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tors since October.
A 24yearold man threw a
smoke bomb at
Japan’s
prime
minister, Kishida Fumio. The
bombthrower was reportedly
aggrieved at having been
barred from running for an
election. The incident re
kindled fears of attacks on
politicians, nine months after
the assassination of Abe Shin
zo, a former prime minister.
Separatist rebels in the
Indonesian
province of Papua
attacked government troops
searching for a pilot from New
Zealand whom the rebels are
holding hostage. Officials said
one soldier was killed; the
rebels claimed they shot dead
nine troops.
The
UN
’s annual population
report listed India as having a
bigger
population
than China
for the first time. India’s
population will reach 1.429bn
by the middle of this year
against China’s 1.426bn.
India’s
Supreme Court heard
arguments in the biggest test
yet of the country’s ban on gay
marriage. The court is focus
ing on secular laws that reg
ulate marriage. The govern
ment wants to keep the ban,
arguing that only the legisla
ture can change the law.
The
FBI
arrested two men
accused of working as
Chinese agents
and operating
an “illegal overseas police
station” in New York that
liaised with China’s national
police to intimidate Chinese
dissidents in the United
States. The authorities in New
York also charged 34 police
officers in China with harass
ing Chinese dissidents in
America via social media.
Ron DeSantis
, Florida’s go
vernor and putative Repub
lican presidential contender,
hurriedly signed a bill into
law that bans abortion in the
state after the sixth week of
pregnancy. Mr DeSantis is
veering further to the right to
appeal to the supporters of
Donald Trump he must win
over in the primaries.
Never on a Sunday
The Supreme Court heard
arguments in a case brought
by a
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