Modi's 'vendetta'
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April 25, 2025

 
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

Questions over control of the Black Sea peninsula are stymying the peace process

 
 

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THE EXPLAINER

Another episode threatens to spark uproar in the Indian PM's long-running battle against the country's first family

 
 
Picture of the day

Muslim demonstrators burn an effigy symbolizing terrorism at a mosque in the Indian city of Jalandhar, after gunmen killed at least 26 tourists in Kashmir on Tuesday. As tensions ramp up over the disputed Muslim-majority region, troops from India and Pakistan exchanged fire overnight.
Shammi Mehra / AFP / Getty Images

 
 
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Powell's term ends in 2026, and Trump will likely replace him

 
 
UNDER THE RADAR

Generative AI is no longer a barrier to acclaim

 
 
quote of the day

'My life is still at the mercy of the settlers and the occupation. My community is still suffering from unending violence. Our movie won an Oscar, but our lives are no better than before.'

Hamdan Ballal, the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," in a New York Times op-ed, on how he's "still trapped in the same grinding loop of violence and subjugation" in the West Bank

 
 
THE WEEK RECOMMENDS

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