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India’s Ties With Bangladesh Fray as Elections Loom

11 janvier 2026 à 06:01
A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with diplomatic protests and a sports boycott.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh in New Delhi in 2024. Ms. Hasina was ousted by a protest movement and fled to India, which has since been criticized by Bangladesh’s interim government and the protesters who ousted her for refusing to hand her over to face justice at home.

Bob Weir: 10 Essential Songs

11 janvier 2026 à 05:50
The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond.

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Bob Weir sang on “Truckin’,” one of the Grateful Dead’s defining tracks.

Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others

11 janvier 2026 à 05:08

Palestinian academic rejects accusations of hypocrisy, saying board resisted attempts to remove Thomas Friedman, while cancelling her invitation this year

The Adelaide festival board did not dump a Jewish columnist from its 2024 lineup at Adelaide writers’ week, despite being lobbied by a group of 10 academics – including Randa Abdel-Fattah – to do so.

On Saturday South Australia’s premier, Peter Malinauskas, claimed that the board had dumped the New York Times pro-Israel columnist Thomas Friedman in 2024, and reiterated his support for the festival board’s decision on Thursday to remove Abdel-Fattah, a Palestinian Australian academic, from this year’s program.

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© Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

© Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

‘We’ve got your back’: Australian PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns as 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned

11 janvier 2026 à 03:57

Fifteen emergency warnings remain in place across Victoria, with state premier warning: ‘We are not through the worst of this by a long way’

Australian authorities are assessing the damage after one of the worst heatwaves in years resulted in bushfires igniting across the country’s south-east, with hundreds of homes and structures lost, thousands of hectares burned and entire towns evacuated.

A state of disaster remained in place across much of Victoria on Sunday as thousands of firefighters and emergency service workers continued to battle blazes that were “expected to rage “for weeks”.

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© Photograph: Planet Labs PBC

© Photograph: Planet Labs PBC

Olympic favorites Chock and Bates glide to record seventh US ice dance title

11 janvier 2026 à 03:48
  • Chock and Bates claim record seventh US title

  • Flamenco Paint It Black wins season-best score

  • Olympic team selections to be named Sunday

Madison Chock and Evan Bates danced their way to a record-setting seventh US figure skating title on Saturday night, showcasing their trademark creativity, athleticism and precision in their final competition before the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The three-time reigning world champions, performing a flamenco-style dance to a version of the Rolling Stones hit Paint It Black from the dystopian sci-fi Western show Westworld, produced a season-best free skate and finished with 228.87 points.

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© Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

© Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

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