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Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju’s Election to AFN Board Challenged by Anibeze
Duro Ikhazuagbe Former Atlanta Olympic Games 4x400m silver medalist, Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju, has promised to bring to bear her experience as a former athlete, coach and administrator to the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria(AFN)....

Story of Vietnamese orphans who resettled here 50 years ago proves there are greater things than politics
Fifty years ago, near the end of the Vietnam War, as North Vietnamese troops headed south, the director of the Cam Ranh Christian Orphanage, Pastor Nguyen Xuan Ha — known to everyone as Mr. Ha —decided it was time to escape to somewhere safe. Mr....

Church and State: When to Leave the Pew Over Politics
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about Boomers, and took it in the teeth pretty good for it. Some commenters were genuinely offended, and I had a few trolls who were downright vulgar. While I care not a tuppence for trolls who cannot...

No 10 should strive for the release of a political prisoner in Cairo
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to do what he can to secure the release of Abd El-Fattah IAN DAVIDSON/ALAMY Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a human rights activist, has been in a Cairo prison for more than five years. As Egypt’s most prominent political...
It’s Election Day. Here’s what you need to know
Maine voters will head to polling places across the state Tuesday to approve or reject local school budgets. Voters in many communities also will elect municipal and school officials or decide the fate of capital projects that could increase their...

James Woods Tells Gavin Newsom to Resign Over L.A. ICE Riots: ‘When You Vote Democrat, You're Voting for This’
Actor James Woods told California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to resign over the Los Angeles U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots. “Our beautiful state burned and destroyed by invaders.” “You are such a fraud,” Woods told Newsom in a...

‘Dead on arrival:’ State Sen. Cabaldon, Delta Caucus draw ‘red line’ on fast-tracking Delta tunnel project
For decades, California officials have debated and discussed various projects to redirect more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta toward communities and farms in the southern portion of the state. The latest iteration of these plans...

City Announces Completion of 2025 City of Lubbock Storm Drain Art Murals, Opens Public Voting
The winners of the 2025 Storm Drain Art Project were hard at work last week, June 2nd-6th, painting murals on the storm drains at Texas Ave. & 13th St. These murals depict this year’s Storm Drain Art Project theme, “It all flows together.” Now...

SNS list wins most votes in Kosjeric local elections - commission
BELGRADE - Based on 100 pct of votes counted, a Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) electoral list won the most votes in Sunday's local elections in Kosjeric, western Serbia, the national electoral commission said on Monday. According to electoral...

N.J. governor's race heats up: What one political expert is watching in primary
New Jerseyans will pick a new governor in 2025 to replace the term-limited Democrat Phil Murphy. That process starts Tuesday with the state's primary election, when voters from both parties sift through crowded fields to nominate their candidates....

Macron leaves door open to potential new elections in France
Photo credit: .atlanticcouncil.org A year after dissolving the French parliament to call new elections in an effort to strengthen his hold on power, President Emmanuel Macron has not ruled out using the same tactic again. Speaking at a press...

How Tasmanian politicians' failure to listen or compromise affects you
The Greens and independents should have waited at least for the Labor budget reply and for the initial parliamentary debate on the stadium. They should have drawn some lines in the sand for the Government and Labor to respond to around the key...

Brit Hume: What Democrats are doing and saying about anti-ICE protests is 'politically insane'
Extremely violent warm-up to Colombia’s 2026 elections

Meadville R-IV to Refile Bond Issue for August Election Following April Clerical Error

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Missouri Freedom Caucus Chair steps down after voting in favor of stadium bill
Home/Latest News/Missouri Freedom Caucus Chair steps down after voting in favor of stadium bill (Missourinet) The Missouri Freedom Caucus the far-right wing group of Senate Republicans is at odds within itself after several members voted in favor...

Beyond politics: The elite’s role in nation-building, By Abubakar Suleiman
In the theatre of Nigerian public discourse, we have conflated two distinct concepts: politics and nation-building. This conflation has cost us dearly. Politics — the mechanism through which we elect leaders and allocate resources — has consumed...

German consumers’ pessimism rises amid economic, political concerns, survey shows
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -The economic and political sentiment among consumers in Germany is increasingly worsening, a European survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) showed on Tuesday. The study shows that 62% of Germans view the...