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Séamas O’Reilly: Ballymena violence is the result of politics based on scapegoating any ‘other’
Irish Examiner
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June 14, 2025
Ballymena is burning. Since Monday, protesters have descended on various streets in the Antrim town, following an alleged sexual assault of a girl. Two 14-year-old boys have been charged with attempted rape, both presumed to be of migrant origin...
Afghan man accused of planning an Election Day attack in the US pleads guilty
CNN
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June 13, 2025
AP — An Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of planning an Election Day attack in the US on behalf of the Islamic State group pleaded guilty Friday to terrorism-related charges in federal court. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, pleaded guilty to two offenses:...
Political Fallout: $45M Bitcoin Scandal Shakes Czech Leadership
Economy Watch
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June 13, 2025
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. A $45 million Bitcoin scandal has rocked the Czech government, triggering a no-confidence vote and forcing the...
Supreme Court Judge, Edo AG Seen Leaving Hotel Ahead of Gov Election Tribunal Appeal
Foundation for Investigative Journalism
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June 13, 2025
Chidi Odinkalu, a professor of international human rights law and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has claimed that Inyang Okoro, a Supreme Court Justice, and Samson Osagie, the Edo State Attorney-General, met at...
Soldiers are not political pawns
Taipei Times
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June 13, 2025
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has always stood firmly behind the welfare of our military personnel. Since taking office in 2016, the DPP administration has invested more than NT$25 billion (US$842.7 million) in improving military benefits...
Arvin Special Election: Meet Candidate Annabel Quintino Rubio
23 ABC News - California
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June 13, 2025
ARVIN, Calif. (KERO) — The race to fill the 5th seat in the Arvin City Council has officially begun! Meet Annabel Quintino Rubio, who's been living in Arvin for more than 50 years. Annabel Quintino Rubio is a candidate for the Arvin Special...
Lawsuit centers on power struggle over elections in Arizona's most populous county
Yahoo News
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PHOENIX (AP) — The top elections official in one of the nation’s most pivotal swing counties is suing the Maricopa County governing board over allegations that it's attempting to gain more control over how elections are administered. County...
AAP’s breakaway faction expels one of its own ‘for cross-voting’ in MCD zonal polls
The Indian Express
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June 14, 2025
Weeks after breaking away from the AAP and forming a separate front, leaders of Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP) have expelled one of their own — Vikas Nagar councillor Ashok Pandey — for “anti-party activities”. In the tangled world of the city’s...
Statement from Secretary Jena Griswold on Preliminary Injunction against Trump Elections Executive Order
Yellow Scene Magazine - Colorado
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June 13, 2025
SUPPORT LOCAL MEDIA-DONATE NOW! Denver, CO – Today a judge granted a preliminary injunction against key provisions of President Donald Trump’s March 25, 2025 executive order attempting to overhaul elections and impose strict requirements to...
Dawson seeks re-election to city council
Luverne Journal - Alabama
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June 13, 2025
Published 6:00 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 Betty Dawson, Luverne City Council representative for District 1, has announced her bid for re-election to the seat she has held for four years. “I began serving in 2021 following the passing of Charlie...
Former Liberal and Lambie MPs look to Nationals in Tasmanian election
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 13, 2025
Looking for a return to Tasmania's Parliament, John Tucker says he feels "vindicated". "I think that our politicians need to have a good, hard look at themselves and think about how they can learn how to work with people … I don't think that the...
Cybersecurity Strategy Shifts Amid Global Political Tensions
Bank Information Security - New Jersey
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Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Events , Fraud Management & Cybercrime NCC Group's Katharina Sommer on Why Nations Are Turning Inward on Cyber Defense Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 13, 2025 Katharina Sommer, group head, government...
ND GOP to Hold Leadership Election
KFYR TV - North Dakota
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June 13, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Saturday could be the most important republican event of the year in North Dakota. The GOP is electing new leadership amid divisions within the party. The incumbent chair, Sandy Sanford, won a close election two years ago...
Trump's DOJ demands Colorado for election records as President hangs onto 2020 'stolen election' claims
The Mirror US
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June 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold provide “all records” pertaining to the 2024 federal elections, a demand that many election experts deem unprecedented. The Department of Justice (DOJ),...
Afghan man pleads guilty to plotting US election day attack
Al-Monitor
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June 13, 2025
An Afghan man pleaded guilty on Friday to plotting to carry out an attack on US election day on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) group, the Justice Department said. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested in the central US state of Oklahoma in...
The Alex Padilla altercation was captured on video but still seen through a political lens
Los Angeles Times
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June 13, 2025
A day after federal agents forcibly restrained and handcuffed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla at a Los Angeles news conference, leaders of the country’s two political parties responded in what has become a predictable fashion — with diametrically opposed...
Qualifying opens for city elections
Gulf Coast Media - Alabama
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After a year postponement, residents seeking to run for elected positions in their city can qualify through June 24. Qualifying opened on June 10 and closes at 5 p.m. on June 24, with hours being 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candidates...
Lawrence author Tessa Gratton talks political resistance, telling marginalized stories in advance of their new book
The Lawrence Times - Kansas
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Share this post or save for later Lawrence writer Tessa Gratton works on all their books for multiple years, but they’ve been thinking about their newest work since the 2000s. “The Mercy Makers” began brewing at the start of the war in Iraq, where...
Funny and political Lincolnshire artist in King’s Birthday Honours
Lincolnshire Live
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June 13, 2025
A disabled Lincolnshire artist who uses his work to make people “laugh and then get emotional” has been honoured with an MBE. Jason Wilsher-Mills, who has used a wheelchair since suffering chicken pox as a child, creates colourful and psychedelic...
Democracy Day: Dickson slams Tinubu for silence on Rivers political crisis
Punch
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June 12, 2025
The lawmaker representing Bayelsa West, Senator Seriake Dickson, on Thursday, slammed President Bola Tinubu over his silence on the deepening political crisis in Rivers State — accusing the Federal Government of enabling a creeping “military-style...