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Keir Starmer top ally hails axing of hereditary peers as 'biggest step in Lords reform for a long time'

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to do the same...

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Nitish Kumar tries to touch PM Modi's feet at Darbhanga event, see what he did next

The latest incident happened on Wednesday November 13, when PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of AIIMS Dharbhan...

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Rajasthan bypolls: Independent candidate from Deoli-Uniara seat slaps official | Watch video

The incident that took place at the Samravata polling station was caught on camera....

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Opinon: Dealing with dread

You may say that in Connecticut they should be able to choose what they want to do with their bodies, but what if a youn...

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Readers speak: Elon Musk, as America’s first, and to date, only oligarch

The day after Trump was elected, the price of Musk's Tesla corporation soared, and Musk's wealth spiked by over $20 bill...

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Tempers boil — vulgarities hurled — during water meter discussion

Tempers boil during water meter discussion at the Village of South Glens Falls meeting, Nov. 6. Despite that, building o...

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Health adviser's vehicle surrounded by patients at NITOR

Victims of July's mass uprising surrounded the vehicle of Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum while she went to National Insti...

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NBR supports taxpayers to submit VAT returns online

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been supporting the valued taxpayers to submit their VAT returns through online ...

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Shahid, Atiqul, Mehdi remanded

A court in Dhaka has placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (D...

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Indonesia and Australia hold joint military drills

A live-fire exercise and amphibious landing are part of joint drills between Australia and Indonesia following a defence...

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Watch live: Wes Streeting announces NHS name-and-shame league tables

Watch live as Wes Streeting announces government plans to name and shame failing NHS hospitals as part of a package of m...

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PMQs live: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch set to go head-to-head

Kemi Badenoch will be looking for a more commanding performance at PMQs after making a misleading attack on Labour last ...

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Train fare dodger fines review announced to protect people making 'genuine mistake'

The rail regulator has been asked to probe the current system used by train firms to protect their revenues...

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South Yorkshire Mayor ‘confident’ investigation will uncover truth behind £65m missing from police budget

South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard says he is ‘confident’ that a government investigation into the region’s ...

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Everyone keeps proving Seth Moulton’s point that it’s time to have the tough talks, he says

The backlash to US Rep. Seth Moulton’s post-election remarks about the need for Democrats to openly debate tough issue...

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UN Failing to Maintain Global Peace: Shadow Minister Warns Against ‘Catastrophising’ Trump Election

The Australian government and opposition have moved to assuage concerns about a second Trump presidency....

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MARK PENN: 8 lessons for Democrats and Donald Trump

Every day in the mainstream media, Trump was dumped on as hysterical and Harris praised as positive and sane while pushi...

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Law-and-order voters in America’s second largest city finally fire their radical DA

Blue voters have reached a tipping point with crime and have lost confidence in prosecutors who are conducting real-time...

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Opinion: Montreal cop’s 25-day suspension sends wrong message

Even when hunting a gangster wanted for murder, the police are not above the law and should not be made to feel that the...

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Senate Majority Leader Contenders Differ Mostly on Process, Not Policy

Big changes could be coming in how the upper chamber of Congress is managed when the 119th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, ...

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Allison Hanes: After Trump's victory, we can't ignore the danger of male supremacy

The recent Quebec documentary Alphas shows we're not immune to those who glorify hyper-masculinism and promote the dehum...

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Here's what to know about Trump and the future of student loan relief

President-elect Donald Trump has called the Biden administration's student loan relief efforts a "total catastrophe."...

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Trump meets Biden in the Oval Office today. It's a tradition Trump skipped in 2020

President Biden called his predecessor — now, successor — a threat to democracy. Today he'll sit side by side with P...

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Democrats won 4 big Senate races in states Harris lost. Their ads looked very different.

Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t win Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada or Arizona. But her party still did: Democratic ...

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Blue on blue

The results of the presidential election eight days ago have surprised, embarrassed and demoralized Democrats. As the st...

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Voters furious at housing impasse, O’Neil warns Greens

The Housing Minister says voters will punish an ‘unholy alliance’ between the Coalition and the Greens....

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Biden to host Trump at White House in symbolic peaceful transfer of power

President-elect Donald Trump will return to Washington on Wednesday — entering the White House for the first time sinc...

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Why there’s surge in deadly attacks in Balochistan

Long-term peace is not possible unless the legitimate aspirations and demands of the people of Balochistan are met...

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‘Palliative care could improve enough for assisted dying but concerns remain’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has repeatedly said the palliative care system is not ‘where it needs to be to give peo...

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The pressing needs of Filipinos

Building on the topic of my article last September 26, 2024 (“Push for renewable energy should be balanced with pressi...

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Transgender students flooding crisis hotlines over Trump plans to remove protections

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made a...

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Why We Endorsed Fintiri – Aides

The Forum of Special Advisers has passed a vote of confidence on the Leadership of Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru F...

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‘Obidient’ Movement Won’t Hesitate To Dump LP, If – Tanko

The national coordinator of Nigeria’s “Obidient” Movement, Yunusa Tanko has said the movement is independent and w...

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I Went Through A Lot As Obaseki’s Deputy – Shaibu

Former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu yesterday said he went through a lot while he worked with his former ...

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K-pop's surprise rally

A 'surprise rally' is gaining momentum around the collaboration track 'APT,' featuring BLACKPINK's Rose and American pop...

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‘He used to call me dwarf, I called him black. What’s wrong with that’: Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer after racist “Kaalia” slur against HD Kumaraswamy

Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday tendered his apology for referring to JD(S) leader and Union Minister...

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I used to call him ‘K*riyanna out of affection, if he is pained by it, I apologize. What’s wrong with that: Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer issues ‘apology’ to HD Kumaraswamy

Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday tendered his apology for referring to JD(S) leader and Union Minister...

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I’m The Only Candidate Addressing Real Issues Affecting Ondo People – Ajayi

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the Ondo State gubernatorial election, Agboola Ajayi, has ...

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Teenager With Bird Flu in Critical Condition

In what is believed to be Canada's first human case of bird flu, a teenager is in a British Columbia children's hospital...

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Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad zipline adventure goes viral: See photos boosting local tourism

Rahul Gandhi’s video showcasing Wayanad’s tourist sites, including Kerala's longest zipline, has gone viral. He aims...

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COP29: Why are countries fighting over climate finance?

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in...

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MSNBC Host Points Out The Immediate Irony Of Donald Trump's New 'Department'

Stephanie Ruhle and her panel also examined how it could be a complete flop....

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Policeman arrested over deadly 2023 suicide bombing at Police Lines mosque: KP IGP

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Akhtar Hayat Gandapur on Tuesday claimed that the provincial police arre...

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ECI checked bags of Devendra Fadnavis, Nitin Gadkari too, but Uddhav Thackeray chose to create fuss, misbehave with ECI officials for checking his bags

"What is wrong with getting the bags checked? We had our bags checked during the campaigning too. There was no need of t...

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Tax Reform: Addressing the elephant in the room

The administrators of the Tinubu administration are working hard to promote the relevance of the Tax Reform bill. But th...

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Can Bangladesh reduce income inequality by 2030?

In Bangladesh, challenges hindering the achievement of economic equality are: low public expenditure on education, train...

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Newly minted Liberal candidate Laurence Antcliff hits the hustings in Paterson

Laurence Antcliff says he wants to get Paterson back on track....

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Men of America, brace yourselves for celibacy

The US election is already changing how women think about sex...

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Elon Musk appointed as head of new US government efficiency department by Trump

Musk will hold the role in a joint capacity alongside former republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy....

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Govt pledges to continue economic reforms on IMF line

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has briefed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its economic situation as the visiting delegat...

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Is Blairism back?

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Hongkonger charged with sedition under Article 23 security law over social media posts

A 57-year-old man has been charged under Hong Kong’s homegrown security law, known as Article 23, over allegedly publi...

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Former NatPharm Manager Awarded Nearly $1 Million By The Courts For Unfair Dismissal

The High Court has ruled in favour of Raguel Mthombeni, a former procurement manager at the National Pharmaceutical Comp...

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Beloved Red Centre national park given heritage listing

A tourism drawcard and important cultural site in the Red Centre that's also known as a "living plant museum" has been a...

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'No yellow brick road': Atwood weighs in on U.S. election at Calgary forum

CALGARY - Margaret Atwood has been called prescient — particularly when it comes to her famous 1985 dystopia "The Hand...

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Motorway closed as smog hits record levels in Lahore

LAHORE - Lahore ranked first among the world’s top ten most polluted cities in the world on Tuesday while the overall ...

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Wayanad Bypolls: Rahul Gandhi Calls For 'Wayanadinte Priyankari'; Priyanka Says, 'Let's Build A Future Together'

As voting began in Kerala’s Wayanad constituency for the Lok Sabha bypoll, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made an appeal...