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Malaysia's king searches for PM candidates who will face confidence vote

Muhyiddin Yassin resigned as prime minister on Monday after less than 18 months in office amid infighting in his alliance and mounting public anger over what was widely perceived as his government’s poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Gender-neutral card deck retires king, queen and jack

The genderless deck replaces king, queen and jack with gold, silver and bronze.

India on edge as it grapples with a twin dispute on its borders

India's shifting alliances means border disputes in its neighbourhood now come with higher stakes.

The Saudis, King Juan Carlos I and a shady railroad deal

Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, a transformative political figure, might have received illicit money from Saudi royals for a rail project.

Racism is being recorded - and that’s why the French want cameras banned

Several French lawmakers are now compelled to hinder accountability, not racial injustice.

Will Black lives matter now?

The US needs to re-examine its identity from scratch.

'Bada... Bing... Bang'? HBO throws out rulebook with streaming launch

HBO Max's launch follows telecoms giant AT&T's $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, and brings that sprawling media empire's titles under one roof.

Activision raises 2020 forecast as "Call of Duty" gets lockdown boost

Videogame sales in the United States surged in the last two months as the virus shut down the country, with sales in March hitting their highest in over a decade.

Bahraini prisoners in an involuntary game of Russian roulette with Covid-19

Bahrain has released over a thousand prisoners, but political activists remain locked up.

How Trump and coronavirus are damaging the DNA of the US federal system

The virus is changing the US as Trump's antagonistic relationship with state governors compromises the nation's fight against the pandemic.

The Syrian sports star who succumbed to coronavirus in Sweden

Considered a giant of the golden age of Syrian football Josel ‘El Batal’ Gourie lived in a northern suburb of Stockholm where immigrants have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19 in a country taking a liberal approach to lockdown.

Belgium finally agrees on government

Belgium had no parliamentary majority since December 2018. The formation of an emergency coalition was a pre-requisite to give caretaker prime minister Sophie Wilmes the powers to take more action against the coronavirus outbreak.