National
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France Celebrates National Day As Political Crisis Rumbles On
France does not know where its government is headed and on Sunday the armed forces will also take an unusual detour at the start of their annual Bastille Day march.…
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Scottish National Party Slump Could Hit Independence Aims
The Scottish National Party was forecast to suffer its worst result in a British general election since 2010 on Thursday, dealing a blow to Scotland’s flagging independence movement. An exit…
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Fang Hsu’s Incredible Work At Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center
Fang Hsu This prestigious project, set to have its grand opening on June 28th, with the President of the United States in attendance, commemorates the pivotal Stonewall Uprising that ignited…
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National Amusements Strikes Deal To Sell Paramount Stake To Skydance Media
Shari Redstone’s National Amusements has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its controlling stake in Paramount Global to David Ellison’s Skydance Media, according to a report. Paramount had reportedly stopped…
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One Killed In Kenya Protests Amid Calls For National Strike
A man died on the sidelines of mass demonstrations by Kenyan youth against proposed tax hikes, police said Friday, with protesters calling for a national strike in the coming week.…
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South Africa’s ANC Eyes National Unity Government
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday that his African National Congress (ANC) would seek to form a government of national unity, after failing to win an outright majority in…
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National Safety Shelters’ Mini Saferoom Project at Concord School District Applauded by Community
In today’s environment, parents can’t help but feel at least a tiny bit of worry when their child is at school. Two of the threats schoolchildren are exposed to are…
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US-based Vattikuti Foundation to nurture 20 medical students in India in robotic surgery
US-based Vattikuti Foundation on Friday announced to launch ‘Vattikuti Explorers’, a national competition aimed at identifying 20 innovative medical students in India and nurturing them in the field of robotic…
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Canada orders dissolution of two firms, citing national security concerns
Canada ordered on Friday (May 24) the dissolution of two technology companies’ businesses in the country, citing national security concerns. The companies, Bluvec Technologies and Pegauni Technology, were given the…
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Swiss National Bank’s chairman against issuing retail central bank digital currency
THE Swiss National Bank sees no need for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be issued to the general public, chairman Thomas Jordan said on Monday (Apr 8). “Consumers…
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Zimbabwe Declares El Nino Drought A National Disaster
Zimbabwe declared drought a national disaster on Wednesday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the country needs $2 billion in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry. A…
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Haiti Gangs Loot National Library, Threatening Historic Documents
Haiti’s National Library was looted Wednesday by armed gangs terrorizing the Caribbean nation’s capital Port-au-Prince amid extended political paralysis, its director told AFP. Dangelo Neard said the history of Haiti…
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Hong Kong’s New National Security Law Comes Into Force
Hong Kong’s new national security law came into force on Saturday, putting into immediate effect tough penalties of up to life imprisonment for crimes including treason and insurrection. The law…
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Swiss National Bank surprises with quarter point interest rate cut
THE Swiss National Bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.5 per cent on Thursday (Mar 21), a surprise move which made it the first major…
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Blinken Says Fighting Disinfo ‘Vital US National Security Interest’
Fighting disinformation including AI-enabled content is a “vital” national security interest and diplomatic priority for the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday at a democracy summit in…
