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India's prime minister, humbled by voters, is sworn in again

5:01pm June 09, 2024

by Diaa Hadid

For the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a coalition after his party was humbled in its traditional stronghold of the Hindi-speaking belt of northern India.

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South Korea to restart loudspeaker broadcasts into North to combat trash balloons

3:15am June 09, 2024

by Associated Press

South Korea says it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing North Korean campaigns to drop trash on the South with balloons.

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How Modi will lead with a coalition government, and what voters want

10:10pm June 07, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a political analyst in Kolkata, about what India's latest election means for Prime Minister Modi and the country's democracy.

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Modi declares victory but his party fails to reach an outright majority

1:45pm June 05, 2024

by Michel Martin

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third term in office but it was far from a landslide, and his party will have to work to form a coalition government.

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Modi has declared victory in India's election, but not the landslide he expected

10:10pm June 04, 2024

by Omkar Khandekar

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third term, but voters drastically clipped his wings by handing his alliance a narrower margin than predicted.

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory signs as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in the country's general election, in New Delhi, on Tuesday.

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Indian Prime Minister Modi Wins A Third Term

7:29pm June 04, 2024

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third win is rare, but is tempered by his party's loss of a parliamentary majority.

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Results are being tabulated in India's 6-week election

5:25pm June 04, 2024

Initial results suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP party will become prime minister for the third time.

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Heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

5:38am June 04, 2024

by Associated Press

China has long quashed any memory of the killings, when the government ordered in the army to end the months-long protests and uphold Communist rule. The death toll remains unknown to this day.

Ukraine tries to rally support in the Asia Pacific for a peace conference

8:12am June 03, 2024

Ukraine's president alleges China is helping Russia to undermine a global peace summit as he turns to Asian nations for help in ending a war.

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South Korea says it will suspend peace deal with North Korea over balloon launches

4:46am June 03, 2024

by Associated Press

South Korea’s presidential national security council said it has decided to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean agreement aimed at easing animosities, until mutual trust between the two Koreas is restored.