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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...

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Live Updates: Phase 1 polling in 24 seats begins shortly; 219 candidates in fray

Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Live Updates: As many as 219 candidates are competing in the first phase of voti...

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J-K Assembly polls: Mock polling begins for first phase

Mock polls have been conducted at various polling booths in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the first phase of Assembly elect...

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Trump says that ‘only consequential presidents get shot at’ during Michigan event

Former President Donald Trump argued that 'consequential presidents' are victims of assassination attempts just two days...

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J&K Assembly Polls: Land of poets and storytellers gets ready to turn over a new leaf

J&K Assembly Polls: Dooru, a town in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, is drawing political attention as J&K prepares f...

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Milwaukie man pleads guilty for assaulting Capitol police with bear spray during Jan. 6

Andy Steven Olivia-Lopez was arrested after being identified by Portland and Washington FBI offices via video footage an...

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Incoherent Trump claims his rambling is 'genius' - then gets brutally cut off by Fox News

Donald Trump has insisted his meandering answers are more 'productive' than Kamala Harris and listeners need to 'connect...

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Oakland clears large encampment beneath MLK Way

The city of Oakland continued cleaning up a large encampment on Tuesday near Martin Luther King Way and 23rd Street....

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How the original Roe v. Wade case is a part of North Texas history

The case that altered American history started in a Dallas federal courtroom....

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Democrats call for GOP legislator to end re-election campaign following domestic abuse allegations

The move comes after the Minnesota Star Tribune published previously unreported court filings detailing several accusati...

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Calls for free childcare on path to universal access

More children will reap the benefits of childcare if the federal government boosts subsidies and makes early childhood e...

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Foxtail Meadows touted as a new model for affordable housing in southwest Lincoln

Foxtail Meadows, a new model for affordable housing that includes both affordable and market-rate homes, is done with th...

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Contractor’s unsecured databases exposed voter data in over a dozen Illinois counties

Election security experts said the breach is unlikely to affect the upcoming election, but could make affected individua...

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2nd Trump Assassination Attempt Raises New Security Questions

Law enforcement experts raise questions about the Secret Service's protective measures as lawmakers consider extra fundi...

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Russian Election Interference Efforts Targeting Harris Campaign: Microsoft

The Moscow-backed attempts have shifted their focus from the current president to Democratic Party presidential nominee ...