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Prime Minister Modi asked Indians to make economic sacrifices. As the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz continues, Prime Minister Narenda Modi called on citizens to spend less on gas and instead rely more on public transportation. India imports 85% of its crude oil, and more than 300 million households depend on imports of liquefied petroleum gas for cooking. To stem currency outflows, the prime minister also asked Indians to refrain from taking trips abroad and to stop buying gold. Other Asian countries are feeling the pinch. Bangladesh and Myanmar have instituted fuel rationing.

Tesla鈥檚 Elon Musk will join Trump on his visit to China this week. Other invited business executives include Apple鈥檚 Tim Cook, Goldman Sachs鈥� David Solomon, and Meta鈥檚 Dina Powell McCormick. Mr. Musk had a falling-out with President Donald Trump last May after serving as an adviser in his administration, but the two have since taken steps to mend their relationship. During the visit, Mr. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss topics including artificial intelligence and trade.

The Justice Department awarded a journalist six figures over government censorship.听The Trump administration reached a settlement with independent journalist Alex Berenson over a lawsuit alleging that the Biden Administration pressured Twitter (now X) to ban him. The platform permanently suspended him after he tweeted that the Covid-19 vaccines don鈥檛 stop infection or transmission. The six-figure settlement includes the admission, 鈥渢he government did in fact violate the First Amendment by exerting substantial coercive pressure on social media companies such as Twitter to suppress disfavored speech like Plaintiff鈥檚.鈥� The former New York Times reporter was reinstated to the platform in 2022. 听
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The European Union put sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia abduct Ukrainian children. An estimated 20,500 children have been deported or transferred since Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many were stripped of their Ukrainian identity, given Russian passports, or sent to military-style camps for indoctrination. Sanctions were also imposed on seven of those centers. Foreign ministers from Canada, Ukraine, and the EU are gathered in Brussels to coordinate efforts to trace and return the children.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened legal action. Sen. Mark Kelly, a military retiree, told CBS鈥檚 鈥淔ace the Nation鈥� that it is 鈥渟hocking how deep we have gone into鈥� U.S. weapons stockpiles. Secretary Hegseth warned on X that the senator was 鈥渂labbing鈥� about a 鈥渃lassified鈥� briefing. A federal court has temporarily blocked the secretary鈥檚 previous attempts to punish the senator by censuring and potentially recalling him to active duty, citing First Amendment rights.

Worldwide, more people than ever have access to electricity. Our World in Data reports that the number of people without electricity is half of what it was at the turn of the century 鈥� from 1.35 billion to 675 million. One area of the world that is lagging behind is Sub-Saharan Africa, where population growth has outpaced the expansion of electricity.听

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Russia is no longer making noteworthy battlefield gains. If anything, it鈥檚 been Ukraine, aided by its technological prowess, taking back small pieces of territory. After a punishing winter, Ukraine is in a surprisingly encouraging place.

The business of women鈥檚 professional sports is booming, thanks in part to female venture capitalists investing for the long haul.

Three-year degrees offer students tuition savings and faster career entry. But questions remain over whether accelerated, narrowly focused coursework is preferable to a well-rounded education, and how these programs could affect society.

The Philippines is heavily dependent on imported energy from the Middle East.听But this remote Indigenous community in the northern part of the country has spent years building its own energy system, uncoupled from imported fuel. Instead, it runs on water, gravity, and cooperation.

One gauge of a society鈥檚 level of interpersonal trust lies in how much the central government shares power 鈥� with local authorities, courts, private citizen groups, and others. For the last 16 years in Hungary, such trust has been evaporating. An increasingly authoritarian leader, Viktor Orb谩n, had been centralizing power and creating 鈥渦s versus them鈥� polarization around often-fabricated issues.

On Saturday, all that changed with the swearing-in of a new prime minister, P茅ter Magyar. His broad-tent Tisza party won big in elections a month ago. In his inaugural speech, Mr. Magyar pledged not to rule over Hungary but to 鈥渟erve鈥� it 鈥� through reconciliation, inclusiveness, and democratic renewal.

鈥淲e are going to remake the constitutional system so that such a concentration of power can never happen again,鈥� he declared. Mr. Magyar also apologized to people who had been marginalized and maligned by the state during Mr. Orb谩n鈥檚 long tenure.

In many countries where authoritarian rulers have recently been turned out, decentralization has become a prime goal, along with curbs on corruption that often accompany an aggregation of power. Hungary鈥檚 agenda under a new leader provides a template for such reforms.

Mr. Magyar promises to reinforce judicial independence and restore autonomy to local governments and universities. He has been adamant in ending government controls over Hungarian news media.

He plans to limit a prime minister to two terms 鈥� and reactively apply that rule to Mr. Orb谩n. 鈥淚 saw how power can destroy a man,鈥� said Mr. Magyar, who once served in his predecessor鈥檚 government.

Part of his distribution of power began during his speech to a large crowd in Budapest. He gave credit to the huge majority of voters who elected his party. 鈥淵ou have taught the country and the world that it is the most ordinary, flesh-and-blood people that can defeat the most vicious tyranny,鈥� he said.

He also proclaimed a repairing of societal trust. 鈥淲hat connects us will be stronger than what divides us. Hungary will be home for every Hungarian, and everyone can feel like they have a place in the Hungarian nation. Family, friends and communities will be able to speak to each other again.鈥�

Even before the election, Mr. Magyar was sure of the example that his party would set by winning. At one campaign event, he noted the presence of journalists from a pro-Kremlin Russian newspaper: 鈥淚 welcome the Russian propaganda media. Enjoy the freedom 鈥� and the regime change!鈥�