Opinion | Xi Jinping Can’t Take Taiwan Until He Tames His Own Generals
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Opinion | Xi Jinping Can’t Take Taiwan Until He Tames His Own Generals

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Xi Jinping of China is believed to have ordered his armed forces to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027, if necessary, raising the specter of a catastrophic military conflict in the next few years that would almost inevitably draw in the…

Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.
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Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The walls surrounding Ghana’s national cathedral are aging plywood. Its spires are yellow construction cranes, which have not moved in years. It frequently reverberates with singing — the singing of a choir of frogs that moves in whenever the cathedral’s half-finished foundations fill…

Opinion | My Father Founded Singapore. He Would Be Troubled by What It’s Become.
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Opinion | My Father Founded Singapore. He Would Be Troubled by What It’s Become.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines My father, Lee Kuan Yew, was the founder of Singapore. He guided the nation through its first 31 years with a firm hand as prime minister, pioneering a system of government that some have called benevolent autocracy. His People’s Action Party monopolized political…

Opinion | Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.
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Opinion | Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A crucial point is that Turkish voters seem to have tired of Mr. Erdogan. If elections were held today, Mr. Imamoglu would probably win, according to polls and political analysts. A self-described social democrat, Mr. Imamoglu, 54, is a member of the Republican…

Ex-President Moon of South Korea Is Indicted on Bribery Charge
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Ex-President Moon of South Korea Is Indicted on Bribery Charge

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Former President Moon Jae-in of South Korea was indicted on a bribery charge on Thursday, becoming the latest ex-leader to face a criminal trial in a country where subjecting former leaders to criminal investigations has become a recurring pattern. Mr. Moon, who left…

Israel’s Internal Conflicts Return as Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon Continues
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Israel’s Internal Conflicts Return as Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon Continues

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Eighteen months ago, in the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel, Israelis suspended their internal conflicts to form a united military front against a shared external threat. Now, that semblance of common cause has been cast aside. Beyond its borders, Israel has resumed…

In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan See Democracy Eroding After Istanbul Mayor’s Detention
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In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan See Democracy Eroding After Istanbul Mayor’s Detention

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered this year facing a knot of political problems with little precedent in his two decades at the summit of power in Turkey. Voters were angry about persistently high inflation. His political party’s popularity had sunk. And his opponents…

Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams
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Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The speech by Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, in the closing week of Black History Month, seemed to be hitting all the right historical notes. He outlined the lineage tying together Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks and Barack Obama and…

4 Takeaways From the Hearing on Dismissing Charges Against Eric Adams
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4 Takeaways From the Hearing on Dismissing Charges Against Eric Adams

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Wednesday afternoon questioned Mayor Eric Adams of New York, Mr. Adams’s lawyer and a top Justice Department official over the department’s decision to seek the dismissal of corruption charges against Mr. Adams. It was the latest episode in a…