Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “billionaire Raj” is now more unequal than the British Raj under colonial occupation, when around 50% of income went to the richest 10% of the population.
Inequality declined immediately post-independence until the early 1980s but shot up at the turn of the century and has widened sharply during Modi’s decade in power.
The inequality gap could actually be worse than the figures suggest; researchers at the World Inequality Database describe the quality of data in India as “notaby poor” and has deteriorated further in recent years.
Shadow warfare between Israel and Iran increasingly threatens to spill over into open conflict. Iran avoids state-on-state hostility by pursuing asymmetrical warfare through proxy armies.
Israeli retaliation for Iran’s missile attack will focus on reestablishing deterrence and preventing similar attacks, but any response risks pushing the Middle East further toward all-out war.
The U.S., UK, and allies are preparing to issue more sanctions against Iran following its attack on Israel. Decades of sanctions have taken a severe toll on Iran’s economy.
The brutal war for control of the mineral-rich country has killed more than 15,000 people, sparked the world’s biggest displacement crisis and left 18 million people facing acute food insecurity.
They are unlikely to have an impact on policy.
Jack Smith's standing to prosecute Trump
The protests fail to meet any of the critical historical benchmarks.
The likelihood of Jack Smith's trials against Trump before November has evaporated into the Ether.
