India’s Modi thanks coalition MPs for ‘complete’ support

India’s Modi thanks coalition MPs for ‘complete’ support

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked allied lawmakers Friday for unanimously agreeing to back his third term in office, after an unexpectedly close election forced his party to rely on coalition partners to keep him in power. Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled outright for the past decade, but failed to repeat its prior two landslide wins this time around, defying analyst expectations and exit polls. […]

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Philippines accuses Chinese boats of ‘dangerous’ actions in high seas medivac

As two Philippine vessels meet on the high seas to transfer a sick Filipino soldier, China Coast Guard boats shadow, block and bump them, according to video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on Friday. The incident happened last month during the medical evacuation of a soldier who was stationed on a grounded Philippine Navy vessel on Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. […]

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UNRWA chief says Israel hit Gaza school ‘without prior warning’

The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, Philippe Lazzarini, said Thursday that Israel had bombed one of its Gaza schools "without prior warning" to thousands of displaced sheltering there. The military said it had killed several "terrorists" in a "precision strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside a UNRWA school" in the Nuseirat area while Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital said at least 37 people were killed […]

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We polled EU citizens on what they want asylum policy to look like – their answers may surprise you

Asylum seekers arriving on the Greek island Lesvos in 2015. Nicolas Economou/Shutterstock By Natalia Letki, University of Warsaw; Dawid Walentek, Ghent University; Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen, and Ulf Liebe, University of Warwick The issues of migration and asylum are contentious in Europe, and have caused deep rifts among EU member states for years. These topics are fully on the agenda for the 2024 EU elections. […]

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European elections kick off

Voting is underway in European elections with far-right parties expected to make some major gains. More than 370 million people across 27 European countries are eligible to take part in elections that will wrap up on Sunday. William Denselow reports from Brussels:

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UN Secretary General calls for a ban on fossil fuel ad-vertising

The UN Secretary General says governments must ban fossil fuel advertising. Antonio Guterres addressed a gathering at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on Wednesday. His address comes as scientists released new data suggesting that May marks 12 months straight of record temperatures. Jody Jacobs reports from New York:

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Japan birth rate falls to lowest on record

New data shows that the speed of depopulation in Japan is in-creasing. The country’s fertility rate and number of new births fell to a record low in 2023. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo:

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Biden’s immigration order won’t fix problems quickly – 4 things to know about what’s changing

Undocumented migrants in Jacumba, Calif., are detained by U.S. Border Patrol officers on June 4, 2024. Katie McTiernan/Anadolu via Getty Images By Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California Immigration is a top issue in the upcoming presidential election – and President Joe Biden’s new executive order restricting migrants’ ability to apply for asylum is likely to further elevate the subject in national politics. The number of […]

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U.S and ‘Five Eyes’ allies warn China courting Western military trainers

The U.S, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have warned that China was circumventing measures aimed at stopping its recruitment of current and former Western military pilots to train the Chinese military. The Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance said Western recruits who train the People's Liberation Army would increase the risk of future conflict. As Laura Westbrook reports.

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