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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Zoher Abdoolcarim ## Zoher Abdoolcarim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Zoher Abdoolcarim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 29, 2017 ### [Hong Kong: A Photographic Timeline of Highs and Lows](https://time.com/4829838/hong-kong-20-years-handover-timeline-photos/) Hong Kong’s first 20 years as part of China has been a roller coaster ride: tumultuous and jarring [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 8, 2016 ### [Q&A With Hong Kong Political Peacemaker Tsang Yok-sing](https://time.com/4442636/hong-kong-tsang-yok-sing-jasper-chief-executive/) The outgoing president of the Hong Kong legislature is seen as a moderate politician and has indicat... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 10, 2016 ### [Malaysia's Mahathir on Najib Razak: 'He Should Step Down'](https://time.com/4363930/mahathir-mohamad-malaysia-najib-razak/) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks to TIME about the scandal that has transfixe... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 12, 2015 ### [Presidential Summits Alone Won’t Be Enough For China To Win Over A Wary Taiwan](https://time.com/4110128/presidential-summits-alone-wont-be-enough-for-china-to-win-over-a-wary-taiwan/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 9, 2015 ### [It's Going to Take More Than a Handshake to Fix China's Relations With Taiwan](https://time.com/4104494/china-taiwan-relations-summit/) Chinese President Xi Jinping may want a unified China, but he also has to respect the desire of Taiw... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 24, 2015 ### [Singapore Prime Minister on Islam, China and His Father](https://time.com/3969196/singapore-lee-hsien-loong-interview-50th-anniversary/) On Aug. 9, 1965, Singapore became an independent state. A half-century of unparalleled prosperity la... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 23, 2015 ### [Lee Hsien Loong](https://time.com/3969231/lee-hsien-loong/) Singapore's Prime Minister spoke with TIME a few weeks before the Southeast Asian city-state's 50th ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 7, 2015 ### [Exclusive Interview With Narendra Modi: 'We Are Natural Allies'](https://time.com/3849492/narendra-modi-interview/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 26, 2015 ### [The Founding Father of Singapore](https://time.com/3759821/the-founding-father-of-singapore/) Lee Kuan Yew gave the city-state prosperity, at the cost of freedom [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 22, 2015 ### ['Father of Singapore' Lee Kuan Yew Dies at 91](https://time.com/3748684/lee-kuan-yew-obituary/) Singapore's first and longest-serving Prime Minister was the architect of a remarkable transformatio... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 22, 2014 ### [Fighting for the Hong Kong Dream](https://time.com/3530552/occupy-central-hong-kong-dream-democracy-protests/) A TIME editor and lifelong Hong Konger reflects on a turbulent month of protest, backlash — and hope [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 28, 2014 ### [Hong Kong in Turmoil: 5 Takeaways From Weekend of Protests](https://time.com/3442228/hong-kong-5-takeaways/) Here are the key things to know about the worsening clashes between police and demonstrators in the ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 11, 2014 ### [Showdown in Hong Kong](https://time.com/3327716/showdown-in-hong-kong/) Beijing must realize that the territory’s openness is what gives it real value to China [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 29, 2014 ### [Taiwan’s Growing Anxiety About Mainland China](https://time.com/135022/dont-forget-taiwan/) Why the island’s citizens are worried about China’s growing influence over their home [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 27, 2014 ### [What India Wants](https://time.com/39664/what-india-wants/) Ahead of elections, Indians are expressing anger and frustration over the direction of their country... 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