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The Hindu Editorials snapshot

Editorial 1

​Dangerous Paradigm: On Trump, Venezuela and Unhinged Depredation

US President Donald Trump kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife through an unauthorised military strike on Caracas using special forces and artillery, bringing them to face drug and weapons charges they deny, then threatened Colombia’s Gustavo Petro as a “sick man” selling cocaine, claimed US “need” for Greenland, vowed action against Mexico’s cartels, predicted Cuba’s fall without Venezuelan oil, and warned Iran of hard hits if it suppresses protests. This “Donroe Doctrine”—driven by Venezuela’s oil rather than democracy—lowers global conduct norms, diverging from past US policies, risking autocrats copying unilateral force from Ukraine-like precedents to Taiwan scenarios and sparking cross-border wars. Major powers like India, Europe, Latin America must unite against this brazen neo-imperialism to stop the dangerous precedent.

Editorial 2

At a Crossroads: On Iran’s Unrest, its Re-engagement with the World

Iran faces its biggest protests since 2022-2023 after shopkeepers struck in Tehran on December 28 over the rial’s 60% value crash since June 2025, soaring 64% food inflation, 7% oil export drop, and daily power cuts, spreading nationwide with at least 12 deaths amid regime promises mixed with riot crackdowns following a recent Israel war where US strikes hit nuclear sites. President Masoud Pezeshkian admits economic “stuckness” despite easing morality police, but repression and foreign blame—including Mossad claims and Trump’s “locked and loaded” threats—worsen paranoia as religion-nationalism fails against corruption, lost freedoms, and public anger; Iran must reform internally and re-engage globally rather than cycle crises.

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The Indian Express Editorials snapshot

Editorial 3

The new colonial adventurer needs a licence

The British Museum, symbol of past colonial looting like the Elgin Marbles from Athens or Tibet’s treasures taken by the 1903 Younghusband expedition, now hires a “treasure hunter” to recover 1,500 stolen artefacts—gold jewellery and gems allegedly taken by a former curator and sold online—with over a third already retrieved through staff efforts. The role involves mostly paperwork like contacting dealers, auction houses, collectors, and securing export licences rather than dramatic adventures, marking a shift from romantic “Great White Hunter” or tomb-raider images amid growing global backlash against historical plunder held in Western museums. This demystifies colonial adventurer glamour, fitting an era demanding accountability for past violence and theft.

Editorial 4

CBAM is a trade barrier. Government must lend exporters a hand

The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will impose carbon taxes on imports like steel and aluminium starting 2026, hitting Indian exporters hard with 16-22% extra costs due to higher emission production methods, as the EU—receiving 22% of India’s such exports—favours cleaner rivals while penalising developing nations despite minimal global emission cuts of 0.1%. Critics call CBAM a disguised trade barrier rather than true climate action, unfairly applying rich-country standards to poorer ones amid protected sectors, with the UK planning similar taxes and more goods like cement at risk. India must negotiate exemptions in EU free trade talks or fund green tech transitions for firms to stay competitive without profit erosion.

Vocabulary from the Editorial: 1

Word	Simple Meaning	Synonym	Antonym
Crosshairs	Target or aim point	Sights, focus	Ignore
Depredation	Act of plundering or harming	Looting, ravaging	Protection
Brazen	Bold and shameless	Shameless, defiant	Timid
Embolden	Make bolder or confident	Encourage, hearten	Deter
Fomenting	Stirring up or inciting	Instigating, provoking	Calm
Paradigm	Typical example or model	Pattern, framework	Exception
Unhinged	Wild or uncontrolled	Deranged, unstable	Controlled
Threshold	Minimum level or limit	Bar, standard	Maximum

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