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China’s expulsion of two former defense ministers from the Communist Party this week marks a sharp intensification of President Xi Jinping’s long-standing efforts to root out corruption and ensure total loyalty in the military.The announcement accused Wei Fenghe, who served as defense minister from 2018 to 2023, and his successor, Li Shangfu, who was fired just seven months into the job, of bribery and political disloyalty, a crime considered even more heinous in China.Experts on Chinese politics said the strongly worded statement, published by state CCTV late on Thursday, was a message to other branches of the People’s Liberation Army…
LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. will take his talents to Los Angeles, where he’ll have history with his father.James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James, wasn’t selected in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft but was selected 55th overall by his father’s Lakers on Thursday. When the two take the court together, it will mark the first time in NBA history that a father and son will play together.The 6-foot-2 guard out of the University of Southern California was the subject of much buzz even before the draft. While much of the buzz was due to his last…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian citizens on Friday The late hardline president Ebrahim RaisiThe race’s only reformist candidate has vowed to forge “friendly relations” with the West, hoping to energize his supporters in a poll plagued by apathy.Voters Faced with a choice The showdown between the hardline candidates and little-known reformist heart surgeon Massoud Pezechkian, who has been the most powerful leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Women and People Seeking Radical Change Candidates are barred from running, and the vote itself will not be monitored by internationally recognized observers. The vote comes amid rising tensions in the…
Bitcoin (BTC) miners continue to capitulate as the network’s hashrate faces its worst downward trend since 2022. The activity has begun to show signs of capitulation in the past few months, casting a shadow over the security of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin miners are showing signs of surrendering, holding their BTC reserves to a two-year low, Finnbold reported on June 14. The report also highlighted that average production costs are exceeding revenues, causing companies to operate at a loss. Currently, network hashrate data, which shows the productivity rate of activity, continues to trend downwards in a worrying pattern. In particular, Memory…
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitts and Frank Schwab discuss how the Saints can regain their presence in the NFC and whether that will happen in 2024.Show moreVideo TranscriptWhen talking about the New Orleans Saints, the big question in my opinion is, who cares?And I’m not saying this to attack Saints fans in the Saints organization.I’m talking about when they had a Hall of Fame coach and a Hall of Fame quarterback and they had momentum and they had great inspirational stories and they had all these things that New Orleans had for a generation.One day you wake up and realize that…
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, in a presidential decree issued on Friday, decided to hold early parliamentary elections on September 1, a widely expected move that seems unlikely to fundamentally change the composition of parliament. Aliyev, in power since 2003, won presidential elections in February and his New Azerbaijan party is expected to win 69 seats in the 125-seat parliament when its term expires, giving it a new majority in the oil-rich country that has attracted interest from the West, Russia and Turkey. Opposition lawmakers in parliament are loyal to Aliyev, but some opponents outside parliament say they are being persecuted…
Conservative election gambling inquiry: Welsh minister says rule-breaking ‘completely unacceptable’Sign up to our Westminster Viewpoint emails to get expert analysis delivered straight to your inbox.Get a free email of The View from WestminsterSir Keir Starmer has said he would seek to strike a deal with Donald Trump if he is re-elected as US president in November’s election. The Labour Party leader Independent “If there’s a trade deal, I’ll have a trade deal with the US,” he said, adding that he was open to making deals with emerging world leaders. Reform UK activists used racist slurs against Chancellor Rishi Sunak during…
School buses in Osceola County and across Central Florida will soon be equipped with special child detection technology that aims to save children’s lives.Specialized radar technology, designed by South Korea’s Smart Radar Systems Co., scans the front, sides and underside of buses to look for children.It will also help in scanning inside the bus in case a child has been left behind, if there is one an alarm will sound and lights will flash to let the driver know.Randy Wheeler, the district’s deputy transportation director, said the technology was designed after a 9-year-old child died in Orlando in January after…
The remarks come amid rising tensions between the neighbouring countries and fresh attacks by Pakistani forces.Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that his country will not hesitate to attack territory in neighbouring Afghanistan amid rising tensions between the two countries over security concerns. Asked whether Pakistan would consider a cross-border strike to neutralise the perpetrators, Asif said in an interview: “If the need arises, nothing is more important than Pakistan’s sovereignty.” On the legality of possible cross-border attacks, Asif maintained that Pakistan must prioritise its own interests. “It is also a violation of international norms that…
Pakistan’s parliament on Friday moved to pass a finance bill that would impose heavy taxes for the government’s next fiscal year, ahead of further talks on a new IMF bailout to avert a debt default in South Asia’s slowest-growing country.The government presented a budget proposal for tax increases two weeks ago, drawing harsh criticism from the opposition. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb introduced the Finance Bill in Parliament, which was opened for amendments and discussion by the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Opposition. Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced the introduction of the bill on live television.…