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​Doctors, paramedics, and medical students from various medical institutions are attending a protest against what they say is the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, inside the premises of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, India, on August 12, 2024.
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India’s protests of an August rape and murder reach critical stage

In August, the brutal rape and murder of a female medical resident in a Kolkata hospital set off a series of protests by doctors and others who demanded a full investigation of the crime and stepped-up police protection in government-run hospitals.

Washington’s controversial new approach to foreign aid
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Washington’s controversial new approach to foreign aid

Since returning to power in 2025, the Trump administration has drastically changed the answer to this question, pursuing an ‘America First’ philosophy that is dramatically more transactional: the US will give you money, but you must give the US something valuable in return.