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Prescott knew what it took to keep Labour in power 2024-11-21
AOL

The Labour Party is fond of balance. When smooth, middle class barrister Tony Blair became its leader in 1994, plain-speaking, pugnacious, working class John Prescott was the perfect man to balance the ticket. Similarly, when it became apparent that Left-wing puritan Jeremy Corbyn would be the...

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Gautam Adani, indicted in US, is a controversial first-generation Indian tycoon 2024-11-21
The Jakarta Post

I ndian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted in New York over a $265 million bribery scheme, is a first-generation tycoon whose phenomenal rise has been accompanied by a series of damaging controversies at home and abroad. Asia's...

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‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety 2024-11-21
AOL

Abdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that fleeing one conflict would mean running straight into another. After escaping his country’s civil war and seeking refuge in Ethiopia, he found himself on the run again after a refugee camp he’d settled in came under attack...

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‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Life in the world’s most polluted city 2024-11-21
CNN

Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath. The 64-year-old’s asthma has worsened in recent days, and his daughter rushed him to the clinic, anxious about his rapidly deteriorating health. Sitting in the waiting room, Rajak...

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The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off Chrome 2024-11-21
CNN

The US government formally proposed a partial breakup of Google on Wednesday, urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company’s Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year finding that Google had violated US antitrust law with its search business. The request by the Justice Department...

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A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia’s Parliament 2024-11-21
Wtop

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit,...

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Le Pen threatens to topple government over cost of living 2024-11-20
Business Day

Paris — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday threatened to seek to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s fragile coalition government if her National Rally (RN) party’s cost-of-living concerns were not incorporated into the 2025 budget. Le Pen’s warning shot comes as she faces a major...

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Pressure mounts on Scholz over bid for second term 2024-11-20
Khaleejtimes

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was under growing pressure Tuesday to step aside as the top candidate of his Social Democrats (SPD) for snap polls in February, as the party heads for a historic drubbing. Senior members of the SPD joined the chorus of voices calling for him to make way for popular...

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Britain is falling apart – but Keir Starmer is nowhere to be seen 2024-11-20
AOL

It’s getting increasingly difficult to imagine a man more out of his depth, more tone deaf and more downright away with the fairies when it comes to the business of running Britain. This week it was clearer than ever that Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t have a clue how the people of this country feel, what...

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Out of picture: Biden, Trudeau and Meloni miss 'family photo' at G20 2024-11-20
The Times of India

Under sunshine and clear blue skies against a picture-perfect backdrop of Rio's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, the Group of 20 leaders gathered for their 'family photo'. There was just one snag: US President Joe Biden was missing. The traditional photo opportunity descended into farce on Monday when...

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