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Iran's Nobel Laureate Mohammadi denied medical treatment, say UN experts

Jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.— Reuters/file United Nations experts on Tuesday accused Iran of fa...

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Far from the convention, a Democrat runs from Harris and hands out beer in rural Maine

As most of his fellow Democrats prepared to gather in Chicago to celebrate Kamala Harris, Rep. Jared Golden was looking ...

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Kate Cox is one of the people speaking about their abortion experiences at the DNC

Kate Cox was in the middle of a pregnancy emergency when the Texas Supreme Court denied her an abortion. Now, she's a De...

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Advocate wants province to reduce 'really high' gas taxes in Alberta

Gasoline taxes add up to more than $30 each time someone fills up a family minivan or more than $50 every time someone f...

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Love was on the lips of Harris, Biden at Democratic National Convention

From the music to the speeches and intimate comments, the Democratic National Convention was a lovefest Monday night. Ha...

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Jon Heydenreich | The Mindful Minute: A Start

I write these columns quite some time before they appear in the paper. After the first weeks of my appeal for support fo...

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Trump Says He Won’t Enforce 150-Year-Old Law to Restrict Abortion Drugs

The former president said Monday that he will not enforce the Comstock Act from 1873....

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INEC announces 2.6m registered voters for Edo governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo State has announced that 2,629,025 voters are registered for...

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UDP introduces new Standard Bearer for Belize Rural South Ramon Vasquez

The United Democratic Party (UDP) has named Ramon Vasquez their new Standard Bearer for Belize Rural South (BRS), compri...

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Federal funding deal is 'short-changing' public schools

Public schools will not be able to meet their students' needs without a funding boost from the federal government, accor...

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Donald Trump 'exhausted' and 'not his usual self' in Michigan, leaving MAGA fans worried

Concerned viewers said the former president appeared "low energy" during a speech in Howell, Michigan....

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Walz, favorite of labor unions, opposed UAW-backed auto bailout

​WASHINGTON — Before Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a vice-presidential nominee and Democrats’ favorite Midwestern da...

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Officials didn't need Treasury Board approval to buy $9M New York apartment, committee told

The decision to buy a new luxury apartment for the consul general in New York, and sell the old one, was made by officia...

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Race to replace NDP’s Shannon Phillips ramps up in Lethbridge

The Lethbridge-West seat in the Alberta legislature has been vacant since July 1, when Shannon Phillips stepped aside...

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Sask. man who reported himself for child sex assault gets six-year prison term

Court heard the man was heavily intoxicated when he posted a video of the abuse on Snapchat, leading to his arrest in Sa...

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Recalls This Very ‘Veep’ Story About Hillary Clinton

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has touched down at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, where she first visited Stephen Colbert...

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NNPP forum chair slams PDP, APC, says Nigeria needs alternative

The Chairman of the Forum of New Nigeria Peoples Party State Chairmen, Dr Tosin Odeyemi, has urged Nigerians to set asid...

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What Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s Music Choices Reveal About Each Campaign

Two days after Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign — before the smoke cleared from the sitting U.S. presi...

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Suspects behind murder of Palestinian businessman nabber in Romania

Three fugitive suspects linked to the killing of a Palestinian businessman in Istanbul’s Kağıthane district were ca...

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Biden delivers late-night farewell to Democrats as he passes the torch to Harris

CHICAGO –– After waiting nearly an hour to deliver a scheduled-for-prime-time speech that was pushed to nearly 11:30...

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Roadside memorial pays tribute to Collinsville student who died in crash

A roadside memorial with flowers, notes and a cross now graces the site of a crash that claimed the life of Collinsville...

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Johnson: Wisconsin Dems refuse to clean up voter rolls

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator says it’s not accidental Wisconsin’s voter rolls remai...

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Tinubu Names Daser David New President/CEO Of DBI, Appoints Oshomah, Kure NIGCOMSAT Executive Directors

August 20, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Daser David, as the new President/Chie...

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 JD Vance

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Photos: DNC underway in Chicago with an energized Harris-Walz ticket

Los Angeles Times photojournalists Robert Gauthier and Myung J. Chun are on the ground in Chicago to capture behind-the-...

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MoDOT to launch national search for new road and bridge czar

Missouri transportation chief Patrick McKenna is taking a job at a think tank in Washington, D.C....

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Behind on its housing target, Ford government takes more steps to boost construction

Reeling from the $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal under investigation by the RCMP, Premier Doug Ford's governme...

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Push to build more homes on California coast stifled after lawmakers derail housing bills

Several efforts to minimize the power and influence of the California Coastal Commission have stalled....

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JD Vance visits Kenosha, talks crime and public safety

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance visited spoke about crime, public safety and the efforts of local law en...

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Abiodun Mourns Late Ogun INEC REC Ijalaye

August 20, (THEWILL) – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has commiserated with the family of the late Resident Elect...

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Dem candidates bankrolled by 'defund the police donors' targeted by House GOP

Fox News Digital found that eight Democrats in competitive races are running campaigns to appeal to moderate voters but ...

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COYLE launches Young Lankan’s program

The Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE) has announced the launch of its latest initiative, the Young Lankan’...

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Tim Walz

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Trump

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JD Vance Fires Back Against Democratic Governor for 'Wishing That a Member of My Family Would Get Raped'

GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio slammed Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear for seeming to sug...

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RFK Jr. Considering Game-Changing Move to 'Join Forces' with Trump, According to Running Mate

Not every day does a relatively obscure vice-presidential candidate drop a potentially gargantuan piece of news. Nicole ...

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Plans delayed for register of hostile state agents

Plans for a register of foreign lobbyists to protect UK national security have been delayed....

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JAT sees bottom line growth of 77% for Q1

JAT Holdings PLC has announced strong growth in both its top- and bottom-line in the first quarter of FY25....

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RFK Jr. Campaign May Join Forces With Trump or Form New Party, Running Mate Says

'We wanted to win. We wanted a fair shot,' said Kennedy running mate Nicole Shanahan....

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I am not leaving PDP – Fubara assures BoT

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has refuted speculation that he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, af...

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Harris

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Strengthening corporate integrity with anti-corruption policies

In a seminar organised by Corporate Management Consultants, with Daily FT as the media sponsor, industry leaders gathere...

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Tim Walz and wife Gwen used IUI, not IVF, to conceive their kids. Here's the difference

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen used a fertility treatment called IUI, not IVF, to conceive their children. He...

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Vance's 'creepy' laugh slammed by Harris campaign - with 'obsessed' Trump humiliated

Donald Trump won't stop going on about Kamala Harris' 'laugh of a crazy person' - but Democrats think he should be more ...

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Love thy mother tongue

An integrated approach is needed to promote Konkani among the youth On Tuesday, Goans across the world celebrated Goa Da...

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Mpox: Fear of next pandemic

There is no doubt that a disease in one corner of the world can suddenly become a global health threat. It is time the g...

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Kamala Harris’ tan suit surprise at the DNC

The last time a tan suit made political waves, it was also late August, and the person wearing it was President Barack O...

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Walz’s Wife Clarifies That Couple Used Different Treatment Than IVF

The Minnesota governor has said he wouldn't have children if not for in vitro fertilization, or IVF....

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Don’t write off the potential of re-invented Brass Mill Center

I am responding, based upon the multitude of views, mostly negative, on the Facebook “Waterbury History Page,” stati...

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Rep. Hayes sides with ‘Squad’ on allowing illegals to vote

The recent congressional vote to stop illegal immigrants from being registered to vote (“House passes GOP bill requiri...