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Fears in Sri Lanka over Tamil Nadu decision to scrap Tantea plantations

The tea gardens employ lakhs of plantation Tamils rehabilitated from the 1960s on.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
LATIN AMERICA

Victory for Lula in Brazil elections bodes well for Amazon rainforests

Corruption, discrimination, and rising inequality in a deeply polarised Brazil are major challenges.
John Cherian
West Asia

Israeli killing spree in Palestine evokes zero response from the West

In 2022 alone, more than 180 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military forces.
John Cherian
China

Communist Party congress in China leaves Xi Jinping in complete command

There is only one faction in the party now. And that is Xi’s.
Ananth Krishnan

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Donald Trump in firm control of Republican Party, remains frontrunner for 2024

The few Republican politicians who dared to oppose him are now in the political wilderness.
John Cherian
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Brazil elections: Lula falls short of a majority against Jair Bolsonaro

Now, the leader of the Workers’ Party must now wait for the second round run-off on October 30.
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A Danish ship  monitors the mysterious gas leak that appeared in the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark on September 30. 

Europe scrambling to cope with energy crisis as winter approaches

To offset the loss of Russian gas, it is making deals with other nations while seeking alternatives.
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The New York Stock Exchange, a file photograph. The rise in oil prices, induced by the war, is a major contributor to the acceleration in the inflation rate in the US, for controlling which, given the confines of orthodox economic thinking, a recession is being engineered in that country.

Ukraine war impact on the US dollar a challenge to American hegemony

The US dollar’s dominance is being challenged like never before in the last half-century.
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Editor’s Note

It looks very much as if the world is looking at Cold War Ver. 2.
Vaishna Roy
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