A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has been involved in an accident, state media reports. Reports say the helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – made a “hard landing” after it got into difficulties in heavy fog in the north of the country Interior Minister…
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News Toxic Political Culture Has Even Some Slovaks Calling Country ‘a Black Hole.’
More than a quarter century has passed since the United States called Slovakia a “black hole in the center of Europe” — an island of autocratic malaise surrounded by spry new democracies. The insult, leveled in 1997 by Secretary of State Madeline Albright against a country that has since joined NATO and the European Union,…
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News RFK Jr. insists he meets CNN’s criteria to join Trump, Biden on presidential debate stage: ‘I qualify’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fight to join the presidential debate stage is far from over, he told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, as he insists his team is “in discussion” with CNN to make sure he appears alongside President Biden and former President Donald Trump. “CNN published a list of criteria for candidates getting…
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News Who is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?
Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his country’s regional influence — backing militant proxies across the Middle East, expediting the country’s nuclear program and bringing the country to the brink of war with Israel. But…
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News Officials blame climate change as mosquitoes swarm Texas town
Officials are pointing the finger at climate change as a Texas town battles with another spring of exploding mosquito populations. “If you open the car door to go somewhere, you’ve got 10 mosquitoes inside,” Mith Varley, a resident of the Houston suburb of Conroe, Texas, said of the issue, according to a report in the…
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News Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut
More than 60 years after Edward Dwight was chosen to be the first Black astronaut, only to see his place in the history of space exploration taken and deferred by the specter of racism and politics, he went to space on Sunday morning. After landing, at the end of a flight that lasted 9 minutes…
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News ‘We’ll See You at Your House’: How Fear and Menace Are Transforming Politics
One Friday last month, Jamie Raskin, a Democratic congressman from Maryland, spent a chunk of his day in court securing a protective order. It was not his first. Mr. Raskin, who played a leading role in Donald J. Trump’s second impeachment hearing, said he received about 50 menacing calls, emails and letters every month that…
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News Auburn running back wounded in deadly Florida shooting: reports
Auburn Tigers running back Brian Battie was wounded in a shooting in Florida on Saturday that left at least one other person dead, according to multiple reports. Battie was in critical condition after the shooting in Sarasota, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. Battie’s brother, Tommie Battie IV, 24, was the other victim. He was pronounced dead…
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News English courts consider nixing mandatory wigs for barristers amid concerns they’re ‘culturally insensitive’
Courts in the United Kingdom are considering whether to nix mandatory wigs for barristers amid concerns the dress code requirement is “culturally insensitive.” “Following questions from barristers about wigs and hair discrimination, the Bar Council set up a working group to consider court dress in the context of all protected characteristics,” a spokesperson for the…
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Kenya news Govt Publishes List of Licensed Chemists After Crackdown
The government has requested Kenyans to purchase medical supplies from only licensed outlets. Related Posts Family picks Thanksgiving chores using a ‘draft’ — plus top baby name booted off trending list Colleen Rast Cederberg, 31, said the “Thanksgiving Draft” is complete with a point system and each family member must do Read more As Mexico…
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