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The French presidential election: Marine or Macron?

For the winner of tomorrow’s French presidential election, the hard work is yet to begin.

Saturday, May 6

Plus: Russia and Turkey work to normalise their trade relationship.

Brinkmanship in Washington: funding impasse resolves (for now)

On Saturday, the clock will start running on a $1.1 trillion spending bill designed to…

Working out their differences: Russia and Turkey

On Saturday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich will travel to Turkey to finalise talks…

50 years on: the Asian Development Bank

5,000 bankers and leaders will gather in Yokohama, Japan on Saturday for the Asian Development…

Another protester at Aksi Bela Islam 313
Indonesia’s identity politics: a new normal?

The success of political Islam in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election bodes ill for Indonesian pluralism.

Breakdown imminent? Acrimony between China and North Korea

The unprecedented tensions between China and North Korea show no signs of abating. With state…

Feeling the heat: Egypt’s judiciary

Judicial independence in Egypt is under threat. Last week, parliament passed a law to give…

Celestial diplomacy: India’s budding space ambitions

India will launch a new facet of space diplomacy on Friday—literally. The ‘South Asia Satellite’,…

Friday, May 5

Plus: Egypt’s judges come under attack.