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The Modi government’s repeated confrontations with farmers show how hard it is for even a popular leader to reconfigure one of the world’s largest economies.

A judge in Haiti probing the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the ex-chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles. (Image credit: Dieu Nalio Chery)

As an election looms, strongmen are finding new ways to use the international policing organization to pursue dissidents.

It’s harder than ever to misuse red notices. With an Interpol election looming, autocrats are using lesser-known systems to pursue dissidents.

Hong Kong residents are finding in Shenzhen, the mainland city next door, lower prices, better service and tasty cuisine.

Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia faces daunting challenge in Russia  BBC.com Inside Aleksei Navalny’s Final Months, in His Own Words  The New York Times Tuesday briefing: Is Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya now his political heir?  The Guardian Alexey Navalny’s widow says Russia “hiding

The companies are teaming up, in part, to expand their payment network. Discover is the smallest of the four U.S.-based payment networks, which also include Visa, American Express and Mastercard. (Image credit: Richard Drew)

NEW YORK — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation’s credit card companies as well as potentially shake up the payments industry, which

SEOUL, South Korea — Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car for his personal use in a demonstration of their special relationship, North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The report

A Haitian judge says former first lady Martine Moïse was an accomplice in her husband’s assassination.