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4Nov By AdminsNo Comments

US attacks vital Iranian island hours before polls open for midterm elections

The US has attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island overnight, part of a series of secret strikes on the regime in recent weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports. The attacks come hours before polls open in the US for the midterm elections, where the prolonged war with Iran looms as a major issue for voters. The Strait of Hormuz’s influence over the global economy has become alarmingly clear. AP It also comes hours after the president posted on Truth Social an indication that tensions would cool. "Oil Prices are DROPPING LIKE A ROCK, down almost $10 a Barrel, A RECORD, because people feel that there will not be a War with Iran," Trump wrote. "Iran wants a settlement, as soon as possible. It could happen!" A US official told CNN that today's attack was a "defensive measur...
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4Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Trump’s closing midterm message is on the topic voters care about the least

On the day before the election which will determine the fate of Donald Trump’s remaining time in office, the president has given a speech centred on an issue voters resoundingly don’t care about. Trump’s closing message was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. President Donald Trump holds a poster after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. AP Photo/Alex Brandon And rather than focusing on the cost of living and inflation, he spoke at substantial length about his renovation plans. There have been unflattering headlines about the reflecting pool after a botched renovation ordered by Trump resulted in the iconic landmark turning green. The administration also blamed peeling coating on vandalism, a claim that has since been deb...
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24Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Trump administration sues to block certification of upcoming Alaska election

Getty Images Senator Dan Sullivan, right, is in a tight race with Democratic contender Mary Peltola. The Trump administration wants to block the certification of the Senate election in Alaska if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses, arguing that another candidate with the same name may confuse voters. In a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday, the justice department said the inclusion of another Dan Sullivan on the ballot could lead some to mistakenly cast their votes for the wrong candidate. Polls suggest the race between Senator Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola is tight, with Peltola holding a narrow lead in the final days before the 3 November vote. The government wants the judge to bar the state from certifying the results if Senator S...
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24Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Ruins of Limoges city hall a symbol of France divided by national protests

"It is a historical tragedy for France, not just Limoges". Just six months into his mayoral term, it is hard to imagine Guillaume Guérin having a more momentous week. We talk next to what became the defining image of last week's nationwide protests: the still impressive, yet fragile exterior of his town's 19th-Century town hall, charred from a fire. The sight of its wooden clock tower collapsing into the flames drew widespread shock and anger, and Guérin, who was in tears when he first saw the scale of the damage this week, believes the reaction is "legitimate and completely understandable". Getty Images Limoges city hall was set on fire last weekend with its wooden clock tower collapsing...
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24Oct By AdminsNo Comments

White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom

Getty Images Canada and the US are currently locked in a tit-for-tat trade war The Trump administration is lifting some of its 50% tariffs on Canadian goods two weeks before the midterm elections, after a Republican candidate in a key Senate race said she had lobbied for the change. Starting on 30 October, tariffs will be eased on products including "plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment," the White House said on Friday. Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is in a tight race to keep her seat in Maine, first announced the exemptions, saying they would help her state's agriculture industry. The US imposed a 50% levy on $20bn (£15bn) of Canadian goods after trade talks between the two countries col...
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24Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Cyprus police open investigation into financial affairs of Roman Abramovich

Getty Images Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich - his lawyers have said he denies concealing his fortune Police in Cyprus have opened an investigation into the financial affairs of Roman Abramovich, following revelations by BBC Panorama that accountancy firm Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to hide his wealth and evade tax. Serious questions about the integrity of some of Abramovich's professional advisers were raised earlier this month in a joint report from the BBC and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ). A Cypriot Ministry of Justice official told MPs this week that the report's findings would be looked at as part of a new investigation by the police's Financial Intelligence Unit. Lawyers f...
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