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Dáil Opposition parties rare sign of unity this week looks to be just a flash in the pan

Can those on the Opposition benches work together to go up against the bigger bloc? Maybe not....

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Thrifting for investors

If you can thrift shop and save, could you thrift invest and build wealth? A key tenet of investing is to buy low and se...

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Imperial County conducts annual homelessness Point-In-Time count

EL CENTRO — Early morning on Friday January 24, the Imperial County Department of Social Services, the Imperial Valley...

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Border Patrol provides update on hiker shot by suspected Cartel members

EL CENTRO — Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino of the El Centro Sector Border Patrol provided an update regarding the h...

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County Democrats meet, discuss retaking assembly district... and Trump

EL CENTRO — Democrats from all over the Imperial County met Thursday evening at the El Centro Police Athletic League t...

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USBP, Mexicali PD leadership meet

IMPERIAL — In order to strengthen institutional coordination and the ties of brotherhood among agents while setting up...

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Industry Minister claims gov’t lacks leverage to enforce minimum wage

Less than two months since the federal government aired its misgivings about the introduction of a minimum wage citing c...

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Quran Course held at Margalla College

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Margalla Model College for Girls (Post Graduate) celebrated the successful completion of the Q...

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KP govt plans Rs1tr uplift portfolio by 2029

Peshawar - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government aims to increase the Provincial Development portfolio to over Rs one trilli...

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Meeting held to discuss Pak-Türkiye trade, investments

ISLAMABAD - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar yesterday chaired a meeting to prepare a compre...

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Finance Ministry, Customs rules contradict over infant formula taxation

The Ministry of Finance has clarified its stance on contradictory value added tax (VAT) policies for infant formula, whi...

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Hamas to release four Israeli hostages in truce swap today

The exchange is part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which is intended to pave the way to a permanent...

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CM Maryam witnesses MoU signing between Beijing AI Force, Daewoo Pakistan for investment

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif witnessed the MoU signing between Beijing AI Force Tech and Daewoo Pa...

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Letter: OSSAA dead week rule harmful to some sports

While I understand how this rule could be necessary for other sports, I think the OSSAA should implement exceptions for ...

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Letter: Paying minimum wage today is 'cruel and immoral disgrace'

Voters continually elect leaders promising to make Oklahoma a top-tier state only to have those same leaders implement p...

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3 development schemes of Rs 20.59b approved

LAHORE - Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) in its 59th meeting of current fiscal year 2024-25, approved three ...

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Doctors being given interest-free loans, says Salman Rafique

LAHORE - Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said on Friday that the government was providing interest-free lo...

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E&T Deptment announces property tax reforms

LAHORE - The Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department Punjab has issued a notification regarding reforms in the property tax...

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Police Summon Sowore Over Lagos Airport Road Altercation Video

Controversial human right activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been summoned by Nigeria Police for questioning over a recent vi...

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Court adjourns hearing of BoP reference till Feb 13

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the Bank of Punjab (BoP) reference against former Bo...

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ATC disposes of bail pleas of 11 PTI workers in Jinnah House attack case

LAHORE - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday disposed of pre-arrest bail applications of 11 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

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IGP awards appreciation certificates to police officers

LAHORE - Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) Police Dr....

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LDA seals 82 properties in city

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA), during an extensive operation against illegal commercial buildings acro...

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Afghan family freed from Karachi prison return home

Rahila, an Afghan woman, along with her child and husband, who had been imprisoned in Karachi’s central jail for the p...

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Letter: Pardons of violent Jan. 6 rioters shows Trump doesn't respect police

The offenders pepper sprayed, tasered and beat the officers with baseball bats, flag poles, pieces of broken furniture a...

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UN Women Pakistan delegation visits PSCA Headquarters

LAHORE - The UN Women Pakistan delegation comprising Chief of Mission/Country representative of UN Women Pakistan along ...

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PFA imposes heavy fines to chicken suppliers

LAHORE - The Meat Safety Task Force conducted an early morning operation at Tollinton Market, checked 28 suppliers and s...

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4 persons get death sentence for spreading sacrilegious material

Rawalpindi - The court of an additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) here on Friday convicted four men for posting...

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Bauchi Governor, Wike Trade Insults as PDP Rift Deepens

PDP crisis has deepened as Bauchi Governor and FCT Minister exchange heated words over leadership failures and personal ...

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A vision for a child-friendly book fair

Are we truly creating an environment that fosters love for books among children?...

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Letter: Oklahoma does not need an unregulated state militia, just bolster existing forces

Why would anyone think an unregulated, paramilitary trained, state militia packing military-issued weapons of war is a s...

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D.G. Martin: Revisiting the adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Why am I reading Mark Twain again?...

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Tensions are already emerging in Camp Trump between populists and libertarians

Worldview: Ayn Rand’s articulation of a brutal, amoral ‘greed-is good’ philosophy embodies the spirit of the new a...

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If the Government does its job right, the comfortable classes won’t be happy

The incoming coalition has the money and the opportunity to tackle the housing and infrastructure shortages, but has it ...

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Star Parker: MAGA and King's dream

I have written often that there is a common denominator in our deeply divided nation....

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Uttarakhand Civic Election Result: Vote counting for municipal polls underway in hill state

Uttarakhand Civic Election Result: Vote counting for Uttarakhand's municipal elections is underway, reflecting the ongoi...

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Court Orders PDP Vice-Chair Odefa To Pay ₦100 Million Damages Over Police Harassment

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has awarded ₦100 million in damages against the National Vice...

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UP govt's claim on economy unrealistic, BJP can only say a trillion lies: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav criticizes the Uttar Pradesh government's claim of achieving a USD 1 trillion economy in four years, call...

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Letter: Pardoning police assailants, cozying to billionaires shows Trump's priorities

So far Trump’s presidency has consisted of revenge, which is what he ran on. It is going to be a very long four years,...

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Letter: Gentner Drummond right candidate for next governor

Gentner Drummond can turn Oklahoma into a state to envy, not one known for being unattractive in so many categories, say...

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The labour sector needs reform, not just crisis management

Closure of 68 factories over five and a half months is alarming...

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Inverness armed robber locked up after leading police on 120mph chase

William MacLeod, 19, left a trail of terrified victims during his crime spree....

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OUTSIDE VIEW: The world waits to see how Trump’s second term differs from his first

Donald Trump took the oath of office on Monday for a second term promising to disrupt the status quo — in Washington a...

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Letter: Can't stop cultural change

Social conservatives have always, and will always, lose their struggles. In a government of, by and for the people, they...

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Don’t let uncertainty of a new term ruin your life

I find the despair since Donald Trump re-election unpalatable. People are genuinely scared about what the next four year...

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Roy turns his back on hard-working constituents

Early in January, President Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act, which increases Social Security bene...

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David McWilliams: Some are getting rich from the housing crisis, because one person’s mortgage is another’s piggy bank

The new Government should ensure the wealth accruing from Irish housing benefits Irish people, not foreign pension funds...

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How Trump’s Canadian tariffs could hurt the Bangor airport

The international airport buys all of its fuel from New Brunswick-based Irving Oil....

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SILVER: Legal system has dirty little secrets

“When men defend themselves or others, they are lauded as heroes. When women do so, they are sent to prison. This is a...