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The civil servant you've never heard of who earned an insane £480k more than Keir Starmer

Mark Thurston, who left his job last year, was earning almost £650,000, figures show....

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Haryana Elections: What Explains Bhajan Lal's Strong Hold Over Adampur for 56 Years?

Bhavya Bishnoi, late Bhajan Lal's grandson, began his political career by winning the November 2022 by-election from Ada...

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Donald Trump Tells An Infuriating Lie About The New York City Subway

The Republican nominee took his fearmongering to new depths during his Long Island rally....

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make huge US election decision after Donald Trump outrage

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have waded into the upcoming US presidential election by issuing a new statement on votin...

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House Commerce Committee Advances Bills to Protect Children Online

Lawmakers advanced the bills in hopes of securing a floor vote before the November election....

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GOP senator’s “discriminatory and vitriolic attack” shows Republicans weaponized anti-Muslim bigotry

At a hearing to combat hate, a GOP senator peddled hate against Muslims and Arab Americans...

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'Not what happened': Journalist fact-checks Trump's claim Harris 'illegally' spied on him

Donald Trump was fact-checked after claiming Vice President Kamala Harris "illegally" spied on his campaign.Trump Wednes...

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I'm giving up ownership of Reform UK, says Nigel Farage

Reform UK is overhauling the way the party is run to give members more say at its annual conference....

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OPW to be probed by Oireachtas spending watchdog on Leinster House bike shed

The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard on Thursday morning that politicians were not “prepared to stand ...

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Editorial cartoon for Sept. 19, 2024

An editorial cartoon by Dave Granlund....

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Grattan on Friday: US rate cut puts pressure on RBA - and things could get heated

Governor Michele Bullock might need her flak jacket when she fronts the media next Tuesday after the bank’s two-day bo...

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Yob spat at and tried to kick cops – after handing himself in

Ryan Laird turned himself in at Kittybrewster station in the early hours of the morning over an outstanding warrant, but...

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Stalker who left young woman feeling ‘frightened and vulnerable’ ordered to stay away from her

Sean Monaghan, 30, was described as someone who showed "little insight" into his offending or the impact his actions had...

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Pakistan, Congress always on same page; party 'hand in glove' with anti-national forces: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that Pakistan's defence minister's comments on Congress and National Conference sup...

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Letters: Time for Republicans to move on from Trump

The Morning Call encourages community dialogue on important issues. Submit a letter to the editor at [email protected]....

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BREAKING: Northeast PDP Endorses Damagum As National Chairman

Fintiri, speaking in a press statement on behalf of the PDP in Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Borno, and Yobe states, expressed...

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Labour Party crisis festers, as Abure faction accuses Peter Obi, Alex Otti of betrayal

The Labour Party’s internal crisis has taken a dramatic turn as the Julius Abure-led faction publicly expressed disapp...

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19th Senate candidates say lowering property taxes a key issue among voters

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Hastings and Republican challenger Samantha Gasca say voters want lower property taxes...

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Animal Fat In Tirupati Laddu Prasadam? Karnataka Milk Federation Clarifies After Andhra CM's Allegations

A massive controversy erupted in Andhra Pradesh after CM Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the previous YS Jagan Mohan Redd...

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IHC nullifies ECP’s decision to replace election tribunal judge

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has overturned the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to replace Justice ...

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Police to Invest 9.1 Billion Won in Developing Technology to Detect Deepfake Content

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will invest 9.1 billion won (US$6.8 million) over the next three years to dev...

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Another Voice: Redemption centers have been abandoned by New York

Fresh off the heels of announcing a price increase, a national bottler in New York has announced receiving a $3.9 millio...

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House Democrat Calls Out 'Important' GOP Falsehood On Trump Immigration Chart

Rep. Robert Garcia emphasized being "accurate" as he took a look at a chart once displayed by the former president....

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Clare tells VCs: shut up on caps or suffer the consequences

The only thing vice chancellors hate more than caps on overseas students is ministerial direction 107. Jason Clare has n...

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Why is AAP demanding early polls in Delhi

AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, is pushing for early Delhi elections to coincide with Maharashtra’s polls in 2024. After ...

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Book Review | ‘On Call’: Anthony Fauci’s Story of Truth, Courage, and Scientific Leadership

‘On Call’ offers a glimpse into the legacy of Dr Fauci, a figure who has shaped public health for decades. From his ...

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Peter Obi, Alex Otti’s Leadership Credentials Stronger For LP Than Abure – Osuntokun

LAGOS – Akin Osuntokun, former Director-General of Obi/Datti Campaign Organization, stated that the Labour Party’s 2...

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Fiji coup leader George Speight released after pardon

The former businessman who led a coup in Fiji and took the country's prime minister and MPs hostage has been released af...

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NNPP Youth Leader Calls For Enhanced Action By FG On Maiduguri Flood Crisis

LAGOS – Muhammad Auwal Musa, the National Youth Leader of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has urged the government a...

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‘Propping up a failed system’: Labor looks beyond PC on childcare

The Productivity Commission’s childcare proposal has raised questions of affordability, the removal of the activity te...

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JD Vance to Springfield, Ohio: You're expendable

It's a U.S. senator's job to watch out for his constituents. Ask the residents of Springfield, Ohio, how JD Vance is doi...

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Nobody's ever talked the way Trump does. It's like no one before. Or so it seems

The former president's reliance on superlatives goes largely unmentioned. But it follows a style used by fascists and de...

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Dave Gordon: The world must admit the two-state solution is dead

Israel tried giving 'land for peace' and was met with violence. It's time to put the onus on Palestinian leaders to give...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Not even Canada's space program can escape the pull of Liberal DEI

Identity politics have worked their way into grants, hiring procedures at the Canadian Space Agency...

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The blended, multiracial family behind Kamala Harris. It's not so unusual

More than 4 in 10 adults have at least one step relative, and about 16% of children live in a household with a step pare...

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Colby Cosh: How socialist Cuba charted its own demographic doom

The working-age adults of Cubankind are leaving for the United States...

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Prop. 8 is still in California's Constitution. Voters can finally repeal it on Nov. 5

California's same-sex marriage ban remains in its Constitution despite rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Repeal it by v...

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Billion-dollar stadiums get built, but homelessness remains. Same old story

Think $20 billion is too much to spend on ending homelessness? Look at how much is spent on glitzy arenas and football s...

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Michael Taube: New Democrats haven't learned from their Liberal carbon tax mistake

The federal and provincial NDP are retreating away from Trudeau's imploding carbon pricing scheme, but not to the degree...

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Letters: Put kids’ lives first. Ban assault-style weapons.

We should put the lives of our citizens first and ban such assault-style weapons....

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California's AI safety bill is under fire. Making it law is the best way to improve it

If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on ...

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Willie Wilson: It is time to turn the page away from divisive leadership

Americans have an important choice to make. Will we choose hope and a new generation of leadership? Or will we go back t...

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Larry Snelling and Christopher Amon: Devices that turn firearms into machine guns are threatening Chicagoans and our police

The number of machine gun conversion devices recovered by the Chicago Police Department has skyrocketed....

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The internal civil war in the Republican Party deep in the heart of Texas

Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party ...

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Editorial: Financially strapped Evanston/Skokie schools hired a truth teller. They now have a way back from the abyss.

Faced with a grim financial forecast, Evanston has put a smart austerity plan in place. Chicago should do the same....

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Jonathan Zimmerman: Why we need a student strike against school shootings

Students should refuse to return to school until the people elected to protect them do something real about school shoot...

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Opinion: Protecting democracy in the age of deepfakes

Emotionally intelligent algorithms and blockchain technology offer hope, but the solution ultimately lies in a combinati...

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Is cheaper bacon really worth throwing away our democracy?

If millions of people are truly undecided about Trump because of the cost of bacon and milk, then our democracy may be l...

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‘Airbus Albo’ grounded as domestic struggles take over

Like a farmer waiting for rain, Albanese will hold out for a pre-election rate cut that could do a lot more to shift the...

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We cannot let mobs be the judge, jury and executioner

Nearly two dozen citizens have fallen victim to mob lynching in the last 40 days alone....

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Amid disgraceful behaviour on Parliament Hill, there is no confidence in a non-confidence vote

In a video posted on X by PressProgress editor Luke LeBrun, two men can be seen following NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at a ...