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5 key issues at stake in the upcoming 2024 Mexican elections

admin1March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 20240217

Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president. Ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum leads in polls on the race leading to the June 2 vote. The second-place candidate is also a woman. A man running for a small third party essentially has no chance of winning. Popular President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is barred......

The EU plans to fast-track some financial aid to Egypt. The usual funding safeguards will not apply

admin1March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 2024082

The European Union intends to fast-track some of its aid money to Egypt using an urgent funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards, according to the president of the bloc’s executive branch. The 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) intended for this is part of a larger package of......

2 dead as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

admin1March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 20240103

A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, while another died in an attack in the northeast, officials said Sunday. The attack in Lviv destroyed a building and sparked a fire, Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on social media app Telegram. He said that......

In setback to Turkey’s Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election

admin1March 31, 2024March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 2024March 31, 2024084

Turkey’s main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday’s local elections, preliminary results showed, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas. With nearly 60% of the ballot boxes......

King Charles shakes hands, chats with crowd at most significant public outing since cancer diagnosis

admin1March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 2024087

King Charles III shook hands and chatted with onlookers after attending an Easter service at Windsor Castle on Sunday in his most significant public outing since being diagnosed with cancer last month. The king, dressed in a dark overcoat and shiny blue tie, smiled as he made his way along a rope......

Israel’s Netanyahu will undergo hernia surgery on Sunday, his office says

admin1March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 2024085

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia, his office said, at a time when he is waging a war against Hamas in Gaza, and less than a year after he was fitted with a pacemaker. “On Saturday night, during a routine checkup......

I had abs. I was in the best shape. But I was miserable the fitness fanatic who quit the gym

admin1March 31, 2024March 31, 2024

by admin1March 31, 2024March 31, 20240117

hen you’re making any kind of change, it’s messy and uncertain; making mistakes with a large audience is trickier,” says Sophie Aris of her switch away from online bodybuilding and fitness. When the now 36-year-old joined the early cohort of fitness influencers posting about weightlifting and nutrition in 2015, she......

Suspect arrested after hostage drama unfolds in Netherlands town

admin1March 30, 2024March 30, 2024

by admin1March 30, 2024March 30, 2024089

One person has been detained after allegedly taking hostages at a bar in the central Dutch town of Ede, according to local authorities. The incident prompted authorities to evacuate about 150 homes in the area, local police said. They said the assailant’s motive was unclear but there was no indication......

Europe in ‘pre-war era,’ warns Poland’s Prime Minister Tusk, citing Russia’s threat

admin1March 30, 2024March 30, 2024

by admin1March 30, 2024March 30, 2024093

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Europe is in a “pre-war era” but still has a “long way to go” before its ready to confront the threat posed by Russia. “War is no longer a concept from the past. It is real, and it started over two years ago. The most......

“The Gaza Strip, after the ongoing genocide, is only suitable for one thing!”

admin1March 30, 2024March 31, 2024

by admin1March 30, 2024March 31, 20240126

Amidst the ongoing massacre of Palestinian civilians, accompanied by a disturbing silence from the international community and a lack of effective political intervention, a Palestinian individual described to “Falcon Powers” newspaper that the Gaza Strip has become unsuitable for any purpose – neither for decent living nor for a normal......

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