Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader. People began queuing up at polling stations hours before they were allowed in at 7 a.m in the first 21 states to hold votes.
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Floods strand dozens of tourists in Kenya’s Maasai Mara
Staff and visitors have been left stranded and buildings submerged at Kenya’s famous Maasai Mara nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding in the country’s southwest rose to at least 188 people.
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Suspect in fatal shooting of 8 in Illinois found dead in Texas
A gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials. Police in Joliet said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the confrontation near Natalia, Texas.
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Two Former Top Police Officers Involved In Banker’s Disappearance
Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda has said that two former top police officials were involved in the disappearance in June of Shuhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of one of the Centra Asian country’s leading banks.
