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AHMEDABAD: All necessary preparations are in place for the counting of votes on Tuesday for elections to 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, where the BJP is eyeing another landslide victory while the Indian National Congress is hoping to thwart the saffron powerhouse.The counting of votes will take place at 26 polling stations from 8 am on Tuesday under three levels of security, officials said.Elections for 25 of Gujarat’s 26 Lok Sabha seats were held simultaneously on May 7.More than 250 candidates ran in the polls, with turnout reaching 60.13 percent.The BJP has already struck its first blow, with Mukesh…

Palestinian health officials said Israeli military attacks killed 11 people, including one woman and three children, in central Gaza between overnight and Monday.An attack on a home in the crowded Bureiji refugee camp late Sunday night killed four people, including three children. A second attack early Monday killed seven people, including one woman, in Nuseirat refugee camp.Earlier in the day, the Israeli military announced that the body of a man believed to be a hostage had been found in a village near the Gaza border that had been attacked by Hamas fighters on October 7.US President Joe Biden said Friday…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has accused two Chinese nationals of spying for Britain, posing a new test for increasingly tense relations between the two countries.China and Britain are at odds over Beijing’s crackdown on freedom of speech and open elections in Hong Kong, a former British territory that has been guaranteed economic and political freedoms for 50 years since it was handed over to China in 1997.China’s main intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, announced in a social media message on Monday that it had uncovered a major espionage case involving a married couple known only by their surname,…

(NewsNation) — A new poll finds Hispanic small business owners are split on their support for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election, with many remaining undecided. A poll by the United States Hispanic Business Council (USHBC) found that 14% of its members who previously supported Biden are now undecided, while 9% who voted for Trump in 2020 are also still undecided. Overall, about one in five Hispanic USHBC members say they are undecided about the next presidential election. Majority of independents say Trump received ‘fair trial’: poll The survey highlights Hispanic voters as…

The lobby of City Hall was awash in crimson and gold as Mayor Brandon Johnson and a small group of local Asian American politicians convened for a Lunar New Year celebration.Flanked by a cadre of young, bedazzled Chinese lion dancers, Johnson attempted to honor Ald. Nicole Lee for being the first Asian American to represent Chicago’s 11th Ward. But Lee, also the City Council’s first alderman of Chinese descent, was soon wincing at how he described her Near South Side community — the city’s first Asian-majority ward.“We’re a city that can elect an Asian American woman to a ward that…

PRAGUE — When an associate of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies launched a pro-Kremlin media outlet here in May 2023, Czech counterintelligence officers began keeping careful watch.For nearly a year, European intelligence officials said, the Czech authorities secretly recorded hours of meetings between several far-right politicians from across Europe and the associate, Artem Marchevsky, who was running the propaganda website, Voice of Europe, including at its offices on a quiet side street in the center of Prague. E.U. and Czech authorities, which have shut down the site, have labeled Voice of Europe a Russian propaganda operation.The Czech…

As the race intensifies to find sustainability and emissions-reduction solutions around the world, Massachusetts could soon become a new leader in climate and environmental technology.Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s $1 billion proposal to make Massachusetts a global leader in climate technology and the emergence of environmental startups and think tanks are among the reasons the Bay State could soon emerge as the nation’s climate solutions hub.But Massachusetts experts say the infrastructure for seeing environmental initiatives through from their inception to the open market has long existed in a state that is home to some of the world’s most prestigious research institutions…

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Numan’s Cafe & Sports Bar in Downtown Johnson City held a memorial event Sunday in memory of its beloved namesake, Jean Numan. “They enjoyed being here,” said Herbert Neumann, Jan Neumann’s youngest son, “They enjoyed spending time with people and having a good time. So we’re really going to miss them and we’re going to keep the business going for them.” Jean Nouman and her late husband Dan met in the restaurant business in Florida. After a while, they moved to Texas to start a family, where Jean stayed in the restaurant business and Dan…

Copa America 2024 is fast approaching, and national teams are preparing to take on the football tournament in top form. The U.S. national team will be playing for the first time since defeating Mexico (0-2) in the CONCACAF Nations League final in March. Thanks to goals from Tyler Adams and Giovanni Reyna.Along with Uruguay, the United States is the favorite to advance from Group C. Bolivia and Panama will also compete for a place in the quarterfinals..Meanwhile, Colombia will be in top form heading into the match. The South Americans are undefeated in their last 21 matches across all competitions.This…

Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko believes sport can give new meaning to the lives of amputees and people who became disabled in the war with Russia (Genya Sabirov)Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko told AFP that sport was giving “new dreams and goals” to Ukrainian veterans injured in the war with Russia.Some of these veteran players are currently playing for the Ukrainian national team taking part in the Euro 2024 amputee football championship in France.Shevchenko, the 2004 Ballon d’Or winner and son of a “military man”, is president of the Ukrainian Football Association (UFA) and conceived the project to help war…