politics

Trudeau Dodges Questions About How Many Times He Wore Racist Makeup
The Canadian PM says he could not be definitive about the number of times he wore racist makeup.
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London's Same-Sex Penguin Couple Are Set To Raise 'Genderless' Chick
Rocky and Marama have adopted a four-month-old Gentoo chick that will be classified as neither male nor female, Sea Life London Aquarium said.
By Hugo Greenhalgh, Reuters

Margaret Atwood Says A Handmaid's Tale Is Now 'A Lot Closer to Reality'
The author launched the sequel, The Testaments, on Tuesday.
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Assam NRC: A Timeline From 1950 To The Final List In 2019
The final list of the NRC excludes 19 lakh people. Here's an overview of how the issue of illegal immigrants took root in Assam after independence.
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NRC Final List 2019: A Guide To What's Been Happening In Assam
A reading list to take you through the upheavals caused by the NRC process, and the pain and suffering of the people caught in between.
By Newsroom

Brazil President Will Accept G7 $20m Amazon Fire Aid ONLY If Macron Apologises
The Brazilian leader said the French president must retract some of his comments, "and then we can speak".
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Brazil To Reject $20m G7 Fund To Tackle Amazon Fires
President Jair Bolsonaro has complained that the gesture is "as if we were a colony or someone's territory."
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Ayushmann Khurrana On The Problems With Article 15, Polarisation In Bollywood And The Meaning Of Stardom
The actor, who's just won a National Film Award, opens up about negotiating the tricky terrain of the Hindi film industry.
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Parlour Games And Dirty Tricks: Can Board Games Help Young Indians Engage With Politics?
Can a new set of political board games help people engage with Indian politics at a time when its difficult to distinguish between news and propaganda?
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US Will Hit $300 Billion Worth Of Chinese Goods With 10% Tariff: Trump
Trump personally criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping for failing to do more to stem sales of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
By Reuters