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    Five Urgent Economic Reforms for India

    US President Donald Trump had already taken a sledgehammer to the export-led growth model. With the COVID-19 pandemic rousing primal passions, hitherto unfashionable ideas are emerging like Dracula from their grave. Protecting infant industries to improve future competitive advantage or strategic players for national security reasons are policies many are embracing with gusto again. Some […] More

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    Trump administration drafts pact for mining on the moon

    The US-sponsored international Artemis Accords has not been shared, but proposes ‘safety zones’ around future moon bases An illustration by Nasa shows Artemis astronauts on the moon. Photograph: AP The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon under a new US-sponsored international agreement called the Artemis Accords, according to people […] More

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    Iran's state broadcaster meddled in Scottish referendum, says Facebook

    Fake social media accounts also used to support Ron Paul’s presidential bid and the Occupy movement A handful of fake accounts posted content including several cartoons portraying then prime minister David Cameron as ‘the embodiment of English oppression’. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Iran’s state broadcaster experimented with using fake social media accounts to influence the […] More

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    Is Turkey About to Become a Drone Superpower?

    Wars and armed conflicts change the course of history and drive technological progress. This is particularly true when it comes to the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their combat use. Following 9/11 and Washington’s declaration of war on international terrorism, reliance on UAVs for intelligence gathering and reconnaissance reached a qualitatively new level. […] More

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    COVID-19: What Indonesia Can Learn From South Korea and Taiwan

    As the coronavirus spreads fast in Indonesia, experts believe that the country will become Asia’s new epicenter. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has been criticized for not implementing a nationwide lockdown. Yet such measures would not be a silver bullet to contain COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Other countries such as South Korea […] More

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    Settling Nothing, Biden’s Vehement Denial Unsettles the Election

    On May 1, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski conducted a lengthy interview with Joe Biden concerning the allegation by a former staffer of sexual assault. The Associated Press reported that the presumptive Democratic candidate for president “vehemently denied Tara Reade’s allegations.” Stacey Abrams Masters Her Talking Points READ MORE Business Insider’s description of the interview also uses […] More