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Jamaat-e-Islami has become Bangladesh's main opposition after rebranding itself as anti-establishment, winning a third of votes in elections following the ousting of Sheikh Hasina

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Taiwan builds a drone industry free of Chinese components, exporting over 123,000 units in 2025 to countries including Czech Republic and Poland.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung tackles Seoul's housing crisis with measures to curb speculative investment as soaring property prices and demographic challenges reshape the market.

The Communist Party is afraid to tax inherited wealth

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No one knows if he will last

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The regime’s enforcers will struggle to rebuild their capabilities and their deterrence

Chinese spy thriller "Scare Out" reflects the decline of nationalist propaganda films, which have fallen from 53% of top box-office sales in 2020 to just 12% this year.

Chaos in the Middle East makes President Erdogan indispensable to the West

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A decade of greening leaves the capital less congested but more divided

Kenya's sugar industry exemplifies how political elites extract rents through state controls, as President William Ruto's reforms test broader economic liberalisation.

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