US said Kosovo & Israel ties would normalise, and that Serbia had agreed to move its embassy to Jerusalem next year. But the actual impact of the deal brokered by Trump is uncertain.
For China, Serbia is one of the biggest successes in its quest to build economic ties with Europe, while the Chinese made up the bulk of tourists in Serbia last year.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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