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Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walkTHE INDEPENDENTIran-US war latest: Swiss peace talks abruptly cancelled after Trump boasts of Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’GLOBAL TIMESDC gala shooting suspect voices grievances against US administration in writings to family: media reportsTHE GUARDIANCDC to tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola response in DRC and UgandaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEEthnic homogeneity by forceBRASIL WIREBolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup TrialTHE INDEPENDENTTrump struggles to clasp Medal of Honor at awkward White House ceremonyGLOBAL TIMESTokyo Trial debunks notorious Yasukuni Shrine's inverted narrativeLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEMali dividedTHE INDEPENDENTDeadly bird flu strain reaches last continent without it as Australia reports first suspected caseTHE DIPLOMATMSCI Raises New Transparency Concerns About Indonesia as Emerging Markets Verdict LoomsLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEJune: the longer viewGLOBAL TIMESChinese expert criticizes Filipino FM's claim that Japan-Philippines delimitation 'nothing to do' with China, warns move serves ulterior purposes b...LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEBeyond Rafah's gates, a politics of life and deathBRASIL WIREMinister warns of “industrial-scale” organized disinformation campaign, hindering disaster effortsBRASIL WIRENathália Urban Presente!THE GUARDIANSouth African men sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino horn trafficking caseTHE DIPLOMATIndonesia-Timor Leste Reconciliation: ‘Through Memory Towards Hope’THE DIPLOMATIndian Joint Air Defense Doctrine: Implications for South Asian StabilityTHE DIPLOMATFighting with Ghosts: Sar Sokha’s Belated Sanctions PanicTHE DIPLOMATIslamabad’s Crisis of Control in Pakistan-Administered KashmirTHE INDEPENDENTThis bicycle-riding rescue pup just became the World Cup’s cutest starTHE GUARDIANSierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harmsTHE INDEPENDENTTeenage assassins ‘hide guns in teddy bears’ in Ecuador gang shootingTHE GUARDIANBarbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparationsBRASIL WIREAnalysis: NYT’s bizarre coverage and omissions of Bolsonaro’s murderous coup plotGLOBAL TIMESLocal Insights: At the 13th Baku Global Forum, global participants look to China for new path of multilateralism and stabilityGLOBAL TIMESChina to introduce new train timetable from July 1, including high-speed train service between Beijing and UrumqiBRASIL WIREInside Brazil’s X Ban: How Elon Musk Started–and lost–a Fight With Brazil’s Judiciary
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Reading into a Rise That Defies Traditional Paths

Reading into a Rise That Defies Traditional Paths

The combination of owning an influential and controversial media outlet, along with ownership of a bank that was subjected to regulatory measures by a sovereign authority, the absence of any conventional political trajectory, and then the direct ascent to the position of Prime Minister — this is not read merely as an individual success story, but rather understood as the outcome of shifting power balances.

He is a candidate who can gain consensus because he carries no political history that clashes with any side, while at the same time possessing clear instruments of influence: media, money, and relationships.

It is the equation of media + money + power… a highly sensitive formula in any state, let alone in Iraq.