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Pakistan urges ‘calm thinking’ on ties with India as new Modi cabinet takes oath ISLAMABAD: A day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his newly elected cabinet ministers were sworn in as lawmakers, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday called for “calm reflection” on the future of Islamabad’s tense ties with India. Modi and members of the Council of Ministers were sworn in as lawmakers during the inaugural session of the Indian Lower House on Monday. India and Pakistan are nuclear-armed neighbors that have fought three wars, but ties have remained tense since August 2019, when India…
Americans from both parties consistently express deep concerns about the state of our nation’s democracy, and this fall many voters may have a chance to take action on the issue by voting on state ballot measures that touch on key issues of elections and governance. Eight states, including Ohio, and seven others, mostly in the West, seem almost certain to introduce bills to overhaul redistricting or rewrite their election rules to curb hyper-partisanship and give voters a greater say in choosing candidates.While redistricting ballot measures are not uncommon, there has never been a year with more than three electoral ballot…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Sue Campbell (left) moved to Hong Kong and worked across China for eight years, mainly in Shanghai. Nikada/Getty Images, Sue Campbell Sue Campbell moved to Hong Kong in 2010 as managing director of a management consultancy firm.She said that in China, employees have a strong sense of hierarchy and younger staff have little say. Campbell highly recommended living in Asia and said the experience boosted her confidence. This essay is based on a transcript of a conversation I had with Sue Campbell, 58, about moving to China for work.…
RICHMOND — Donald Trump and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin in public The two men will campaign together for the first time this week as the former president campaigns in Virginia, a state that tends to lean heavily Democratic and has rejected Trump twice before but could become a battleground this year.Trump, who is scheduled to hold a rally in Chesapeake on Friday afternoon, will signal a clear shift in his relationship not only with Virginia’s rank-and-file voters, but also with the governor. Two recent polls have the presidential race tied.Trump and the governor have had an on-and-off relationship since Youngkin…
Iranians will elect a president on Friday in tightly controlled elections following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month, with the outcome likely to influence who will succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s top decision-maker. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is 85 years old and the president-elect is likely to be closely involved in the final process of selecting a successor to him, who has ensured that candidates who share his hardline views dominate presidential elections. The elections come at a time of rising regional tensions due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, increasing…
Sean P. MaddenAs the proud father of a brave, kind, and caring 24-year-old transgender daughter, I am writing to offer a little insight into our family’s experience with gender affirming care and to hopefully correct some of the most egregious misinformation about it.Over the past year, a flurry of anti-transgender bills have been introduced in the U.S., with bills targeting transgender people introduced in nearly every state. These bills and their proponents are backed by well-funded anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, such as Alliance Defending Freedom, which has received more than $96 million in donations and grants in fiscal year 2022.Most damningly, the…
NEW DELHI: The opposition candidate for Lok Sabha speaker against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Om Birla, Kodikunnil Suresh, is a veteran Indian National Congress politician and eight-term MP whose 2009 election was annulled by the Kerala High Court but reinstated by the Supreme Court.Birla is seeking a second term as Speaker of the House of Representatives.Suresh, 66, won in Kerala’s Mavelikkara (SC) constituency by a margin of just 10,000 votes.He got his name from Kodikunnil in Thiruvananthapuram where he was born on June 4, 1962.Suresh was first elected to the Indian Parliament in 1989 and was subsequently re-elected in 1991, 1996…
The Record, NorthJersey.com, the Daily Record and the New Jersey Herald bring you the latest on the newest shops, restaurants and service providers moving into your city. Below is a list of businesses that have recently opened or will be opening soon.Are you thinking about starting a business in North Jersey? Let your neighbors know as soon as possible. Send us your information and photos and we’ll add you to our next New Business Roundup.We’re also interested in reports of closed businesses. Have a tip? Contact Business Reporter Daniel Munoz at munozd@northjersey.com or 201-270-9870.Hasbro Game Room, American Dream, East RutherfordA…
SAN FRANCISCO — As the final day of the 2024 NBA Draft and the start of free agency approaches, Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy is clutching his cards so tightly that a cut remains on his chest. That’s evident when Dunleavy suggested Monday that trades are extremely difficult to structure and complete in today’s NBA. “In addition to certainly knowing the whole team, and I think I said this before, it’s just hard to make a deal,” he said during a news conference at Chase Center. “I can’t stress this enough, there are a lot of good teams out there…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on June 22, 2024 on new military operations aimed at curbing escalating violence in the country. Pakistan Prime Minister’s OfficePakistan’s top leadership has approved a new military operation called “Azm-e-Istekam,” Urdu for “determination for stability,” aimed at quelling the escalation of violence and terrorism.The effort follows a review by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of the country’s counterterrorism operations, focusing in particular on the National Action Plan adopted after the December 2014 attack on the Peshawar Army Public School that left more than 140 people dead, mostly students, and which the…