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Border agency system outage affecting customs kiosks at major airports

The Canada Border Services Agency says a partial systems outage is affecting customs screening at some airports....

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Democratic power broker directs $1 million to DeSantis PAC

The money from a political action committee went to a fund the Republican governor set up to defeat amendments that woul...

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Bullish on candidates who are bearish about Chicago attendance

Stephanie Murphy, then-candidate for Congress from Florida, speaks while flanked by the House Democratic women at the De...

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The governor doth project too much

Tim Walz says we’re weird. But who really are the weird and extreme ones?...

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Food Industry Sends Kamala Harris a Reality Check About Her Communist Price Cap Plan

The dark history of 20th-century Communism offers many lessons about the nature of power. For instance, when it comes to...

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$683m in savings for first-home buyers dodging tax

Changes to help more first-home buyers avoid stamp duty has helped tens of thousands save money, and for some, the dog d...

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Frustration at failure to end family violence

Australia's family violence commissioner is poised to deliver the first report into how the nation is tracking towards t...

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Harris In Trouble? Poll Shows Most Won't Watch DNC, Signals Challenge For Dem Candidate

The 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) will officially welcome Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominee in t...

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Greens ready to talk on manufacturing strategy

The Greens have called for the government to scrap support for coal and gas projects in exchange for backing its $22 bil...

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LG Autonomy: FG Establishes Comittee To Enforce Supreme Court Ruling

The Federal Government has formed a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling of July 11, 2024, which ...

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Reynolds 'brought to her knees' by Higgins saga: Ruston

A South Australian senator has told a defamation trial the Brittany Higgins saga brought Linda Reynolds to her knees and...

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Rajshahi AL leader murder: 9 to be hanged, 5 jailed for life

A Rajshahi court on Tuesday sentenced nine individuals to death and five others to life imprisonment for killing an (AL)...

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Munia's family demands Anvir's arrest, fresh probe into murder

Nusrat Jahan Tania, the elder sister of Mosarrat Jahan Munia, who was raped and murdered in April 2021, has called for a...

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RCMP protection of MPs placing ‘significant strain’ on resources, memo warns

The demands of protecting parliamentarians and other public figures are placing 'significant strain' on RCMP personnel, ...

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Benjamin Harrison won the White House by receiving the electoral majority, but losing the popular vote

Benjamin Harrison served as the 23rd President of the United States. He defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland in 1888, but...

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Harris Proposes Raising Corporate Tax Rate to 28 Percent

The same policy was put forward by President Joe Biden in his administration's fiscal year 2025 budget....

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Why a Chinese report on American hands in regime changes is worth considering

A Chinese Foreign Ministry report shows how the US’ National Endowment for Democracy has been instrumental in cultivat...

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Jasmine Crockett: Election a choice between a "career criminal" and a "career prosecutor"

"Will a vindictive, vile villain violate voters’ vision?" the Texas Democrat questioned at the DNC...

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How China’s belt and road initiative spurs economic growth in Nigeria

I departed from Beijing and landed in Abuja, from a city near the western side of the Pacific to a capital adjacent to t...

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Hallowell American Legion seeks donations for fundraiser

HALLOWELL — American Legion Post 6 seeks donations for its annual yard sale, scheduled for 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, ...

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Sir Keir Starmer eyes Welsh natural resources for green energy transition

The Prime Minister visited a hillside wind farm on Tuesday, where he described green power as a ‘massive opportunity�...

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Democratic delegates approve platform with mistake mentioning Biden's second term

Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted on Monday to approve a written party platform that repeatedly affi...

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Will Lahore get a public holiday on August 26?

The 981st annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh (RA) is approaching, set to be observed on Monday, August 26, 2024....

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Biden says ‘I gave my best to you’ in DNC address endorsing Harris

Joe Biden insisted he did not harbour any ill will about the impending end of his tenure — despite reports to the cont...

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Modi govt’s U-turn on lateral entry into bureaucracy. What is the policy, and why did it trigger political backlash?

The August 18 advertisement was to recruit officials for multiple roles in certain central ministries through lateral en...

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Joe Biden is playing nice for Kamala Harris – but it won’t last

Whatever grudges he bears are buried for now - if he wants to settle scores, he is happy to wait...

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Kolkata Police file corruption case against Sandip Ghosh after WB govt formed SIT to probe financial irregularities during the former RG Kar principal’s tenure

The BJP has launched a scathing attack on the TMC government accusing it of attempting to save the disgraced former prin...

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School supply, clothing drive set for Skowhegan

SKOWHEGAN — A free clothing drive is set for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at The SPACE on the River, 181 Water St. Donati...

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Pest predictor identifies ingredients for ecological recipe for destruction

Those who have felt the familiar itch of browntail moth rash, seen the grayish-green needles of an infested hemlock, or ...

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Your View: ‘Purple’ Pennsylvania offers political opportunities

Opinion: If I had not moved to the Lehigh Valley in 1999, the Bernie Sanders rally at Rutgers might have been the first ...

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Opinion: ‘Border czar’ grossly mischaracterizes Harris’ role

She was never tasked with fixing enforcement. Instead she addressed why migrants felt it necessary to leave their homes....

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Why China takes young Tibetans from their families

Visiting a Tibetan region where children must attend Chinese-language boarding schools...

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Harris' surprise tribute, Biden's swan song and Hillary Clinton's glass ceiling vision: DNC Day 1 takeaways

President Biden laced into Donald Trump repeatedly. He also said protesters against the war in Gaza, who demonstrated a ...

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Brits travelling to Europe face new fee for a visa waiver next summer

The EU is expected to launch the European Travel Information and Authorisation Scheme in mid-2025. Travelling Brits will...

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After the riots, living in Britain has never felt lonelier

While the conversation moves on, I feel tense just sitting on a Tube...

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Oyo Compensates Ajia Property Owners

Kazeem Awojoodu, Ibadan The Oyo State Government has commenced the payment of compensation to owners of the affected pro...

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Angus Robertson insists he won't resign over Israeli diplomat meeting following SNP backlash

The SNP minister insisted meeting the Israeli deputy ambassador was "right" to communicate the Scottish Government’s o...

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Bodies of 6 Israeli hostages recovered from Gaza during military operation

The bodies of six Israeli hostages were recovered in an overnight operation inside the Gaza Strip....