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Palau, a group of about 350 small Pacific islands, has become increasingly important to the United States as China seeks to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Washington this year finalized a long-delayed plan to give Palau hundreds of millions of dollars in aid over 20 years.Hours before diplomats gathered at the US Embassy in Palau to celebrate the agreement, the island nation was hit by a massive cyber attack in which more than 20,000 government documents were stolen.A few weeks later, in April, they appeared on the dark web: There was a presentation about a U.S. military radar…
Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has intensified its attacks on Donald Trump over his New York conviction, with Democrats urging the president to use it as an electoral weapon against his Republican rival. In a memo released Saturday, the Biden campaign called Trump a “convicted felon” and accused him of “subverting our justice system, ripping apart our democracy, rigging our economy for billionaire donors, and attacking the very idea of America.” The statement signals that Democrats and Biden’s reelection campaign are preparing to more aggressively attack Trump as the first former president to be convicted of a crime, rather than taking…
educationVirginia Tech has announced changes to better align its communications and marketing efforts in the Washington, DC region.Shannon Andrea has been named director of communications and marketing for the DC area, effective June 10. As lead communications advisor, Andrea will provide strategic guidance to align the university’s communications, marketing and branding efforts, and will oversee and lead the day-to-day operations of the DC area communications and marketing team, which is part of the Integrated Advancement department. Andrea Andrea, currently director of media relations and DC area communications for the Communications and Marketing department, will join the Communications and Marketing executive…
Arunachal Pradesh Election Results 2024 Live: The counting of votes is underway for the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections. The ruling BJP has already secured ‘uncontested’ victories in 10 seats and is likely to retain power as trends are more than halfway. While the Congress is leading in one seat, the National People’s Party (NPEP) is leading in nine seats and is also ahead in seven others. Votes cast for 133 candidates in the elections to the 50 state Assembly seats have been counted in around 24 constituencies. The final results are expected by noon, the state Election Commissioner (CEO) said.…
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich rejected the US-backed ceasefire.Article informationauthor, Yaroslav Lukikhrole, BBC News Reported by London2 June 2024 02:13 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoTwo far-right Israeli cabinet ministers have warned they will resign and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal announced by U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday.Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said they were opposed to reaching any agreement before Hamas is destroyed.But opposition leader Yair Lapid has pledged to back the government if Netanyahu backs the plan.The…
Phillies relieved Suarez avoided serious injury to left hand originally published on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaTo the wizened Scouts, tanned and calloused from hours spent under the relentless sun, it’s a clichéd warning recited thousands of times, delivered almost mechanically.”If only we could stay healthy…” and they mentally rap their knuckles on wood.This is not just the scouts’ story — it’s the hope and concern of every baseball official employed by any championship-contending team, and it’s one of the few things where the old and new thinking are completely aligned.So when left-hander Ranger Suarez — the Phillies’ top starter through the…
New Delhi, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 73, is poised for an unprecedented third term and is likely to be re-elected with an overwhelming majority of the vote, exit polls showed on Saturday night, dealing a major blow to the opposition coalition in the largest democratic election in world history. If the official results, due on Tuesday, June 4, bear out these polls, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not only weather widening inequality, record unemployment and rising prices without suffering, but may also fare better than it did in the last elections in 2019. No prime minister…
The relationship between politics and the palace is a delicate one, even more so during a general election campaign. by Rhiannon Mills, Royal Correspondent Sky Rhiannon Sunday 2 June 2024 06:28, UK Political parties run election campaigns, rolling out policies and bizarre stunts to try to garner support. But there is one family that doesn’t vote: the royal family.So what are the rules when it comes to politics and the monarchy?Does the King vote?Although it’s not specifically stated in the law, the answer is no.Dr Craig Prescott, a law lecturer and constitutional law expert at Royal Holloway University in London,…
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As Japan welcomes record numbers of tourists, the high-tech toilets that inhabit one of the country’s more private attractions are becoming a staple in luxury bathrooms around the world.Bidet toilets, with their heated seats and sophisticated cleaning technology, are the norm in Japan, with more than 80 percent of homes equipped with them, according to a government survey.Now, sales are soaring overseas, especially in the US, thanks to A-list bidet enthusiasts like Drake, the Kardashians and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Toto, the Japanese company that pioneered the electric bidet and claims to have sparked a “global revolution from wiping to washing,” said its…