Iran protests rage on streets as officials renew threats
Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country’s southeast, even as the nation’s intelligence minister and army chief renewed threats against local dissent and the broader world. Meanwhile, a top official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed it had “managed to achieve” having so-called hypersonic missiles, […]
Arizona’s Maricopa County begins hand count audit as estimated 400K ballots unprocessed
Post Content Maricopa County election officials in Arizona’s most populous region have begun a hand count audit, officials announced late Wednesday. “The hand count audit has begun,” the county’s election department said on Twitter. “Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian party chairs drew the races and ballots that hand count audit boards will review Saturday. “This is […]
Democrats exceed midterm expectations after Biden avoided tight races
Post Content The Democratic Party exceeded midterm expectations in tossup races across the nation after President Biden campaigned in largely blue areas and shied away from many of the tougher contests. The president played it safe by mostly campaigning in secure Democratic states like New Mexico, California, Illinois and New York. His last event before […]
South Africa’s partners pledge R10.7-billion more for just transition
Read More South Africa’s loan agreements with France and Germany — R10.7-billion (€600- million) to assist the country to move away from coal to cleaner energy — will create the fiscal space to solve Eskom’s debt problem. This is according to sources in the treasury department, who confirmed money will be used by Eskom to […]
How are we complicit in the structural racial issues such as Stellenbosch University?
Read More It has been more than 25 years since our beautiful Constitution came into effect. Most of our laws implemented since then have focused on race, racism and the need to transform our unequal society. Yet institutions, government and the private sector fight for true equality on paper and in lip service only. This […]
UK set for new wave of strikes as civil servants and train drivers vote for action – politics live
Read More From 1h ago Around 100,000 civil servants, working in multiple government agencies, have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, pensions and jobs. As PA Media reports, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said the legal threshold for industrial action had been reached in 126 separate areas, covering workers including driving […]
Paul Ryan blames disappointing GOP election results on ‘Trump hangover’
Post Content Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said Republicans should have “done better” in Tuesday’s midterm elections, calling former President Trump a “drag on our ticket” that contributed to the party’s disappointing results. While interviewed from his home in Janesville, Wisconsin by local station WISN 12 News on Wednesday, Ryan said he was happy […]
Marine Corps Celebrates 247 Years
The Marine Corps commandant used the Corps’ annual birthday message to say that the service branch’s forces continue to “prepare for uncertainty.”
Midterm election vote counting uncompromised by cyberattacks, officials say
Post Content Cyber interference has not affected midterm vote counting, U.S. cybersecurity officials said Wednesday, as several key races that will determine whether Democrats or Republicans will control the House and Senate had yet to be called. U.S. and local officials said that no known digital interference breached vote-counting infrastructure. “We have seen no evidence […]
Heritage Foundation releases top 7 priorities to promote conservatism in next Congress
Post Content The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation has unveiled its list of top priorities for the new Congress and outlined a strategy to confront what it believes are the seven biggest challenges facing its mission of promoting public policies that focus on limited government, academic freedom, and other conservative principles. “We needed to identify […]
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