The ruling Communist Party picked Thuong Wednesday as president, a largely ceremonial role but one of the top four political positions in the Southeast Asian nation.
In the full work report, Xi used the terms 'security' or 'safety' 89 times, up from 55 times in 2017, while his use of the word 'reform' declined to 48 from 68 mentions five years ago.
Xi is expected to secure a third term, becoming China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, signifying a change from collective leadership into what is seen as supreme leadership.
The new law stipulates that the country will take supportive measures to reduce families' burdens as well as the cost of raising and educating children, the state-run media reported.
Journalists were subpoenaed and asked about suspected ties between Communist Party and the newspaper industry. The US press is yet to fully recover from McCarthyism.
A word of advice to friends in the Left movement, or whatever is left of it. The Communist party in Russia is looking for non-Communist icons to rebuild the country.
Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation of a new site museum in 2021. It felt like a departure from the government's Harappan-centric focus. But no progress has been made since.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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