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State government promises to boost affordable housing

Queenslanders facing sky-high property prices will have to wait two years for more affordable and social homes to come o...

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Scottish tax on private jets 'could raise £21m from super-wealthy for climate action'

Oxfam Scotland said the sum would be enough to reverse the controversial move to bring back peak rail fares as well as r...

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Independence campaigners need to admit their flawed economic case lost them the referendum

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the Yes side have still not had an honest appraisal of why they lost....

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Trump Speaks in Michigan After Second Assassination Attempt

He said he had ‘very nice’ calls from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris following the incident in Florida....

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How business and economists can become relevant again

A central problem is that good economic policies have not been well communicated and have often been debated in an echo ...

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Stadium's estimated cost $60m over budget

A 23,000-seat roofed stadium planned for Hobart's waterfront has an estimated price tag of $60 million more than the sta...

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Free childcare for the poorest families would cost $5b a year

The Productivity Commission says free childcare for low-income families would come at a cost, but it will improve kids�...

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IIT-Madras develops scanner for sports injuries on field

IIT Madras researchers have created a portable scanner named POCUS to enhance injury assessment in sports. This AI-drive...

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Tamil Nadu moots night ban, deposit caps to rein in online gaming addiction

Tamil Nadu is proposing measures to combat online gaming addiction by setting time and cash limits, enforcing a night ba...

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Trump holds first event since an apparent assassination attempt while Harris does a rare interview

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his first public appearance since Sunday’s second apparent assassination...

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‘Workers must be allowed to speak up’

In light of the recent development in the RMG sector, where factories have started to open, Taslima Akhter, president of...

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Peach adds sweetness to spicy salad

When it comes to this spicy cabbage and peach salad, there are many fruits and vegetables you could add....

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What to know about the deadly pager explosions targeting Hezbollah

In what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost s...

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Homeless-industrial complex sends out deceptive mailers about Measure A

These organizations receive money from the Measure H sales tax increase, which is set to expire in 2027. They put Measur...

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Oil Companies Win Again as Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Alleging Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Plaintiffs argued that Trump, Russia, and Saudi Arabia had conspired with the firms to cut production. The appeals panel...

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Deeming says prior political blow-up made her cautious

Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming says she tried to avoid being divisive in her bid to support women's rights following a ...

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Workers marching again in support of the CFMEU

Construction and other union workers have downed tools to stage a second mass rally in major cities in support of the em...

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American Opinion: Harris’ calm certainty overcomes Trump’s chaos on debate night

From the editorial, "The only thing worse, perhaps, would be Trump on the world’s stage again. But hopefully, enough v...

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J-K Assembly polls: In 2014, PDP won 11 of the 24 seats voting in phase 1 today; NC, Congress bagged 4 seats each

Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections have commenced for 24 seats across six districts. Voting will occur in three phases...

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Haryana elections: SC seats hold key, as votes lost by BJP went to Congress in LS polls

Major accrual in the Dalit vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls gives the Congress a fillip...

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More transparency recommended for infrastructure spending

NZ Initiative argues rigorous cost-benefit analysis is needed....

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Another assassination attempt shows the Dems’ hostile playbook – blame the victim if it’s Trump

Democrats and their media handmaidens are reacting to the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump....

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Can a Third Way politics transform Bangladesh?

Any viable Third Way political idea must resonate with ordinary citizens and galvanise public support in the next democr...

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Kashmiris stand in silent solidarity, voting is becoming an act of resistance, says PDP’s Waheed Para

Waheed Para, who is contesting the Pulwama seat, says the 2014 PDP-BJP alliance was an act of conflict resolution and th...

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PM Anthony Albanese’s housing policy delayed by Greens, Coalition in first double dissolution trigger

The Senate has forced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to delay a vote on his signature housing policy by two months, cau...

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'Time is ticking': last chance talks for housing fix

Labor will have two months to win over doubters of a key housing bill after reaching a stalemate in negotiations with th...

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Jammu And Kashmir Elections: PM Modi Calls Upon Youths To Poll 'In Large Numbers' As Voting Begins For Phase 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of Jammu and Kashmir to vote in record numbers as polling began for the first ...

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Free childcare on the cards for Australian parents

More children will reap the benefits if the federal government boosts subsidies and makes early childhood education free...

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Supermarket policy not 'anti-business': Opposition

The peak business lobby has used its annual dinner to take a swipe at an opposition proposal to address anti-competitive...

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J&K Assembly Polls: Polling begins for 24 seats in first phase of Assembly elections

Polling for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections began on Wednesday with tight security. Voting i...

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Jagmeet Singh confronts demonstrator after someone calls him a 'corrupted bastard'

After Singh repeatedly asked who had called him that, nobody admitted to the insult...

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Evidence lacking to start formal probe of Beijing’s activities in 2021 federal election: watchdog

A review focusing on the unsuccessful campaign of Conservative candidate Kenny Chiu was tabled Tuesday at the federal in...

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Singh pitches to voters after byelection results: 'We have shown you that when we fight, we can win'

Singh is now trying to make the case that the NDP is the party Canadians should choose if they want change that is not P...

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Conservatives' promised non-confidence motion likely to come next week

The first chance for a debate on a Conservative motion to topple the Liberal government is Tuesday, Sept. 24. The vote w...

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New poll shows Liberals blasted to fourth place in future House of Commons

This would represent a historically unprecedented defeat for the Liberals, surpassing the 2011 drubbing they suffered un...

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Jammu & Kashmir Elections 2024: Voting Begins Across 24 Seats In 7 Districts Amid Tight Security

Jammu Kashmir Assembly Election 2024: Voting for the first phase of the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections began ...

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Billie Jean King set to earn another honor with the Congressional Gold Medal

Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal...

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Jammu & Kashmir 1st Phase Voting Polls: Polling begins in 24 seats, 219 candidates in fray

Jammu & Kashmir 1st Phase Voting Polls: Polling begins in 24 seats, 219 candidates in frayThis will be the first assembl...

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Why Nigeria Doesn’t Need Foreign Investors

The belief being held by Nigerian rulers (there are no leaders in the country) that foreign investors will develop the n...

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With Arvind Kejriwal Stepping Down as Delhi CM And Atishi as Stand-in, How AAP Is Mirroring Arch-rival BJP

Seems like history is repeating itself in Delhi, and what BJP did in 1996, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party is doing today...

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Labor’s housing policy could depend on a deal with the Greens. What’s at stake?

Labor’s housing package has been delayed again. The Greens are squeezing the government for more reforms. Here’s wha...

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Sen. Kennedy accuses Muslim American activist of supporting Hamas

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., accused a leading Arab American ac...

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Reviewing Nigeria’s Literacy Level

For any existing society to be conscious enough in meeting the required target for societal growth and development, the ...

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Noeline Blackwell: Not far from you, there will be a victim of human trafficking living in fear

It is a brutal crime that comes with a low risk and high profits. It spreads misery worldwide, but business is booming a...

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Ian O’Doherty: Lighting a turf fire in a pub won’t destroy the planet, so save your guilt-tripping for the big boys

As the country basks in some warm weather, it won’t be sufficient compensation for what was, by and large, a pretty ro...

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Letters: Stamp duty on commercial property must come down before more firms go bust

Caoimhe Gordon’s report on the increasing levels of dereliction and vacancies among commercial properties makes for so...

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Mary Kenny: Aristocrat who divorced Churchill’s son bed-hopped her way to glittering career

If we seek to measure how much women have changed over the past couple of generations, we might look to the life of Wins...

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Testimony continues in 2nd Amendment challenge to Illinois’ assault weapons ban

EAST ST. LOUIS — An engineer who spent decades designing weapons for one of the world’s leading gun manufacturers te...

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Editorial: Michael McGrath will make the best of Ireland’s mid-ranking European Commission role

Ursula von der Leyen was deemed an “accidental head of commission” at her first nomination in 2019. Since then, she ...

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Saoirse Hanley: A borrowed keyboard and Taylor Swift are saving me from wasting my life doom scrolling

I am a perfectionist who hates perfecting a skill. I want to be amazing at everything I try, but if I have to, well, try...

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Sinéad Ryan: Indian summer’s arrival in Ireland is just the boost we all needed after a dismal few months

There was a glorious Indian summer 30 years ago which even stretched into mid-October....

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Caroline O’Doherty: Slow response to climate change warnings leaves our coastal communities dangerously exposed

When the sea wall on the coast road outside Oranmore collapsed last November, mouths gaped as wide as the gash left in t...

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SF names street after Aubrey Abrakasa Jr. as 2006 killing remains unsolved

On the corner of Baker and Grove Streets in San Francisco, Paulette Brown staples a crime bulletin with a photo of her s...