India’s welfare programs improve lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party uses its vast machinery to ensure the handouts also create loyal voters. from World News https://ift.tt/X24tiLZ
Negotiators held preliminary discussions in Paris this weekend, hoping to revive the possibility of a truce, the officials said. from World News https://ift.tt/RpuhirZ
A Royal Air Force pilot died in a “tragic accident” near the station in Coningsby, the RAF announced on Saturday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/mlD4uF0
In 2016, Britain voted for Brexit and America for Trump, heralding a populist wave. Both countries face pivotal elections this year — but their paths appear to have diverged. from World News https://ift.tt/SRHjsF9
The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to suspend its military campaign in Rafah, in southern Gaza, but the court has no means of enforcing the decision. from World News https://ift.tt/ZRsDJLp
The International Court of Justice has no means to enforce its order in the Gazan city, but the ruling added pressure on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. from World News https://ift.tt/osiA7JQ
The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the five power conferences have agreed to settlement terms to pave the way to allow schools to pay student-athletes, the governing body for college sports along with the power conference commissioners announced on Thursday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/Tl6hG54
China said the sea and air drills were meant as a “stern warning” to its opponents after Taiwan’s new president asserted the island’s sovereignty in defiance of Beijing. from World News https://ift.tt/bf2R8Hu
After American Airlines in a legal response blamed a 9-year-old girl for using an airplane bathroom that had a recording device allegedly placed there by a former employee, the airline now says it has requested that its law firm change its response. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/lgaZGeD
New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, is on the brink of civil war as pro-independence activists protest a law that would expand voting rights. from World News https://ift.tt/PujVqQg
But it remains unclear whether Gen. To Lam, the new president, can rise to the post of the top leader, the chief of the Vietnamese Communist Party. from World News https://ift.tt/TzMjFUh
Passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence on Tuesday described a sudden, dramatic drop as “all hell broke loose” on board the Boeing airliner carrying 229 passengers and crew. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/KSMc1ka