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June 4 Created History In Andhra Pradesh Politics: CM Naidu
MENAFN
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June 4, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Amaravati, June 4 (IANS) On completion of the first year of TDP-led NDA's victory in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said June 4, 2024, was the day that created history in the state politics. "The...
Sahrawi delegation meets with Mauritanian political party leaders
Sahara Press Service
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Nouakchott (Mauritania), June 3, 2025 (SPS) – A Sahrawi delegation, led by Mr. Hamma Salama, President of the National Council, member of the National Secretariat, met with leaders of Mauritanian political parties on the sidelines of his official...
Opposition political parties have mixed reaction to WC's R270bn budget
Eye Witness News
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CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape's budget has been met with mixed reactions from opposition political parties. On Tuesday, provincial Finance MEC Deidre Baartman retabled an almost R270 billion budget for the province for the next three years. The...
“Antisemitism” The Making of Our Political Panic
CounterPunch
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June 4, 2025
On May 15, 2025, Logan Rozos was the selected student speaker at NYU’s Gallatin School commencement. Briefly addressing the large crowd of faculty, students, their families and friends, Rozos offered brief remarks condemning “the current...
2027: The political bell rings too early
The Sun Nigeria
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June 4, 2025
From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja As every general election in the country draws nearer, particularly since the beginning of the Fourth Republic, a combination of traditional, negative and positive incidents typically unfold, heralding the election season...
Wednesday's papers: Youth on antidepressants, politics out of Pride, and bargain bakes
Yle Uutiset
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June 4, 2025
The use of antidepressants among young adults has nearly doubled over the past 10 years, according to data from the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Kela. Helsingin Sanomat reports a sharp rise in antidepressant use among young women, with...
COMMENTARY: Democrats failing the political math of Boulder attack
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nevada
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June 4, 2025
Democrats have a math problem: “No Person Is Illegal” + “Free, Free Palestine” = Jews set ablaze by an antisemitic undocumented immigrant in Boulder, Colorado The question now is whether the party can change the calculations with its current...
The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, stalks British politics
The Guardian
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June 4, 2025
We need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime minister who failed faster than any previous holder of the office has much to say about her dismal record, but nothing insightful. She cuts a pitiful spectacle...
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians
The Guardian
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June 4, 2025
In Denmark, we like to think of ourselves as being in the vanguard of freedom of expression. We were the first country in the world to legalise pornography. We insisted on the right to publish caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Rather than...
Iraqi PM and CF attempt to starve people, Kurdish politician warns
Shafaq News
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2025-06-03T22:42:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Hoshyar Zebari criticized the federal government’s decision to halt funding for salaries of public employees in...
Kurdish politician warns of political fallout over Baghdad salary freeze
Shafaq News
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2025-06-03T22:42:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Hoshyar Zebari criticized the federal government’s decision to halt funding for salaries of public employees in...
Ludhiana: Political row erupts as court bars sports body officials’ arrest
Hindustan Times
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June 4, 2025
Just weeks before the crucial Ludhiana West byelection, the court of additional sessions judge Amandeep Kaur has granted interim protection from arrest to three senior members of the Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA). These include...
The political deadlock in Taiwan
The Hindu
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June 4, 2025
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visits the Republic of China Military Academy, an officer training academy, for its 100th anniversary celebrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS On May 20, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te...
Opinion: Politicians fail on ‘forgotten’ drought
The Geelong Advertiser
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June 4, 2025
Twenty four months. Just 86 kilometres. That’s the sum total of Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s token acknowledgment of the devastating drought gripping vast swathes of the state. The “forgotten drought”, as desperate farmers and locals have...
First lady Kim Hye-kyung: President Lee's steely 'political partner' seeks to avoid limelight
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jun. 2025, 11:58 Kim Hye-kyung, wife of liberal Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, looks around inside a Catholic church on Sorok Island in Goheung, South Jeolla, on the morning of May 27. [YONHAP] Kim Hye-kyung,...
‘First thing I did upon landing…’: How Shashi Tharoor, other politicians reacted to RCB’s maiden IPL victory
Hindustan Times
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June 4, 2025
The streets of Bengaluru echoed with the sound of crackers and chants of ‘Ee Sala Cup Namde’ (this time the cup is ours) on Tuesday night, as Royal Challengers Bengaluru or RCB clinched their first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title, ending an...
Love him or hate him, Farage's easy manner and plain speaking are setting the political agenda
Express & Star
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June 4, 2025
To his supporters he is a man of the people, the great white hope to a population that has grown weary of the traditional parties, and their apparent inability to live up to their promises. To his detractors, he is the enemy of progressive values,...
Lee Jae-myung Wins South Korean Presidential Election Following Political Turmoil
teleSUR
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South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung as new president following impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.Photo:EFE. June 3, 2025 Hour: 8:45 pm Lee Jae-myung, candidate of the Democratic Party, wins the June 3, 2025, snap presidential election in South Korea with...
‘Save Our Sheep’ billboards aiming at politicians in Wellington
Wellington Scoop
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News from Federated Farmers Federated Farmers have taken the fight for the future of New Zealand sheep farming to the streets of Wellington, with bold digital billboards visible directly from Ministers’ Beehive offices. The message to politicians...
Reality star Anne Batley-Burton joins local politics to combat Auckland CBD crime
The New Zealand Herald
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June 4, 2025
She said she is sick of crime in places like the Viaduct in the CBD, where it’s “got to the point where a lot of people say, ‘Maybe I won’t go down there on a busy night’. “There are so many bad things happening. It’s quite scary,” she said. “A...