https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/290421/karan-thapar-indias-grim-reality-out-in-the-open-as-myths-busted.html
It wasn't so long ago that we convinced ourselves we are a superpower or, at least, one that's definitely in the making
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/fire-fraud-and-recounts-grim-reality-iraqs-dirty-politics
The post-election euphoria that a non-sectarian, nationalist government will emerge in Baghdad seems to be dissipating in the face of the realities of Iraqi...
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https://commonwealthbeacon.org/education/mass-faces-grim-reality-of-fewer-international-students/
Nov 11, 2025 - Massachusetts’s schools have recruited higher proportions of international students than colleges and universities almost anywhere else because of a...
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