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Mum describes 'scary moment' daughter was 'sexually assaulted' at Southend club

Essex Police have launched a sex assault probe and are appealing for witnesses after the incident at the Sunrooms2 club...

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Handyman has 'livelihood stolen' during cruel £1.5k Christmas Day break-in in Leigh

A HANDYMAN has had his “livelihood stolen” after cruel thieves stole £1,500 worth a power tools during a break-in o...

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How volatile city politics aided Rigathi Gachagua's downfall

Former DP Rigathi Gachagua was also accused of meddling in Nairobis affairs and undermining Governor Johnson Sakajas adm...

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China’s trade figures signal resilience amid global uncertainty

China’s foreign trade has always served as a bellwether of its economic resilience and global interconnectedness. As t...

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Manmohan Singh has a legacy beyond 1991. Nuclear deal with US shows his strategic vision

Manmohan Singh’s success lay in making a decisive and historic shift towards the West. It was also audacious, in my bo...

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Suspense in Kwara PDP over Abdullahi’s resignation from party

The resignation of former Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is mor...

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Scam of electricity tariff segregation

By Fidelis Soriwei Last week, a former governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, raised the alarm about the suffo...

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How volatile city politics aided the downfall of former abrasive DP

Former DP Rigathi Gachagua was also accused of meddling in Nairobis affairs and undermining Governor Johnson Sakajas adm...

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Riggy-G picked on Media and Raila, failed to see where his waterloo would come from

Like Karanja before him, Rigathi Gachagua neither knew the day nor the hour the political thuggery and vindictiveness he...

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Gachagua: From deputy to enigma, will impeachment define him?

According to Vihiga Governor Ken Lusaka, Gachagua's public career has been marked by an unusual pattern: he has never fu...

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The Tasman Bridge Disaster, Fifty Years On

Veteran diver Keith Moon recalls a descent to the Lake Illawarra years later. 'There were still toiletry items and blank...

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‘These People Are Exploiting These Folks’: Andy Biggs Exposes Flaws In Dems’ Narrative About Migrants

The congressman added that the American public has already voiced its stance on the matter...

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Centre approves memorial space for former PM Dr Manmohan Singh

The central government has confirmed plans to allocate a space for a memorial honouring former Prime Minister Dr Manmoha...

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Sarah Carey: Never mind the moaners, here are 10 things that our wonderful country can be proud of

It’s the time of year for advice and lists. A great piece of advice is to cultivate gratitude. As the mind instinctive...

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Miriam O’Callaghan: Savour the memories of Christmas past, safe in the knowledge that the festive future is in good hands

I don’t know about you, but this year, like the exhausted directors of music at St Patrick’s and Christ Church, I’...

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Editorial: Political parties must be held to account on housing promises

For Albert Einstein, politics was a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny were fuelled by “perennially rej...

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Louise McSharry: Record number of homeless children and the Kyran Durnin case show things are going from bad to abysmal

Like many parents, just before Christmas I attended my children’s winter concert. I always find these events emotional...

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Richard Curran: From Trump to Le Pen – five reasons why 2025 could be a whole lot better than we think

I am not normally superstitious, but I confess to having a slightly irrational thing about the numbers in a given year. ...

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John Downing: Memoir from famously downbeat Angela Merkel is far from dull

I spent a chunk of the holiday with Angela Merkel – well, with her 700-plus page political memoir Freedom, published i...

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Letters: As Pope Francis ushers in a new Holy Year, will 2025 be a time of peace at last?

It is an interesting time for Pope Francis to have ushered in a Holy Year, also known as a jubilee, for the global Catho...

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The Disappearing Rule of Law in Victoria

Young lawyers are led to understand the courts are fair, impartial, and dispense untainted justice. There is no reason t...

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Arizona TikTok users face uncertain future as Supreme Court weighs in on TikTok ban

The social media app is fighting back against the ban, citing it violates users' freedom of speech....

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The shadow of Digital Security Act over the Cyber Protection Ordinance

Some provisions of the DSA (and the CSA) have been included in the new Cyber Protection Ordinance....

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Garfield Barwick and the Rule of Law

Across Australia the rule of law is under unprecedented challenges by politicians, unions, corporations, the judiciary, ...

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From crisis to change: Education will sustain the revolution

Standing on the isthmus of change, we must avoid any form of myopia....

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt TikTok Law So He Can Negotiate to Save Platform

The president-elect said the law raises questions about legislative encroachment on executive authority....

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The pm’s platitudes

The statement from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the country’s record murder rate came like a thief in the night�...

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Hello, BMC, please stop wasting taxpayers’ money

We must be careful not to overstretch budgets on grand openings and ground-breaking programmes as many a time, these are...

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Another great year of success

It feels as if we are constantly marching towards a brighter future despite what life on the streets may look like...

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City Hall: More musings with the mayor, busy year for city parks staff

TO TIDE READERS over until the first meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in 2025, here are a few tidbits from our...

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US teacher jailed in Russia is formally designated as wrongfully detained

The State Department says an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than three years ago has bee...

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What's really in turtle soup? We asked the experts about the New Orleans restaurant staple.

When Amy King came to New Orleans on a family trip, she was intrigued by an item she saw on two menus: turtle soup....

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Grounded by air tax, our family holidays

For a Government that says its number one mission is growth, APD is a particularly ill-thought-out levy and makes a mock...

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EU issues scam alert for Pakistanis seeking visa

ISLAMABAD - The European Union (EU) yesterday issued a scam alert to caution Pakistani citizens about fraudulent activit...

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Janet Yellen says Treasury will need to take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid default next month

The notification to Congress is the clearest sign yet that the fight to avoid default will likely take place in the earl...

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Rana Sanaullah slams PTI for undermining economy through anarchy

ISLAMABAD - Advisor to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, on Friday said that Pakistan ...

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DOJ launches investigations after ABC15 report into wild case of mistaken identity

The Department of Justice is actively investigating after armed federal agents wrongfully arrested then 66-year-old Penn...

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SAU, HYKAZ Aamnat Education Support Program to launch scholarship initiative

HYDERABAD - Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam has entered into an agreement with the HYKAZ Aamnat Education Su...

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Shoro inspects ongoing development work at Sukkur Barrage

SUKKUR - Sindh Minister for Irrigation, Jam Khan Shoro on Friday visited the Sukkur Barrage and held an important meetin...

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Turkiye Supports for Pakistan’s Food Security

KARACHI - Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has established a state-of-the-art training and control gre...

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Raja Pervaiz Ashraf highlights accomplishments of PPP Govt 2008

GARHI KHUDA BUX - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Raja Pervaiz Asharaf highlighted the accomplishments of PPP during ...

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Letters: Biden’s death penalty commutations guard against irreversible error

Also: Wharf's future | Reason to resist | Overplaying hand | Not a choice | Gun ownership. East Bay Times reader letters...

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Khursheed Shah pays glowing tribute to late Benazir Bhutto on her death anniversary

SUKKUR - Senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, MNA Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Friday paid glowing tribute to...

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A Legacy of Struggle for Democracy

Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary will be marked this year amidst another situation of political unc...

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Five die in separate road accidents

ISLAMABAD - Three individuals killed when a speeding car plunged into a canal near Khanpur Mehr in Ghotki on Friday....

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Development Concerns

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has once again promised to expedite development work in Islamabad’s new sector...

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Winter Woes

As temperatures drop, so does the reliability of gas supply for domestic users, leaving many households grappling with s...

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Mature Diplomacy

The Pakistani government’s recent call for improved relations with Afghanistan, alongside its demand for decisive acti...

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JCP Rules

The obvious product of the 26th amendment was the Judicial Commission of Pakistan—a gathering of lesser judges and mor...

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EDITORIAL: As we reach the midpoint of the 2020s, COVID-19 has defined the decade

When you look back on recent American history, you can see how one event reverberated through – and in some ways defin...

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France & Pakistan’s SDGs

Pakistan, entangled in a web of debt, climate vulnerability, and under-investment in human development, ranks 137th out ...

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Bureaucratic Paradoxes

Somewhere in the suburbs of Islamabad....

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Alarming State of Mainstream Media

As a media student, I feel compelled to express my disappointment with the state of mainstream media today....

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Climate Hazards in 2050

According to a World Economic Forum report published in December 2024, approximately 2,300 billion tonnes of carbon diox...

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16 Days of Activism

Every home, every street, and every community in Pakistan bears the shadow of gender-based violence....

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Pacifying Exaggerated Appetites

At the dawn of the 20th century, life in the subcontinent was characterised by simplicity and empathy....