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The Sierra Madre, a dilapidated World War II-era ship stranded on a small reef in the South China Sea, has emerged as a potential flashpoint that could spark a regional war, with Chinese coast guards repeatedly swarming and ramming Philippine ships to prevent them from resupplying the vessel.Beijing and Manila now have a tentative agreement to allow the Philippines to carry supplies on the ship, in the hope that it will bring an end to the recent escalation of tensions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.The escalating territorial dispute threatened to draw the United States, the Philippines’…
Abil Sultan/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been kept in power by his right-wing coalition partners who have threatened to quit if a ceasefire ending the war is reached. Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Monday without the attention he had expected the day before. Netanyahu’s highly anticipated visit, packed with meetings with senior US officials and a rare speech in Congress, will undoubtedly be overshadowed by US President Joe Biden’s shock decision to withdraw from the presidential race. But Netanyahu’s visit will remain crucial for prospects for a Gaza…
The Summer Olympics kick off on 26 July. Here’s Al Jazeera’s concise viewer guide to the world’s biggest multi-sport event.Paris is preparing to host the Summer Olympics this year. The Olympics are held every four years and the last Tokyo Games were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and took place largely without spectators. From venues to sporting events, here’s everything you need to know about the much-anticipated Paris 2024 Olympics. When is the Paris Olympics? This year’s Olympics will run from July 26th to August 11th. Some sports will begin before the official opening ceremony, including…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed authorities to increase Pakistan’s annual exports to $60 billion within three years, stressing the need to resolve exporters’ grievances as Islamabad seeks to boost foreign exchange reserves while tackling a macroeconomic crisis. Pakistan is trying to navigate a difficult road to recovery from a protracted economic crisis that has seen its currency depreciate, foreign reserves plummet and inflation soar to record highs over the past two years. To stabilize its fragile $350 billion economy, Islamabad has increasingly sought in recent months to build trade and investment ties with regional allies. Sharif on…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2024 in the Indian Parliament.The first union budget of Modi 3.0 – the first government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014 without the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning a majority in the Indian Lower House – presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday is expected to address issues related to the ruling party’s performance in the parliamentary elections, which were held in seven phases between April and June.Post-election reports said that the BJP, which won a record 303 seats in 2019, lost over 60 Lok Sabha seats this time…
CNN — Kamala Harris has had her best moment so far. The vice president had already secured enough delegate support to secure the Democratic nomination, sparking a fundraising boom and turning around a party that had appeared headed for defeat. But while Harris could hardly hope for a better start in establishing her legitimacy within the Democratic Party after President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection campaign, she is just hours into the toughest task for a modern presidential candidate, and Republican nominee Donald Trump’s barrage of attacks is about to play out in the most unpredictable election season in generations.…
One is his funny and biting debut novel. Washington Monthly This is the article that convinced Charlie Peters to hire him. The article is about how close he was in the House primary and what he learned from actually being a candidate, something that few other “political analysts” have done. Sample writes this in the context of “Stumpien” narrowly defeating him:At the Monroe County Fair, I met a mother and her 4-year-old son, excitedly holding aloft a red “Stempien To Congress” balloon. I quietly ignored the balloon and introduced myself as a congressional candidate. The boy looked up, pointed at…
AniUpdated July 23, 2024, 15:32 IST US President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate to become the next president. The special puja took place at the family temple in Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in Tamil Nadu.A special pooja was performed at the family temple in the ancestral village. Kamala Harris in Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Naduof Tiruvarur She visited her constituency today to offer blessings ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States.After Joe Biden withdrew from the US presidential election, he has endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate. After Kamala…
As Kamala Harris looks set to succeed Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, attention is turning to her past ties to Donald Trump, who donated to her reelection campaign when the Republican candidate was California’s attorney general. Trump donated $6,000 to Harris’ campaign between 2011 and 2013. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, also donated $2,000 to Harris in 2014.The revelation began circulating on social media after Harris announced her intention to “seek and win” the Democratic nomination.Live updates:Joe Biden drops out of 2024 race, endorses Kamala HarrisTrump: “I’ve given to everybody”News of the donation first began circulating in 2020, when Harris…
J.D. Vance first came to public attention with his 2016 memoir. Hillbilly Elegy” is a populist rallying cry about Appalachia, accusing the elites of betraying the white working class. Since then, Vance has groomed some of tech and venture capital’s wealthiest elites, including former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, to help him win election to the U.S. Senate and secure the Republican vice presidential nomination in July. With Donald Trump’s popularity on the rise, business observers may be wondering what approach Vance would take if voters elected him to the White House. Will it be…