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Topic: Catalonia

Global Pulse: Israeli airline sues their government over new Air India route

The Israeli airline El Al filed a petition to the High Court of Justice in Israel against Air India's route over Saudi Arabian airspace, connecting New Delhi to Tel Aviv.

Global Pulse: Israel is plagued by corruption, and the Iran-Saudi rivalry is furthering feminism

While the rest of the world might be watching the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry with bated breath, women have a reason to rejoice.

Global Pulse: Catalonia’s regional elections will decide the future of Spain, and Georgia is on the cusp of a “nuclear showdown”

Catalonia's regional vote will take place Thursday, with Europe closely watching.

Global Pulse: Mohammad bin Salman is deliberately dismantling traditional governance in Saudi Arabia

From Saudi Arabia and the US to Spain and Japan, the current world mood seems to be in favour of strongmen and political crackdowns on dissenters.

Global Pulse: Europe’s young, ambitious and divisive, Yes, me too. Now what?

Sebastian Kurz is far from being Europe’s last ambitious, young and divisive leader.

Global Pulse: Xi is creating an alternative to the West, Trump’s hollowed-out bureaucracy 

Xi Jinping’s goal is not only to reform China, but create a global alternative to the West.

Global Pulse: What unites the United States, Spain mulls ‘nuclear option’ against Catalonia

The one thing that unites Americans on the Left and the Right is, unfortunately, disgruntlement.

Kashmiris are paying close attention to Catalan referendum

The Catalan referendum and its past use in Scotland has generated hope among various regions of the world aspiring for the same.

Global Pulse: Catalonia’s half referendum, Nawaz Sharif still can’t accept his disqualification

A Catalan declaration of independence on the basis of last week’s referendum would lead directly to violence.

Global Pulse: Trump investigates Russia investigators, Brexit talks deadlocked and Dali’s body exhumed

Trump has turned his own administration against Mueller, asking lawyers and aids to dig up dirt on the former FBI chief and his team to discredit their investigation.

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.