Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Starmer’s desperate dash to India (FP)
India faces Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact (FP)
Why America will lose to China (Japan Times)
Twitter & Saudi Arabia (Guardian)
Javier Milei has led Argentina to ruin (RT)
Thai students and their hair checks (NY Times)
Settlers bursting Tel Aviv’s bubble (New Lines)
Azerbaijan is new faultline in US-China confrontation (NI)
Pakistan’s Gaza assignment (Cradle)
Preparing for the death of Putin (RAND)
The roots of Kurdish discontent (Engelsberg)
How Mangalore has become the Silicon Beach of India (GC)
Chile’s Route 7 (BBC Travel)
Road Trip: Iceland (Team BHP)
Adi Shankaracharya: The man who hacked reality (AN)