Government and politics

Ukraine war live updates: Russia raises conscription age limit; Zelenskyy gives fresh corruption warning

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[ad_1] North Korea and Russia to strengthen cooperation, Defense Minister Shoigu says Russia and North Korea on Wednesday announced plans to strengthen their defense cooperation, Reuters reported Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying. “I am convinced that today’s talks will contribute to strengthening cooperation between our defense departments,” Shoigu said after a meeting in Pyongyang … Read more

Spain’s election ends with no clear majority, throwing the country into political limbo

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[ad_1] The leader and candidate of conservative Partido Popular (People’s Party) Alberto Nunez Feijoo. Oscar Del Pozo | Afp | Getty Images Spain’s election Sunday ended with no clear majority for either of the two main parties, throwing Europe’s fourth-largest economy into political limbo. With all votes counted, Spain’s conservative Partido Popular party secured 136 … Read more

Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court

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[ad_1] A voter wearing a protective mask enters a polling location in Opelika, Alabama, U.S., on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alabama Republicans on Friday defied a U.S. Supreme Court order by passing a new congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district. The GOP-controlled Legislature had called a special session to … Read more

Chinese hackers breached email accounts of top U.S. diplomats

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[ad_1] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China’s Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Leah MILLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Leah Millis | Afp | … Read more

Convicted Ponzi schemer granted clemency by Trump charged with new Ponzi scheme

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[ad_1] Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures about weight lifting as he speaks at a Republican volunteer recruitment event at Fervent, a Calvary Chapel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2023.  Mario Tama | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence for running a … Read more

Singapore’s ‘squeaky clean’ image takes a beating as scandals rock the government

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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – SEPTEMBER 11: Prime Minister and People’s Action Party (PAP) Secretary General, Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Dr Koh Poh Koon (R) celebrate after winning their seat for Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) on September 11, 2015 in Singapore. Suhaimi Abdullah | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Political … Read more

Two Singapore lawmakers resign after admitting to ‘inappropriate relationship’

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[ad_1] Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s prime minister and leader of the People’s Action Party (PAP), walks and talks with people in Singapore on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg via Getty Images Singapore’s government was dealt a further blow on Monday, following the resignations of two lawmakers from the ruling party who admitted … Read more

Ukraine war live updates: 500 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion; Kyiv’s allies to meet in Vilnius this week

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[ad_1] Questions linger over Turkey’s opposition to Sweden’s NATO accession NATO allies will meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, from July 11-12 for discussions set to focus on ongoing Russian hostilities in Ukraine and Sweden’s bid to enter the coalition. Turkey, which provides NATO’s second-largest military force, has opposed the accession, repeatedly citing security concerns over Stockholm’s … Read more

Chris Christie doubles down on Trump attacks and Social Security cuts

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[ad_1] Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie arrives to speak at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Drew Angerer | Getty Images Former New Jersey Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie launched his latest blitz against … Read more

RFK Jr. touted bitcoin, but said he wasn’t an investor. Financial records show otherwise

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[ad_1] Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic candidate for president, stood at the world’s biggest bitcoin conference in Miami in May and told the crowd, “I am not an investor and I am not here to give investment advice.” Then he announced he would be accepting campaign donations in bitcoin. What Kennedy didn’t tell the … Read more