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You Have One Month To Crash Prices Or Face Sanction – FG Warns Traders

August 30, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has granted a one-month grace period for traders and market stakeholders...

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LETTER: Stuck in a strange Bank Holiday hold up on the A303

Travelling back from Newbury on Mon 26th August at around 6.30pm, my parter and I approached Countess Roundabout at Ames...

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Government wants to make it ‘much more likely’ smokers will give up habit

Leaked proposals suggest the Government will ban smoking in some outdoor areas, such as at restaurants and hospitals....

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How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's X

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice could shut down the local operation of X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk...

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Harris says in first interview U.S. ready to turn page on Trump

Kamala Harris declared Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump as she reached out to centrist...

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Dark Web Software Usage More Than Doubles This Year

SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans using an anonymity software capable of providing access t...

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Priti Patel to launch Tory leadership campaign

Dame Priti Patel is set to formally launch her Tory leadership bid as she delivers her first major speech of the campaig...

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Heidi Stevens: Something shifted when Gus Walz stood up and cheered for his dad, and I don’t think it’s going away

Gus Walz reminded us what it looks like to be proud, to be joyful, to be part of something bigger than yourself, to cele...

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Lionel Clifford Charles

Lionel Clifford Charles, 94, of Jennings, La., entered eternal rest on Aug. 22, 2024. Lionel was born Dec. 29, 1929, in ...

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Trump asks why Harris hasn't done all she's promised. The answer: Because she's VICE president

It's absurd to suggest the vice president wields the power to stem inflation, secure the border and solve the myriad pro...

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Adam Patric Miller: Does my suburban school really need emergency buttons?

I don't worry about school shootings. What I do worry about is the misdirection of our resources....

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Column: Debate aside, every day is an open mic day for Trump

Stop whining about the debate. Every day is an open mic for Trump...

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David Greising: With its own mayor in office, CTU makes Pedro Martinez its fall guy

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez may not be moving as aggressively as the CTU wants, but he does seem headed in a similar directio...

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Law professors: Northwestern University must embrace the First Amendment standard of speech

Any attempt by Northwestern University to prohibit harmful speech will have the opposite effect....

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Michael W. Peregrine: Divine intervention may be necessary to remove the black cat’s spell on the Cubs

The 1969 Cubs were one of the most talented teams in baseball history. Then came the black cat....

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Was Reagan's presidency a disaster for the poor or a time of prosperity?

As Project 2025 draws comparisons to the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s, readers offer opposing takes on the 40th presid...

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Trump's vow to fire thousands of 'crooked' federal workers prompts alarm

Donald Trump vows to take on the civil service system, ridding the government of thousands of "deep state" employees. Th...

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Trump was almost killed. Why didn't that spark a discussion on gun control?

It's disappointing that the attempt on Trump's life by a gunman using an AR-15 rifle didn't spark a discussion on regula...

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EFF on alert against infiltration by MK party

The Economic Freedom Fighters once used the same tactic against the ANC after Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu left the ...

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Wave of migrants and refugees is testing the West

A growing frustration with immigration is starting to push governments toward harsher measures, Gwynne Dyer writes....

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US Rep. Don Bacon denies any special treatment in helping obtain visa for Trump Media worker

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon asserted Thursday he did nothing wrong in intervening to help former President Donald Trump’s medi...

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Toronto police need to understand: There is no room in policing for corruption, period

“One looks forward to the day when Toronto police themselves say there is ‘no room in policing for corruption,’ pe...

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Evangelical Christians all in for Trump in Georgia

Churches dot the green hills of Rabun County, Georgia, where American flags flutter and God is everything -- but Donald ...

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CMD encourages political parties to promote women’s participation in politics

The Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has said a code of conduct for political parties is expected to promote inclus...

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Starmer moves Thatcher portrait from her former study

The decision to move the painting of the former PM has angered some Tories, who branded it "petty"....

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Writing letters to PM not enough to bring justice to victims: BJP responds to CM Mamata Banerjee's letter

BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent letter to Pr...

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Türkiye calls for Israeli accountability over violations in Palestine

Türkiye on Thursday called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be held accountable for the massacres in G...

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Five held for harassing smuggler at Chennai lodge for four months to get missing gold bars worth Rs 2 crore

Police have apprehended five individuals, including a lodge owner, in connection with the kidnapping and detention of 32...

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Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Has Exposed Russia’s Hollow Civic Identity

With the onset of fall, we will witness Putin's image in the public consciousness start to erode....

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10th Senate And The People

In the face of the current economic reality and the attendant hardship on the masses, the questions many have asked are:...

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Political Office: PDP Women Leader Calls For More Inclusion

The People‘s Democratic Party (PDP) woman leader, Hon Amina Darasimi Bryhm has called for a deliberate effort to incre...

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Portland woman shares stage with Biden and Harris after advocating for lower drug prices

Judy Aiken, 70, was part of a White House rollout of a new law that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices of some drug...

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Opinion: No, the humanities are not dying out

The mood in humanities departments has become increasingly dire. While the crisis is real, I don’t think the fatalism ...

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Opinion: Drivers of Maine, what exactly is your hurry?

The people sharing the road with you are someone’s grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, sons and daughters....

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Opinion: Iberdrola proposal will affect grid, CMP customers

'Control' over our utility has many shades and definitions that go beyond pure financial control....

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Trump Pledges Free IVF Access in Pro-Family Pitch

As the GOP presidential nominee hit the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard joined ...

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'I would have won election', says former Scottish Tory MP David Duguid, after 'flatlining' twice in hospital

In his first interview since being dropped as an election candidate, former Scottish Tory MP David Duguid says he would ...

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Pacific bloc rebuffs moves from China’s regional allies to sideline long-term partner Taiwan

By Steven Trask Pacific leaders wrapped up a key summit in Tonga on Friday, endorsing a major joint policing initiative ...

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Chennai: GRP arrests software engineer for harassment on train

The govt railway police have resolved the August 25 sexual harassment case involving a software engineer by arresting an...

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NSW Liberal MP quits seat, denies child-sex charges

NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon will resign from parliament after being charged with 10 separate child-sex offences relating to...

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"Not making sincere efforts..." Rajnath Singh's swipe at West Bengal government over Kolkata doctor's rape-murder

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticized the West Bengal government's handling of crimes against women following the ra...

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Ministerial Slot: APC Group Seeks Sen Lalong’s Replacement

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Likes Mind has urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint a minister from Plateau State ...

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Tory Esther McVey blasted for 'repugnant' tweet likening smoking ban to Holocaust - 'get a grip'

Esther McVey, the ex-Minister for Common Sense, refused to delete a social media post using the Holocaust to criticise L...

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Edo 2024: Obaseki, APC Bicker Over State Security Network

The Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council has claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led state ...

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Edo Guber: Parties Didn’t Comply With Polling Agents’ Requirements – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said political parties participating in the September 21 Edo go...

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Jagathratchakan and the art of juggling politics, business and scams

The Enforcement Directorate’s latest target is a veteran Tamil Nadu politician with interests in nearly two dozen educ...

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APC To Embark On e-Registration Of Members

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, said the party has resolved to introduce an el...