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India’s second-richest person charged in US fraud case
Billionaire Gautam Adani, the founder and chairman of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, was charged by US prosecutors on Wednesday in an alleged extensive fraud scheme. The charges could shake up one of India’s biggest businesses and damage Indian Prime Minister Modi as well. But first, some context… The Adani Group is a multinational corporation headquartered in Ahmedabad, […]
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Deif
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as the Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif (who Israel says is dead) on Thursday. This means the ICC’s 124 members would have to comply with the arrest warrants if Netanyahu or Gallant set foot in their jurisdiction. The […]
US recognises Venezuelan ‘president-elect’ four months after election
The Trump administration may not take office until 20 January, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken channelled the former and future president when he changed US foreign policy by tweet on Tuesday. Blinken recognised exiled opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela’s “president-elect” in an unexpected move that could lock in US policy for years to come. […]
A tense G20 in Brazil that seemed to please nobody
While northern hemisphere leaders will have been delighted to escape their frosty capitals, we can assure you that it is simply a coincidence that the APEC Summit last week and the G20 Summit this week were held in the balmy cities of Lima and Rio de Janeiro, respectively. As always, we’ve parsed the meetings, the […]
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