only to retract them as a "mistranslation".

Global Pulse: Trump is America’s biggest distraction, Germany needs a new president and 2018 could mean the end of the Muslim world as we...

What does a narcissist - as Donald Trump is often described - need to get their narcissism going? Attention, perhaps?

Global Pulse: Iran needs to stop being destabilised, and the two Korean leaders could have a breakthrough

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in have the political acumen to succeed in clearing the Korean impasse—whether they succeed remains to be seen.

Global Pulse: Saudi Arabia might stand to learn something from South Korea, and the fate of 200,000 Salvadorans are in Trump’s hands

The Trump administration is about to deport thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, showcasing yet another weak policy in his scandalous presidency.

On Camera

Germany is trying to de-risk from China but Olaf Scholz can’t take hawkish approach just yet

It will be interesting to see which side actually de-risks more from the other at what cost and how it impacts geopolitics, particularly China’s backing of Russia.

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

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.

Agniveer applicants in Army up nearly 10% compared to last year

This year, the Army has scheduled an online combined examination that will span 174 locations across the country. The examination window is from April 22 to May 7.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.