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61 Percent Voter Turnout In First Phase In J CEO Says 'Polling Peaceful'

In Kishtwar districts, according to the official data, the Inderwal constituency recorded the highest 82.16 percent voti...

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Penny Wong renews plea to Australians in Lebanon, warns of ‘regional escalation’

The warning comes after Lebanese officials said a second spate of deadly explosions killed at least 20 people....

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Sonoma County farmers pushing back against factory-farm ballot measure

Sonoma County is seeing a battle pitting family-owned farms against a ballot measure that would possibly shut down their...

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J-K Assembly elections: PM Modi to address rallies in Jammu and Kashmir today

Prime Minister Modi will address a BJP rally in Srinagar ahead of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The event expect...

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Families Demand Justice After Tragic Crash Involving APC Convoy

Families of the five young men killed in a car crash involving the convoy of APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebhol...

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Former President Donald Trump says he will visit Aurora within two weeks

Former President Donald Trump said he would come to Colorado to campaign in the city he falsely claimed has been taken o...

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Scientists suggest Earth was once a ringed planet like Saturn — and could be again one day

The ring, if it existed, may have cooled the Earth, causing a deep freeze and altering the future of life on this planet...

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How thousands of pagers were rigged to explode in deadly attack on Hezbollah

Israel is alleged to have hidden tiny explosives inside a batch of Taiwanese-branded pagers imported to Lebanon...

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Canadian Coast Guard 'devastated to confirm' crew member lost at sea off Newfoundland

The agency said in a release today that an extensive search and rescue effort for the man was ended Tuesday evening...

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Conservatives deny Liberal accusations that they have links with protesters who harassed Singh

Liberal Marc Miller accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of playing 'footsies' with the group of people protesti...

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Miller says premiers 'weaponized' asylum seekers debate, disputes plan to relocate claimants

The premiers of Alberta, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia say their provinces can't handle an influx of asylum claimants wi...

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Canada abstains from UN motion calling for Israel to leave Gaza, West Bank within a year

Canada's ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae, said the motion was too one-sided to support, but the Canadian government agrees...

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China tried to influence MPs to vote against Uyghur genocide motion, documents show

After the vote the People's Republic of China began efforts to 'build profiles on a number of MPs' who supported the mot...

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'A great friend': Matthew Tkachuk opens up about loss of Johnny Gaudreau

'You guys all saw what he did on the ice. I was the lucky one out of everybody in this room to have a great relationship...

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Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska on behalf of Trump campaign to push for electoral vote change

The South Carolina senator wants the governor to call a special session to put forward a bill making Nebraska a winner-t...

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J&K Assembly Election: PM Modi To Address Rally In Srinagar Amid Multi-layer Security Today

The rally is scheduled to take place at Srinagar's Sher-e-Kashmir Park and around 30,000 party workers and supporters ar...

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PM Modi To Address J&K Polls Rally In Srinagar Today, Set To Meet BJP Candidates | Updates

The rally is scheduled to take place at Srinagar's Sher-e-Kashmir Park and around 30,000 party workers and supporters ar...

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Modi doesn’t have numbers on his side to amend Constitution, so what’s behind ‘1 nation, 1 poll’ push

Centre has tasked Rajnath Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kiren Rijiju to talk to Oppn on ‘One Nation, One Election’ pr...

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The Kalinagos of Dominica

There has been a surge of interest in the history and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, both before a...

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Let’s get the naming right

Imminent naming of the Queen’s Hall Auditorium after world-renowned Trinidad-born pianist Winifred Atwell is another e...

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2023 Integrated Energy & Power Master Plan: The numbers don’t add up

In late November 2023, the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources unveiled the IEPMP....

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Albanese, Karvelas clash over her ‘not terribly clever’ questions

The Prime Minister’s tetchiness on Thursday is the latest in a series of moments where Albanese has become curt when p...

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SWD, road tender graft: DVAC books SP Velumani, 10 corporation officials

The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has charged former AIADMK minister S P Velumani and ten Greater ...

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Trump makes a bold prediction about the 2024 presidential election

Donald Trump - at a large rally on Long Island - vows to become the first Republican presidential candidate in 40 years ...

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Embarrassing farce as Anthony Albanese shows total ignorance of key economic facts in trainwreck ABC interview, writes PETER VAN ONSELEN

Our Prime Minister clearly has absolutely no idea about Australia's economic data. Either that or he is deliberately mis...

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Seventy police officers added to community patrol teams, PM Luxon set to speak

Almost 80 officers will staff police's gang disruption units with more to come....

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Uncharted territory

No sirens are blaring, nobody even looks frightened, but they should be. Last week the world moved into uncharted territ...

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Nature Positive: Tanya Plibersek rules out ‘climate trigger’ after Prime Minister’s intervention

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has ruled out inserting a ‘climate trigger’ into her Nature Positive laws...

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Jobless rate hangs on at 4.2 per cent, as expected

Roughly 47,000 new jobs were created in the Australian economy in August and the unemployment rate held firm at 4.2 per ...

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Deeming 'distraught' her children called her a Nazi

An affidavit in the defamation showdown between Liberal leader John Pesutto and MP Moira Deeming claims she was "distrau...

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Green will not intervene in Kapi‘olani labor dispute

Gov. Josh Green issued a statement Monday saying he cannot legally intervene in the current labor negotiations between t...

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Ballot measures in St. Paul, Bloomington would change when and how residents vote in city elections

St. Paul and Bloomington questions before voters this fall that would change when and how residents vote in their respec...

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Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls: 61 % revised voter turnout in phase 1, matches 2014 figures; Kishtwar sees 80% voting

In the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir's assembly polls held on September 18, a voter turnout of over 61% was recorded,...

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People playing with masses’ lives deserve no mercy: Bahawalpur DPO Asad Sarfraz

BAHAWALPUR - Those who play with people’s lives do not deserve mercy, a murder accused should be arrested in any case,...

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‘Is it beautiful?’: Greens push NIMBY guides in battleground seats

Federal Greens and state and city Labor politicians have all opposed high-density developments while fighting to be the ...

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Editorial: Need for peace grows amid deadly-device attacks in Middle East

A new development in the catalogue of ­terror, horror and misery afflicting long-suffering people in several countries ...

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Tanya Sweeney: Vogue Williams feels pressure to have another kid before 40 – but trust me, that doesn’t have to be the cut off for childbirth

Vogue Williams certainly has her hands full with three kids under the age of six. But it hasn’t stopped her thinking a...

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President Michael D Higgins speaks out against powerful interests while others remain silent

Bravo, Michael D Higgins. Using the high-profile platform of the Ploughing Championships, he stated that powerful world ...

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Mike Sheridan: How hate spewed by Donald Trump and his followers has infected Ireland, even sparking violence

Beto O’Rourke was running for his party’s presidential nomination in 2019 when a gunman killed 23 people in a Walmar...

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Democrat LaMonica McIver wins special House election in New Jersey

Democrat LaMonica McIver has won a special House election in New Jersey's 10th Congressional District....

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Council approves issuance of bonds for URC, submittal of CAPER

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council conducted a TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act) hearing for the Universi...

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Roslyn Dee: As the Ploughing shows, deep down we’re all aspiring country girls and boys

The late Edna O’Brien might have disagreed, but, surely, being a “country girl” is something of a relative phenome...

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Superannuation to be paid on paid parental leave in major win for women

New parents who take paid time off work will receive superannuation contributions from next year, in a significant step ...

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Harris slams Trump's promise of mass deportations

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has criticised Donald Trump's promise to deport millions of people who are...

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Dutton in talks to bring ex-minister back from consulting land

Former senior PwC partner and Liberal minister Jamie Briggs is returning to politics after he leaves his current role as...

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CM Murad approves Rs1.5bn to repair rain-damaged roads in Karachi

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday approved Rs1....

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CM Murad credits Sindh police for ‘best’ security arrangements

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah credited on Sunday the Sindh police for “best” security arrangements o...

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Newly naturalized Latina U.S. citizen ready to cast her vote in November

A recently naturalized citizen who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 30 years is eager to exercise her right to vote in t...

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Nearly 500 social, affordable homes to be built in Qld

The federal and state government will build nearly 500 social and affordable homes in Queensland's far north....

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House Passes Bill to Maintain Israel, West Bank, Gaza Labeling Requirements

The bill would require products made in the Israeli neighborhoods in the West Bank to be labeled as coming from Israel....