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Sharon Osbourne blasts Coachella, Kneecap and Green Day for making festival political
Contactmusic
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Sharon Osbourne has slammed Kneecap for "incorporating aggressive political statements" into their Coachella set after they made calls to Free Palestine. By Lizzie Baker Tuesday, April 22, 2025 12:00 PM By Lizzie Baker Tuesday, April 22, 2025...
We must reform political campaign financing – Nsarkoh
Ghana News Agency
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June 21, 2025
By Kodjo Adams Accra, June 21, GNA – Mr Yaw Nsarkoh, former Executive Vice President, Global Markets Unilever, has called for a comprehensive reform of Ghana’s political campaign funding to advance democratic governance. “Today, no one really...
Capehart Claims GOP is Afraid 'Of Being Human' on Political Rhetoric
NewsBusters
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June 21, 2025
If one were only to watch Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour, they would come away with the impression that “rotten” political rhetoric is mainly a right-wing phenomenon. Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart went so far as to claim...
We have the tools to stop political violence. Gov. Whitmer can use them.
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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The tragic and horrific assassination of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband last weekend brings into stark relief the alarming and rapidly escalating threat posed by targeted violence in the United States ― particularly...
Belarus frees 14 political prisoners following talks with US
Ukrainska Pravda
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The regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko released 14 political prisoners on 21 June, the day Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, visited Minsk. Source: Belarusian newspaper Nasha Niva, as reported by...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister On The Release Of Belarusian Political Prisoners: It's Not The End Yet
Charter 97
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3 Kęstutis Budris The Lukashenko regime should release all prisoners of conscience. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kiastutis Budrys commented on the release of 14 political prisoners by the Lukashenko regime. The Lithuanian minister wrote about it in...
Tinubu attributes West Africa’s intra-regional trade below 10% to leaders’ lack of political will
The Sun Nigeria
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June 21, 2025
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Bola Tinubu, speaking at the inaugural West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) in Abuja on Saturday, squarely attributed the persistently low intra-regional trade in West Africa—currently below 10%—to a lack...
China Considers Lifting Sanctions on UK Politicians Expressing Concerns About New Embassy Plans
The Epoch Times
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June 21, 2025
China is considering lifting sanctions on British politicians, but some Parliament members are concerned the move could be tied to plans for a new Chinese embassy in London. Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat and head of the Chinese Communist...
Thailand continues trade talks with US despite political turmoil
VietnamPlus
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June 21, 2025
Bangkok (VNA) – The tariff negotiations between Thailand and the US will proceed despite domestic political tensions, Thai Minister of Commerce Pichai Naripthaphan said on June 20. Pichai said the trade talks with the US are important and need to...
Maharashtra Politics: Tensions Flare In MahaYuti As Shiv Sena Ministers Await CMO Approval For Private Secretary Appointments
Free Press Journal
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Maharashtra Politics: Tensions Flare In MahaYuti As Shiv Sena Ministers Await CMO Nod For Private Secretary Appointments | ANI Even after completing six months in power, the internal discord between alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena in...
Belarus releases Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 other political prisoners after Lukashenko meets with Trump envoy
Meduza
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The Belarusian authorities have released 14 political prisoners, including Siarhei Tsikhanouski, the husband of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, according to the newspaper Nasha Niva. John Coale, an aide to U.S. presidential envoy Keith...
UN political chief stresses urgency for diplomacy to defuse Israeli-Ir...
The Morung Express
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United Nations, June 21 (IANS): UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo stressed the urgency for diplomacy to de-escalate the tensions between Israel and Iran. The window to prevent a catastrophic escalation and achieve a...
Afang, IHRPS-N President, Urges Tinubu To Muster Political Will To End Benue Killings
Daily Independent
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June 21, 2025
8 An international human rights organisation, the International Human Rights Protection Service – Nigeria (IHRPS-N), has expressed grief over the escalating bloodshed in Benue State, urging President Bola Tinubu to muster political will to end...
“What Smart Politics Looks Like: Periods, Policies, and Progress”
The Voice
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June 21, 2025
The Procrastinator’s Library By Kerwin Eloise “Let’s talk about periods. Uncomfortable right? He wants to talk about period panties, tampons and pads and the related queasiness that all people feel when they hear such a word. Well snap out of it....
Leo XIV: defending the weak and natural law are paths to good politics
PIME AsiaNews
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June 21, 2025
The pontiff met with elected officials and administrators from 68 countries who came to the Vatican for the Jubilee of Governments. The promotion of religious freedom and the challenges posed by artificial intelligence are among the priorities he...
Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem review- A guide for the thin skinned politicians
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 21, 2025
Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem is a documentary about the ‘trainwreck’ which Robert Ford found himself in during that mayoral run, and the struggles he had to go through in order to confront the scandalous situations Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem...
Astro pop politics and our need to put down the fricken phone
The Lafourche Gazette - Louisiana
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June 21, 2025
Do you remember Astropops? They were these big, tasty lollipops that we got from gas stations as kids in the 1990s. Man, those were so good. I remember the excitement when we’d ask Mom and Dad for one and they’d agree. We’d get home, rip it open,...
SNP is using devolution for its lazy politics of divide and rule
The Times
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For neither the first nor, I fear, the last time, today’s text comes courtesy of Wilkins Micawber. The relationship between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom in the devolved era is one in which, as far as the Scots are concerned, our...
How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?
South China Morning Post
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June 21, 2025
Convinced that his vision for the future of artificial intelligence was superior to that of OpenAI head Sam Altman and former Google chief executive Larry Page, Elon Musk cut ties with Page and parted ways with OpenAI, which he helped found in...
Bharat Mata row: BJP accuses Congress and Left of vote-bank politics, sparks political storm in Kerala
The Statesman (India)
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June 21, 2025
Former BJP Kerala president K Surendran on Saturday accused the Congress and Left parties of opposing Bharat Mata and the saffron flag to appease Muslim communalists. Speaking to media persons in Kochi, Surendran alleged that the Congress and Left...