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...The rally comes after the BJP achieved majorities in three states in the populous and influential northern Hindi-speaking belt, strengthening its grip on national politics ahead of next year’s general election...
...But with more than 1,000 matches under his belt, the task for the 36-year-old, eight-time Ballon d’Or winner is not just to provide magic moments but to preserve a body that has jinked and dribbled through...
...The EU and India are in talks to build joint infrastructure projects around the world in the latest attempt to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative....
...Chart du jour: Opting out Italy was heavily criticised for joining China’s Belt and Road infrastructure programme....
...Additional reporting by Stephanie Findlay in New Delhi...
...Pakistan is trying to renegotiate Belt and Road repayments after it alleged that Chinese companies had inflated power project costs by billions of dollars....
...While the strategy does not mention China specifically, the country has come under increased scrutiny over its Belt and Road Initiative, which has provided funding for infrastructure projects in Africa and...
...Don Johnson — Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) Another TV movie, this time with future Miami Vice star Don Johnson donning the capes, wide belts and leather jumpsuits to portray late-era Elvis....
...The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the $62bn Pakistan piece of China’s vast Belt and Road infrastructure project to create a modern Silk Road, has lost momentum after a series of attacks on Chinese nationals...
...China has also invested billions of renminbi in its flagship Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan. This story has been amended to reflect the fact the meeting has taken place in Tianjin....
...Securing the Belt and Road Initiative The importance of this task, Wang added, derived in part from the need to protect “large-scale activities and projects” to create a “safe Silk Road”....
...“Pakistan has to play it carefully, it is dependent on China for the Belt and Road, dependent on the west for loans,” said Rashi. “This is a very complex game.”...
...Additional reporting by Emma Zhou in Beijing, Stephanie Findlay in New Delhi and Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad...
...Two Ukrainian refugees are currently living at Stephanie Jarvis’s château, a 19-bedroom, 600-year-old property in the centre of France....
...The policy change comes after Khan was on a visit to the small island country, where he urged Sri Lanka to join China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative....
...Or consider a belt bag such as D’heygere’s grommet with detachable zippered pouch (€280)....
...Pakistan’s powerful military and civilian parliament are wrestling for control of China’s $62bn Belt and Road Initiative in the country....
...stephanie.findlay@ft.com Letter in response to this article: India’s marriage system is a model for happiness / From R Vijayaraghavan, San Jose, CA, US...
...“We are very comfortable to honour all our commitments,” said Mr Agarwal, acknowledging “it is the time to be ready to tighten our belts” although not in oil and gas....
...Others worry governments will need to impose painful austerity in the years ahead, requiring the private sector to tighten its belt to pay down public debt. They should not....
...In December, a retired general was appointed chairman of a new authority overseeing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a key part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative....
...The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a key part of the Belt and Road Initiative, which Beijing sees as a 21st-century Silk Road to connect Asia, Africa and Europe....
...The first thing I do when Stephanie Kelton appears on a computer screen in my house is tell her how excited my whole family is to meet her....
...Here is an interesting interview with Plamen Tonchev of the Institute of International Economic Relations on “greening” China’s Belt and Road Initiative....
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