Kashmiris Are Voting Again. But Do They Have a Voice? NYT | Top Stories By: Sameer Yasir and Showkat Nanda 18 September 2024 at 17:44 An election that began on Wednesday will restore some of the self-rule India took away in 2019. But a lasting chill has fallen over Kashmir. © Atul Loke for The New York TimesPeople in Kuglam, in southern Kashmir, lined up on Wednesday to vote in Kashmir’s first regional legislative election in a decade.
How China and Russia Compete, and Cooperate, in Central Asia NYT | China By: Keith Bradsher and Anatoly Kurmanaev 4 July 2024 at 16:28 China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are courting regional leaders and pushing an alternative to the U.S.-led order.