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Anyanwu Accuses PDP Govs Of Instigating Violence For Backing Ude-Okoye

Embattled Senator Samuel Anyanwu has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors of inviting chaos by recognisi...

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Fly adeal launches flight operations to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, Flyadeal, has officially launched its flight operations to Pakistan, mark...

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Pakistan Railways rejects propaganda video on Chinese coaches

LAHORE - The Pakistan Railways on Saturday has strongly rejected a propaganda video circulating on social media regardin...

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March goes on as LGBTQI movement stares down MAGA hate

LGBTQI members and advocates have bared their skin and souls in sweltering heat at an annual pride march as the communit...

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Navy Launches New Fleet Command to Counter North Korean Threats

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy has launched a new fleet command that will operate multiple destroyers, inclu...

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Police to Invest $6.2M in AI System to Combat Deepfakes and Misinformation

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Police will invest 9.1 billion won (US$6.2 million) to build a system that can detect ...

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Bhagwant Mann Delivers Impromptu Duet With Mika Singh During Election Rally In Delhi: Watch

Amid political fights, allegations, and accusations Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday took an entertaining...

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HUSKY for Immigrants: An open-borders price tag

The bill for providing medical care to illegal immigrants has come in, and it’s truly staggering – $252 million a ye...

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Trump’s energy department nominee shares views on climate, energy policy in report

Recently, President Trump named Chris Wright to be his nominee to lead the Department of Energy. While many progressives...

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Co-op markets can address food deserts

I am writing in response to your Jan. 9 article “Waterbury market takes on food insecurity.” While the piece provide...

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Confusion over Liberal plan to cut public service

The opposition leader has vowed to slash the number of public sector workers but his frontbenchers have been more reserv...

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Will anyone stand up for solvency of Social Security?

Social Security recipients received mixed news in January. Joe Biden, in one of his last acts as president, signed into ...

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Trump, Democrats trade license for lawlessness

What exactly was President Trump up to this week when he tried to impose a “temporary suspension” on federal governm...

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A note from William B. Pape, publisher

Thank you, and farewell. Next week, ownership of the Republican-American and The Sunday Republican, newspapers I’ve be...

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2027: PDP’ll take power from APC in Ebonyi – Chieftain

From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki Chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Chief Boniface Igwe, at the...

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Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain claims his dissent note was "redacted" in Waqf Bill report

Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain has claimed that his dissent note on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was redacted withou...

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Ghotki Police launch massive operation against notorious, dacoits

SUKKUR - In a move to maintain law and order, Ghotki police, under the leadership of SSP Ghotki Dr Samiullah Soomro on S...

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Missing children’s families stage protest outside Sindh Assembly

KARACHI - The families of two children- Aaliyan and Ali Raza who went missing from Karachi’s Garden West are on Januar...

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Karachi college official flees with Rs900,000 examination fees

KARACHI - A government college superintendent has fled after misappropriating over Rs900,000 collected from students as ...

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Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf unapologetic for tip-off in 2018 ICE immigration raid

In 2018, former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf warned her constituents about a forthcoming ICE raids...

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Why Nigeria must remain one indivisible entity –Sani, ex-ACF scribe

...Says 1914 amalgamation never a mistake From Noah Ebije, Kaduna Those who are advocating for the segregation of Nigeri...

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Audio deepfakes ‘the most effective we’ve seen so far’, says Microsoft

The technology company and a group of crossbench MPs say Australia needs better protections against AI and interference ...

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When disasters collide: nature, politics and reckless driving

The southern Los Angeles area has endured devastating wildfires since the start of the year, a calamity almost beyond co...

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Why discontent is brewing among BRS defectors in Telangana Congress

Voices of discontent have risen among former BRS MLAs now in Congress as BRS ramps up efforts in Supreme Court to disqua...

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Alcorn State women slip past Southern in overtime

Alcorn State made all five of its free throws in overtime, just the edge it needed, and the Braves slipped past Southern...

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Smoke and mirrors: Vaping and sexual health

Is there scientific evidence linking e-cigarettes with sexual dysfunction in men? Dr George Lee has the answer. Read ful...

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Why Lancashire's peatland needs your help to protect it

A Lancashire conservationist says protecting peatland is vital in the fight against climate change....

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PM welcomes Ahmed Al-Sharaa on assuming interim presidency of Syria

LAHORE - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday termed the assumption of office of Syrian president by Ahmed Al-Shara...

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Budget 2025: Growth-oriented, reform-focused & fiscally prudent

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has delivered a growth-oriented and reform-focused budget amid global uncertainty. T...

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Trudeau announces retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., business leaders react to trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff executive order warned against any retaliation from Canada....

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Abia North: Orji Kalu our consensus candidate for Senate in 2027, Prof Ukairo declares

...Says there’s no vacancy in Abia North Senatorial District From Okey Sampson Respected scholar and community leader ...

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VP Shettima: When bridge-builder showed up for Persona Non Grata launch

By Zainab Suleiman Okino Something quite remarkable and sublime, yet a powerful testament, capable of setting the tone f...

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Tinubu and the rhythm of restructuring

By Abiodun Komolafe President Bola Tinubu’s recent announcement to unbundle the Nigerian College of Aviation Technolog...

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OBiSEP, Anambra initiative to tackle youth unemployment

By Chiedu Uche Okoye Obosi Innovative Skills and Empowerment Programme (OBISEP) is Obosi town’s response to the burgeo...

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Máiría Cahill: All who ever provided political cover to killers are stained by the blood of Omagh

The grainy, 27-year-old footage of the bombed out market town of Omagh is no less horrific with the passage of time. We ...

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Letters: GAA has been a rock of support since tragic loss of Roisin Cryan

Sir — On behalf of a group of family, relatives and friends of the late Roisin Cryan, I would like to pay tribute to t...

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The Sunday Independent’s View: The Government has been found wanting in response to first crisis

Anyone looking at the results of the latest Sunday Independent poll would be unlikely to guess that this was a governmen...

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Naoise Dolan: I’ve developed a thick skin, so it no longer upsets me when the gender critics come for me

Like any writer with a sizeable platform, I am very hated by some people online. Whenever I become the target of an inte...

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Eilis O’Hanlon: Our civil servants don’t know how good they have it. They’re lucky they don’t work in America

?Currently, civil servants are required to spend at least one day a week in the office. On the other four days, they can...

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Brendan O’Connor: A Modest Proposal — let’s send Enoch Burke to Washington

Donald Trump is clearly following the credo of his Silicon Valley bros: “Move fast and break things.” If people suff...

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Rory Hearne: The Government needs to come clean on why its housing numbers were so wrong

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have an important question to answer. Were they misleading the public or merely bluffing wh...

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Colin Murphy: The only way to escape legacy of genocide is to show empathy

It was a week to think about the Holocaust — which was finally defeated with the liberation of Auschwitz, 80 years ago...

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Shane Ross: Michael Lowry’s resurrection gives Sinn Féin the kiss of life

Sinn Féin has the Government on the run. Barely two months after a stunning election victory, the Fianna Fáil-Fine G...

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Colm O’Rourke: Parents haven’t a clue what’s going on in the parallel tech universe that many young people live in

The world sometimes appears paralysed by fear in taking on the big firms in the tech industry. There is passive acceptan...

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Eoin O’Malley: Super-junior ministers — jobs for the boys or a necessary function of government?

The family photo of the new Government in Áras an Uachtaráin almost two weeks ago caused some annoyance, mainly abou...

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Fionnán Sheahan: Shoddy treatment, shabby handling and a grubby deal is countered by two strong women

The one decision Simon Harris did get right was calling a general election in November. Imagine traipsing around the cou...

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Conor Skehan: Positive aspects of migration chime as we ring in the Chinese New Year

National stereotyping is a dangerous pastime these days, but sometimes it rings true. Few would ­argue against Chinese ...

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David Quinn: Maybe it’s time for Irish twentysomethings to grow up a little bit quicker

Where are 25-year-olds at in their lives? What are their priorities? What do they think about politics? Of particular co...

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Declan Lynch: Big storm was proof that ‘Idiot Wind’ of modern technology is blowing us all back to the Stone Age

Once, we were without electricity for about 10 days. I can’t quite recall which Beast from the East, which Big Wind or...

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PDP, not APC, destroying itself – Onuesoke, ex-Delta guber aspirant

...Says party leaders’ve succeeded in messing themselves up at national level By Daniel Kanu A chieftain of the People...

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Mexico Announces Retaliatory Tariffs Against US Imports, Seeks to Establish Working Group

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asks Trump to 'establish a working group with our best public health and security te...

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Obong Victor Atta exclusive: Tinubu should restructure Nigeria

...Former Akwa Ibom governor also berates Nigeria’s political actors • Says they easily, shamelessly jump from one p...