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According to Iraqi and Pakistani official accounts, 50,000 Pakistanis have gone missing in Iraq after performing a Shiite religious pilgrimage during the Ashura festival in Karbala.For more stories from The Media Line, visit themedialine.org. The story was raised by Pakistan’s Minister of Religious Affairs Chaudhry Hussain, who said 50,000 Pakistanis have gone missing in Iraq in recent years.Iraqi workers come from many different nationalities, including Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Indians, Nepalese and Filipinos. They work as restaurant waiters, cooks, street sweepers, construction workers and other menial jobs, earning between $15 and $25 a day, depending on their occupation and the area…

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has privately told donors that facing Vice President Harris rather than President Biden has made the race more difficult, an admission that contradicts the confident outlook publicly shared by Donald Trump’s campaign.”We were all caught a little bit politically off guard,” Vance said of Biden’s July 21 withdrawal, according to a recording of his remarks at a fundraiser on Saturday in Golden Valley, Minnesota. “The bad news is Kamala Harris doesn’t have the same problems that Joe Biden did, because no matter what we say, Kamala is a lot younger. And Kamala…

03:53 (IST), July 30Biden unveils plan to reform Supreme Court, says erosion of public trust puts US at ‘crisis point’President Joe Biden has unveiled long-awaited proposals to reform the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to impose term limits on the court’s nine justices and establish enforceable ethics rules, and is also pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment that would limit presidential immunity.The White House outlined Biden’s court proposal on Monday, but with just 99 days until Election Day, it is seen as having little chance of being approved by a closely divided Congress.Still, Democrats hope the bill will…

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday called for sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including legislation to impose 18-year term limits and enforce ethics rules for justices.He also supported passing a new constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity, a direct response to the Supreme Court’s ruling this month that former President Donald Trump is protected from criminal prosecution for actions he took in his “official” capacity as president.Biden formally announced his position during a speech Monday afternoon at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, just eight days after withdrawing from…

Bally Sports’ family of RSNs returns to Xfinity. f(Photo: David Berding/Getty Images)Getty Images Diamond Sports Group, which owns the Bally Sports brand’s family of regional sports networks, has reached an agreement with Comcast to end a streaming rights dispute and will bring MLB games back to Xfinity. That means on Thursday, August 1, 15 of the Bally Sports RSNs will return to Xfinity. Financial terms were not disclosed. Twelve MLB teams currently use Bally Sports as their regional sports network, including the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers,…

July 29, 2024 6:18 PMPARIS — The U.S. women’s volleyball team got off to a bad start in its defense of its Olympic title but managed to avoid a disastrous defeat.The United States dropped the first two sets to China on Monday in pool play, with a playoff tiebreaker determined by total points and sets won. Both teams finished with the same score, and China ultimately won in five sets, leaving the reigning champions feeling relieved.”I’m really proud of how we fought. You know, it’s not easy to go from being down 2-0 to having a close game like that…

President Joe Biden on Monday called for reforming the Supreme Court and amending the Constitution to limit his powers, signals a priority for his final months as president, even if those reforms may never be enacted.Speaking at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, Biden said the reforms would target presidential immunity, term limits for Supreme Court justices and the court’s mandatory ethics rules, focusing on financial disclosure and conflicts of interest.”These reforms are necessary to restore confidence in our courts and preserve the system of checks and balances essential to our democracy,” Biden said.a He said the…

Fall is just around the corner, so it’s never too early to start writing down some heart-warming recipes and getting your home decorated and prepared for the season. TikTok users have been jumping on the trend of “Summerween” parties to celebrate Halloween in July. Instead of waiting until the temperatures drop to carve pumpkins and collect endless candy corn, why not consider adding Summerween to your end-of-summer activity list? The best part is, it’s a great excuse to celebrate the fun parts of Halloween without having to wear a costume (though if you love costumes, feel free to join in).…

Minneapolis — Governor Tim Walz’s stock price Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate “Vice Presidential Candidate” It may be increasingand whether he’s still being taken seriously As a potential vice presidential candidatesomething even stranger happened.”Weird,” after all, is a word that has been trending during the election season: In three television interviews last week, Mr. Walz used it to describe former President Donald Trump and several other Republicans.”That’s weird, that strikes you as weird,” Waltz said on MSNBC last week. He continued on CNN on Sunday, saying, “I saw Donald Trump talking about the wonderful Dr. Hannibal Lecter, or…

PARIS (AP) — The U.S. women’s volleyball team got off to a bad start in its defense of its Olympic title but managed to avoid a disastrous defeat.The United States dropped the first two sets to China on Monday in pool play, with playoff tiebreakers determined by total points and sets won, so China’s five-set victory, with both teams evenly matched, came as a relief to the reigning champions.”I’m really proud of how we fought and, you know, it’s not easy to go from being down 2-0 to having a close game like that in the fifth set,” setter Jordyn…