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King Vajiralongkorn dismisses his official mistresshttps://econ.st/32K4DU9 

Narendra Modi vowed to improve India's business ranking when he came to office. The country has since gone from 142nd to 63rdhttps://econ.st/364uE2l 

By 1800, 9% of shows in London used Shakespeare’s material—down from a peak of 17%, but much more than his rivalshttps://econ.st/31KAZgd 

The world’s most-wanted terrorist met his end during a late-night raid by American troops on his hideout in Idlib provincehttps://econ.st/31Rxzs2 

Even in relatively cosmopolitan Beijing, gay people rarely come outhttps://econ.st/2p3RiHO 

China's Belt and Road Initiative reaches far into the Pacifichttps://econ.st/31IAJhO 

What a slate of exhibitions are really celebrating on the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt's death is that he has provided so much worth seeinghttps://econ.st/2MOxzVs 

The argument that Narendra Modi is good for India's economy no longer washeshttps://econ.st/31ODgqC 

Narendra Modi must focus on policies aimed at improving India's environment, education and government administrationhttps://econ.st/2BGhYRq 

Narendra Modi's instinctive authoritarianism threatens many of the freedoms that make India so successfulhttps://econ.st/2MJrEAS 

South-East Asia's Coral Triangle teems with an abundance of life almost unmatched elsewhere on the planethttps://econ.st/2Jod6Vj 

Crime, extortion and corruption make matters worsehttps://econ.st/2Wf21eu 

People with rare names tend to be individualists—perhaps because their parents want them to stand outhttps://econ.st/32KsUtg 

On Donald Trump’s watch, North Korea has expanded its nuclear arsenal and improved the missiles needed to use themhttps://econ.st/32O70Fg 

Elizabeth Warren's love of competition wanes when it comes to trade. She is a protectionisthttps://econ.st/2MHDrji 

Jokowi is aiming to neutralise the opposition Gerindra partyhttps://econ.st/2NdKTS5 

PG&E has a plan to “harden” its grid. But completely stopping wildfires will be difficulthttps://econ.st/2MKys16 

The would-be “caliph” is gone. But the chaos in the Middle East that allowed Islamic State's ultra-violent form of jihadism to rise has only grown worsehttps://econ.st/2MRlkaQ 

Some 80% of inmates at Rikers have not been convicted of any crime. Half suffer from mental illnesshttps://econ.st/31QYh4d