WEBNEWS TIMELINE, 20 May 2019
Europe's Greens could find themselves king makers in a newly fragmented EU parliament. They are on course for their best showing and could play a big role.
US President Donald Trump says war would be 'end' of Iran as tensions rise. He has issued a stern warning that it will be destroyed if a conflict breaks out between the two countries.
Rural America feels the sting of Trump's China trade war. Though most Americans haven't yet felt the pain of the tariffs Trump imposed last year, which largely hit industrial components. But that's changing as standoff with Beijing escalates.
Moderate Muslims’ dilemma: they see the role of Western military interventions in Muslim countries and support to authoritarian Muslim rulers in the rise of Islamic extremism but overlook that of radicalised interpretations of Islam in inspiring terrorism.
Exit polls unanimously projected a return of the Modi government to office with the NDA securing a majority, though there were differences on whether or not BJP would cross the halfway mark on its own in the Lok Sabha.
Four key reasons why PM Modi is in the game for a second term: A formidable new vote-bank, effective microeconomics, building hard infrastructure, A new ‘Bhakti Cult’ of those under 22.
View From The Neighbourhood: History lessons. A look at the public conversations shaping ideas beyond borders in the Subcontinent.
India may witness longer slowdown as oil imports, consumption decline.
Watch out, Bengal. The desecration of Vidyasagar’s statue may have provided Mamata Banerjee with an unexpected political bonanza, but her bitter personal feud with Modi will only bring “bure din” for Bengal if the saffron party is back in power in Delhi.
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