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If we wanted to fight a war in
Afghanistan and win it, I could
win that war in a week. I just
don’t want to kill 10 million
people.
Donald Trump,
US presidentHe is a kid and I have always had a good
feeling about him, but now he is behav-
ing like a political juvenile. I am in poli-
tics for the last 50 years. I never had the
backing from my father and grandfather
or the kind of money that he possesses.
Satya Pal Malik,
governor of Jammu and Kashmir, on for-
mer J&K chief minister Omar AbdullahI am who I am and I want to stay authen-
tic. In a world full of compromises, I have
never compromised, and that continues
to add to my rebellious image.
Abhay Deol,
actorEverything that achieves height falls one
day. Same thing will happen to the BJP.
They have attained the height, but now if
they do not deliver on their poll promises
then people will soon start neglecting the
party.
Ashok Gehlot,
Rajasthan chief ministerThe BJP won the Lok Sabha polls by
cheating, using the CRPF and the Elec-
tion Commission.
Mamata Banerjee,
West Bengal chief ministerMILESTONES
THE REIGN CONTINUES
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal
Democratic Party and its coalition
partner won 71 of 124 seats in
elections to the upper house of
Parliament, putting him on track
to become Japan’s longest-serving
prime minister. The ruling coalition
now has 141 seats in the 245-mem-
ber upper house.GREATEST BLOCKBUSTER
Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame crossed
$2.7902bn ( 0 19,249 crore) at the
box office on July 21 to become the
world’s highest-grossing film ever.
The superhero flick ended the ten-
year-long reign of James Cameron’s
sci-fi thriller Avatar.AFRICAN CHAMPIONS
Algeria beat Senegal 1-0 to win its
second Africa Cup of Nations title.
Forward Baghdad Bounedjah scored
the only goal in the final held in Cairo
on July 20.12 THE WEEK • AUGUST 4, 2019
APWORD PLAY
Google’s London headquarters, which is under construction, is ushering in the age of
landscrapers. A landscraper is a building as long and horizontal as skyscrapers are tall
and vertical. Google’s London landscraper will be 11-storey tall and 312m long, and will run
parallel to the platforms of King’s Cross railway station.He himself has said that he enjoys
gossiping, and for that he has a
[TV] show also on which he openly
does gossiping. On that show he
openly asks people what colour
underwear they are wearing, and
what you are going to do to the
wife in a situation when you are
caught in someone’s bed.
Kangana Ranaut,
actor, on filmmaker Karan JoharAFP