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Budget Session of Parliament begins today. Opposition likely to target Modi govt on Mahakumbh stampede, Waqf Bill

The Budget Session of Parliament begins today, with opposition parties poised to challenge the Modi government's handlin...

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Portion of Angkor Wat Facilities Reopens after Renovation with Korean Technology

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s heritage authorities announced Friday that a section of the visitor f...

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Albanese making the same mistake as Keating: Dutton

Peter Dutton has likened the Albanese government’s priorities to “the failed social experiment” that drove Paul Ke...

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Atiku absent as PDP reconciliation committee visits Bauchi

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was...

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Reading Femi Osofisan’s well-languaged mind - Part 1

Let me begin this essay with an open confession – by “open confession” I mean my saying it loud here about writing...

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Investigations launch into horrific DC plane crash as Trump without evidence blames DEI

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators said Thursday they are investigating the deadly midair collision between a commercial jet c...

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Update: Investigators recover plane cockpit voice, flight data recorders

The crash between a regional jet and a military helicopter left 67 dead, including three students and six parents in Fai...

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Laverne Cox on Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Orders: “The Republican Party is Worried about the Wrong 1 Percent”

Cox was promoting her Prime Video series ‘Clean Slate,’ about a trans woman who reunites with her estranged father, ...

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By-election cost a factor in MP's sentencing process

A judge has agreed to hear sentencing submissions on a state MP convicted of theft but may revisit his decision if given...

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Longshot candidate Jaime Battiste drops out Liberal leadership race, endorses Carney

Battiste, who was the only Indigenous candidate in the race, said the best way for him to advance the issues he cares ab...

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PM Christopher Luxon talks school lunches, Parliament’s ‘Mexican Stand-off’ and economic growth

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is confident school lunch issues will be solved....

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North Platte School Board reviews 2025-30 strategic plan, names new elementary SRO

During their non-voting meeting Thursday night, the North Platte School Board reviewed the 2025-30 North Platte Public S...

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Requiring all first-degree murderers to serve 25 years before parole eligibility unconstitutional: B.C. ruling

Criminal code amendments mean that people convicted of killing one person receive the same sentence as those who kill mu...

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Exonerated Jan. 6 convict who fled to Canada ordered out of country and banned for a year

Antony Vo has gone home to Indiana after coming to an agreement with Canadian officials regarding his initial entry thro...

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Trump blames American Airlines crash on Democrats and DEI, as all 67 people on two aircraft dead

Wednesday’s crash of a plane and helicopter was the deadliest in the U.S. since 2001, when a plane crashed just after ...

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We have no right to deny gay people a life of dignity

This should make us think about so many queer people, men or women, who are living in the closet here, too, fearful of b...

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The radiant reading experience

When it comes to the immersive pleasure they afford, TV shows and films pale in comparison to books. Wielding the power ...

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Martina Devlin: If the UK takes human rights seriously, it has to order an inquiry into the Ballymurphy massacre

Unfinished business from the Troubles era continues to rear its hydra heads. This week, a public inquiry opened into the...

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Letters: Absolute joke that we now have 23 junior ministers, but cost isn’t funny at all

It’s mind-boggling that we now have 23 junior ministers. Someone with a great sense of humour must have come up with t...

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Capitol Notebook: House advances bill capping university tuition increases at 3%

Iowa’s three public universities would be limited to annual tuition increases of no more than 3% under legislation adv...

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Frank Coughlan: While Trump orders government workers back to the office, in Ireland one group would tell him where to go

We’ve all seen that harassed dad in the park attempting to steer a buggy, sip an americano, control a wandering toddle...

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Tanya Sweeney: I’m refusing to get my five-year-old a puppy but our ‘dog people’ friends insist we’re missing out

The lobbying started in November. “Can we get a dog for Christmas?” the five-year-old asked....

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Eduardo Porter: Donald Trump is globally popular, but will his foreign policy doom humanity?

It may come as a surprise in the capitals of liberal democracies in the West – and blue urban America – that Donald ...

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The Irish Independent’s View: Unresolved speaking-time spat remains an embarrassment

“You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down,” wrote science fiction author Ray Bradbury. T...

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Opposition calls for Parliament to resume as Trump says he's moving ahead with tariffs, decision coming on Canadian oil

Singh said he still intends to vote non-confidence in the minority Liberals when Parliament resumes in March...

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Is our economy now run by eco-zealots?

Just days ago Sir Keir Starmer vowed his Government would only take decisions that trigger growth in this country's econ...

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Bridging the digital divide: SkillUpImo and future of work

The contemporary workforce is undergoing a seismic shift, transitioning from a reliance on manual labour towards a prono...

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Beyond martyrdom and momentum: The matrix of the 1969 mass movement

In the history of Bangladesh’s formation and its war against the military-bureaucratic regime of Pakistan, the 1969 ma...

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Sir Clive Woodward's Six Nations ultimate guide: Why it's time for Steve Borthwick and England to deliver, the reason Italy will finish above Scotland ...and who I'm backing to win it all

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: After he missed last year's Six Nations, Antoine Dupont's return for the 2025 Championship is brilli...

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Driver on trial for the death of an OC Register editor testifies he wasn’t street racing

Ricardo Tolento says he was accelerating to merge ahead of another driver, not racing....

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Democracy has come to stay in Nigeria – Abdulsalami

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has declared that democracy is firmly rooted in Nigeria and the...

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Benue political blocs begin mobilisation for 2027 gov’ship

Political blocs in Benue State have begun mobilisation efforts to position themselves for the 2027 governorship race, wi...

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Bene Madunagu: No ifs, no buts... a true feminist

It is not always common to find a person who lives a selfless life in a community as a citizen without holding any high ...

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Atiku absent at PDP N/East caucus meeting in Bauchi

Party bigger than individuals, says Damagum Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democra...

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El-Rufai: I’d still criticise APC if I were in Tinubu’s govt

President’s aide urges him to return ‘home’ The former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and Daniel Bwala,...

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Edo election tribunal: PDP witness insists on irregularities as Okpebholo’s lawyer faults evidence

The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, continued its proceedings with the te...

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Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche spo...

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Five key impacts of Brexit five years on

The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020....

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TOM UTLEY: Memo to the Utley boys: I regret to inform you the local branch of the Bank of Mum and Dad has closed down

Few parents reading this will be surprised to learn that the Bank of Mum and Dad is fast running short of funds, with gi...

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Vehicles’ purchase process halted till complete review: FBR chairman

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mahmood Langrial on Thursday announced that the procurement p...

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Naqvi briefs PM about his US visit, Champions Trophy preparations

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Interior and Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi on Thursday called on Pr...

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Troopers: Two seriously hurt in Montgomery County tractor-trailer rollover

TOWN OF FLORIDA - A tractor-trailer rollover on the Thruway in the Town of Florida sent two people to the hospital late ...

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Court awards death sentence to two for blasphemous content

ISLAMABAD - The District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Thursday awarded death sentence to two accused namely Ayaz b...

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District admin demands Rs600m to compensate victims of Kurram clashes

PESHAWAR - The administration of Kurram district on Thursday demanded Rs600 million from the provincial government to co...

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Tulsi Gabbard Met With Bipartisan Skepticism In Confirmation Hearing

Senators quizzed Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence on her past support for leaker Edward Snowden and fo...

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'Let our votes count' — Nebraskans line up to oppose winner-take-all election system

Dozens of Nebraskans lined up at the Capitol on Wednesday to oppose efforts to replace the state's distinctive electoral...

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Brits need better work ethic, says senior Tory MP

The shadow home secretary says the UK is in a global race and everyone needs to make a contribution....

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A$AP Rocky’s lawyer grills rapper’s alleged victim as Rihanna looks on

If convicted at trial of both counts as charged, Rocky — whose real name is Rakim Mayers — faces up to 24 years in p...

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Cheap loans to keep emission-busting farmers profitable

From electric utes to cow feed that stops them burping as much methane, Australia's green bank is backing cheap loans to...

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Neo-Nazi cult coerced 2 San Bernardino County children to film child porn, harm themselves, feds say

The county residents were among 16 victims worldwide of the 4 men charged, the Department of Justice said....

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Federal appeals court says banning gun sales to adults under 21 is unconstitutional

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against a federal law requiring young adults to be 21 to buy handguns, finding it...

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Dutton says cultural diversity jobs do nothing to help Australians

During an impassioned speech on Friday, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledged, if elected, to slash the public sector �...