Congressional leaders reach deal to avert shutdown and fund government through Dec. 20
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders reach deal to avert shutdown and fund government through Dec. 20.
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Malay MailCourt to seize and sell Jamal Yunos’ house after failure to pay Teresa Kok RM50,000 in defamation suit costs
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — DAP’s Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has obtained a court order to seize and sell Umno leader Datuk Seri Ja...
- Malay Mail
Reprieve on RM83m: Cabinet cancels Utar’s hefty tax bill
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The Cabinet has provided a major relief to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) by cancelling the...
- Malay Mail
The struggle to become Malaysian: Why Putrajaya’s draft citizenship amendments might worsen Sabah’s stateless dilemma instead of fixing it
In Sabah, up to 500,000 people face statelessness due to factors like mixed-race marriages, poverty, and remote locat...
- The Independent
UK politics live: Cleverly knocked out in huge Tory leadership shock to set up Badenoch and Jenrick clash
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick locked in final battle to replace Rishi Sunak as new leader
- Reuters
Biden announces new rule to remove all US lead pipes in a decade
(Reuters) -The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is particularly dangerous to infants and children. The White House has made removing every lead pipe within 10 years in the United States a centerpiece of its plan to address racial disparities and environmental issues in the wake of water contamination crises in recent years from Newark, New Jersey to Flint, Michigan. In a Milwaukee speech to highlight the new rule, President Joe Biden said public officials have long understood the dangers lead pipes pose to the public, but it never had been given the national priority it deserved.
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France’s minority government survives a no-confidence vote, 2 weeks after taking office
France’s minority government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, two weeks after taking office, getting over the first hurdle placed by left-wing lawmakers to bring down new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The vote was a key test for Barnier, whose Cabinet is forced to rely on the far right’s good will to be able to stay in power, as the nation grapples with economic challenges exacerbated by global inflation. The no-confidence motion was brought by a left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front, composed of the hard-left France Unbowed, Socialists, Greens and Communists.
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North Korea holds key parliamentary meeting amid heightened tension
North Korea held a session of its Supreme People's Assembly this week, state media KCNA said on Wednesday, although there was no mention on whether it had officially changed its stance on unification between the Koreas. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have increased this year amid a series of missile tests and a push by Pyongyang to change how it relates to the South. There has been widespread expectation that the rubber-stamp parliament would remove references in the constitution on "unification" between the two Koreas, in line with comments in a speech by leader Kim Jong Un in January.
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Putin Officials Weigh In On MI5's Warning That Russia Wants To Create 'Mayhem' In UK
According to the Russian embassy in London, Moscow is the real target.
- The Independent
Boris Johnson claims Downing St flat ‘looked like a crack den’ in new ‘wallpapergate’ row
The former prime minister was embroiled in a scandal over the refurbishment of the Downing Street flat
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Japanese government caught out in ‘embarrassing’ photo editing row
Edits included tucking in the white shirts of Ishiba and defence minister Gen Nakatani, which were visible in the original media photos
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Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears
Two court rulings this week have delivered major blows to reproductive rights in Texas and Georgia but, during a crucial time in the election cycle, Democrats are seizing on them in an attempt to energize voters who support abortion access. Advocates hope the rulings will serve as reminders about what’s at stake in a post-Roe America just weeks before a presidential election that has been partly defined by competing visions of abortion rights and the sometimes harrowing consequences for women living in states with abortion bans. “Every time our opponents say the policies we have in place are fine and not as extreme as you think, this continual drumbeat of headlines illustrates the reality and galvanizes voters,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, which is providing money and other support for several ballot measure campaigns hoping to preserve or strengthen abortion rights.
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Trump White House ‘helped steer investigation’ into Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault allegations
‘There is no book and there are no procedures’ for supplemental background investigations, senator says. ‘You simply do what the White House tells you’
- The Independent
HS2 rail line will run into London Euston, transport secretary Louise Haigh hints
The government is expected to make an announcement around the time of the Budget
- The Independent
NYC Mayor Eric Adams former aide accused of destroying evidence in bribery probe
Seven senior officials in embattled mayor’s office have resigned since he was indicted two weeks ago
- HuffPost UK
Kemi Badenoch Will Fight It Out With Robert Jenrick To Be The Next Tory Leader
Conservatives lurch to the right as James Cleverly is voted out of the race to succeed Rishi Sunak.
- The Guardian
Go-Ahead transport group orders 1,200 ‘green buses’ from Wrightbus
Deal for electric zero-emission vehicles worth £500m supports 500 jobs in Northern Ireland and 2,000 more across UK
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Starmer: Sovereignty of Falkland Islands and Gibraltar not up for negotiation
Concerns over the territories were raised after the Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands.
- Reuters
US Supreme Court leans toward upholding Biden's 'ghost guns' restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Tuesday a willingness to uphold the legality of a 2022 regulation issued by President Joe Biden's administration cracking down on "ghost guns," largely untraceable firearms whose use has proliferated in crimes nationwide. The justices heard arguments in the administration's appeal of a lower court's decision declaring that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority in issuing the rule targeting parts and kits for ghost guns. Plaintiffs including parts manufacturers, gun owners and gun rights groups sued to block the rule in federal court in Texas.
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Military board substantiates misconduct but declines to fire Marine who adopted Afghan orphan
A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest levels of government will remain on active duty. A three-member panel of Marines said Tuesday that while Maj. Joshua Mast acted in a way unbecoming of an officer in his zealous quest to bring home the baby girl, it did not warrant his separation from the military. Lawyers for the Marine Corps argued Mast abused his position, disregarded orders of his superiors and mishandled classified information in his fight over the child who was found orphaned on the battlefield in rural Afghanistan in 2019.
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Officials release more videos of hesitant police response to Uvalde school shooting
Videos from the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that police originally failed to make public show officers scrambling to treat victims, parents running near the building and dozens of law enforcement agents standing outside Robb Elementary School. Taken together, the footage underlines the hesitant police response in the small South Texas city, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. In one chaotic scene, officers can be seen doing chest compressions on one victim outside and others yelling for help.