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The secret to Trump’s success is America’s distress
Donald Trump’s staying power despite scandal, corruption and malfeasance is truly remarkable. By all rights, his presidential campaign should be deader than South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) dog. But he easily won his party’s presidential nod and is running about even with President Biden in the...
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California needs constitutional change to get serious about homelessness
I’m fortunate I wasn’t sexually assaulted while living on the streets of Los Angeles County. Many unhoused women are, and some repeatedly — though being attacked three times helped me qualify for a shelter bed. On any given night in Los Angeles County, more than 22,300 women are homeless. When...
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Iranians vote in parliamentary runoff election after hard-liners dominate initial balloting
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. People in 22 constituencies across the country...
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Key takeaways from Xi Jinping’s European tour to France, Serbia and Hungary
Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded a five-day tour of Europe, after visiting France, Serbia and Hungary, where he touted Beijing’s vision of a multipolar world and held talks on trade, investments and Russia’s war in Ukraine. In France, President Emmanuel Macron feted Xi with gifts of luxury...
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Tension with Israel represents only one of Biden’s immense election challenges
If Joe Biden wins a second term later this year, he will have defied one of the most complex political environments for a president seeking reelection in years. At home and abroad, he is facing the kind of headwinds that would normally cast severe doubt on his chances of convincing voters that they...
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‘The next decade belongs to India’: Meet the winners of rising power’s economic boom
As Indians head to the polls in a massive ongoing nationwide election, much attention has focused on the country’s explosive growth under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. During his past decade in office, India’s fast-growing economy has become the world’s fifth largest as the country woos...
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North Macedonia elects first woman president
Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the opposition conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, center top, and their presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, (center bottom), attend a celebration on the main square after their party announced victory in the presidential and parliamentary elections, in...
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Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green ...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month’s time, which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from the bloc’s global trendsetting climate...
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New Axis and liberal international order
By Kim Sang-woo The fragmented global response to the war in Ukraine shows that while the U.S. and its allies see policies as rooted in efforts to preserve the liberal international order (LIO), many emerging countries see them differently. The emerging countries see it as part of an effort by a...
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Can we grow plants on Moon? NASA's Artemis III mission plans to study possibilities; all you need to know
NASA's Artemis III is set to be a mission in 2026 that will carry a unique payload designed to explore the feasibility of growing plants in the lunar environment.NASA has selected the first scientific instruments for astronauts to deploy on...
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