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Why are the TDP and JD(U) pushing for the Speaker post as an insurance policy? The TDP and JD(U), two key parties in the NDA’s three consecutive terms at the Centre, have decided to stake their claim for the post of Speaker of the Lower House. According to sources, both parties have already suggested to the BJP leadership that the Speaker’s post should be offered to its alliance partner. In the late 1990s, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee led the coalition government, TDP’s GMC Balayogi served as Speaker. According to sources, this measure is to “protect” the allies from possible future…
Lake Placid High School student Matthew Corcoran is presented with his first-place medal in the Al Oter Foundation’s Sports Art Contest by LPCSD Community Schools Coordinator Keith Clark at the Olympic Center on Tuesday. (Enterprise photo — Sydney Emerson)LAKE PLACID — Several Lake Placid Junior and Senior High School students received awards Tuesday for their Olympic-themed artwork at the Lake Placid Olympic Center, and a mural created by Lake Placid fourth-graders will be displayed in a government building in Paris this summer to commemorate the 2024 Summer Olympics. The students, “Art in Sport” The contest is sponsored by the Al…
What do you think is worse than losing 12 straight games after blowing a multi-point lead against an in-town rival? Doing the exact same thing and losing 13 straight games?For the second straight game, the Chicago White Sox watched a 5-1 lead turn into a 7-6 loss against the Chicago Cubs, but on Tuesday a comeback capped off by an RBI double by Ian Happ in the bottom of the eighth inning sunk the South Side team.On Wednesday, Cubs designated hitter Mike Tauchman hit his first professional walk-off home run.The White Sox stormed back with four runs, including six singles,…
Republican supporters of former President Trump have reacted to his guilty plea in the New York hush money trial by promising various forms of retribution and retaliation. The New York Times As reported on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, he is “seeking a retaliatory lawsuit against the Democratic Party.” The reaction is surprising but not unexpected. It is based on the unfounded claim that the various charges against Trump are themselves political, part of a coordinated campaign to undermine the presidential election campaign. These false allegations are a dangerous escalation of the MAGA movement’s efforts to discredit the rule of law…
Over much of the past decade, China’s efforts to curb real estate speculation have become more widespread and extensive.Shanghai declared that divorced people would be restricted from buying apartments for three years to combat couples who split up only to buy a second home for investment purposes. In Chengdu, in western China, only local residents who paid social welfare taxes and won the lottery could buy a new home. In the northeastern city of Tangshan, people buying a home had to hold onto the property for at least three and a half years.Those restrictions were lifted along with restrictions elsewhere…
“How China has changed, how Israel has changed, middle east “How the world is changing, how the world system is changing, I think that’s the mystery that needs to be solved,” said Orion, a former head of strategic planning in the Israel Defense Forces General Staff.He said economic cooperation between the two countries would remain a priority, but “the honeymoon period is definitely over.”But, he added, “the end of marriage does not mean divorce.””Business is still open, but enthusiasm has been lost and Israel has become very sensitive recently. I’ve read reports of a slight rise in anti-Semitism on Chinese…
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The Mass Communications Department at Western Iowa Technical Community College (WITCC) is expanding its curriculum with the launch of a student-led, low-power FM radio station. The station has a low-power FM construction permit from the FCC, an honor bestowed every 10 years. Woodbury County Auditor and Deputy Auditor face off “This is something I’ve wanted to do for about the last 10 years,” said program coordinator Chris Mansfield, “so I was very excited when I got the notice that we’d been selected to get the building permit.” The station will be called KWSR and will…
Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member Support us just once According to the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, on June 5, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Sibikha met with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong for political consultations.”The two sides discussed the bilateral agenda and outlined measures to intensify contacts at the highest level, consolidate positive developments in trade and economic cooperation, and develop further exchanges within the framework of international organizations,” the news agency said.The ministry also reported that both sides stressed the importance of adhering…
There’s been a lot of talk about how amazing this year’s U20 men’s freestyle World Team is, and I must agree, I’m buying into the hype. However, it got me wondering – what is the greatest U20 World Team in history? After researching and compiling the data one thing became clear – there is no simple and obvious answer. Firstly, from 1969 (the inaugural Junior World Championship) to 1984, only a handful of countries attended, and often neither the USSR nor Iran. Secondly, the number of weights has varied greatly over the years making it hard to compare teams. So, after…
CNN — Republican Rep. Byron Donald of Florida, a potential vice presidential candidate for President Donald Trump, is defending himself amid criticism from Democrats over comments he made on Tuesday in which he suggested black families “stayed together” during the segregated Jim Crow era. Donald’s comments were made at an event in Philadelphia with Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas, another black Republican who has backed the former president, as the Trump campaign seeks to make inroads with non-white voters. “You know, during the days of Jim Crow laws, black families stayed together,” Donald said at the event on Tuesday, The…