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Pahalgam terror attack: UN Security Council’s cover-up for Lashkar-e-Taiba

Until the UN Security Council finds the courage to speak the names it has already recorded in its own ledgers, the world...

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Agreement between the Government and ERC to validate a second injection of 1.3 billion euros into the accounts

Agreement between the Catalan government and the ERC (Republican Revolutionary Party) to validate the second €1.3 bill...

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Editorial cartoon for April 28, 2025

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr....

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Rape culture: What can be done?

Rape culture refers to a societal environment where sexual violence is normalised, excused, or trivialised....

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Arne Duncan: Illinois should let residents pursue a bachelor’s degree at community college

The governor has proposed allowing Illinoisans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in high-need fields through a community c...

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Letters: Robert F. Kennedy’s stance on autism denies people their humanity

A “cure” for an autistic person would mean a reset to their mind and would take away the essence of who they are....

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Brandon Bisbey: To protect higher education in Illinois, focus on collaboration, not competition

Gov. JB Pritzker's community college expansion plan would further diminish resources for public universities in Illinois...

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'We're simply not ready': REAL ID rollout could trigger national headache, state lawmaker warns

Kentucky legislators are asking the Trump administration for an extension on the federal REAL ID deadline....

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John T. Shaw: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s spiritual statesmanship is a model for all of us

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is a forceful champion of compassion, tolerance, generosity and humility....

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Republicans in tough swing districts become hard to find for constituents angry at Trump

Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their tw...

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The Economic Circle urges the EU to pursue a "common and autonomous defense"

Europe must wake up both politically and economically as a relevant player in the world. This is the warning issued by t...

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Opinion: Parenting young adults and season three of ‘The White Lotus’

Young adults have to challenge everything you’ve taught them, in order to figure out which parts of their personality ...

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Trump's support is dropping nationwide and across demographics, polls show

President Trump enjoyed the highest approval ratings of his political career when he entered office in January, but his ...

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Editorial: Trump has done plenty for Illinois farm country. But are there storms ahead?

Illinois farmers are busy these days planting corn and soybeans and keeping a watchful eye on storms blowing in — from...

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Editorial: Political uniformity is bad for democracy — and for Illinois

If the goal of American politics is merely to erase the other side’s advantage, we’ve lost sight of what matters mos...

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Kamala Harris plans scathing critique of Trump in first major speech since leaving office

The speech comes as Harris has been weighing whether to enter the 2026 California governor’s race to replace termed-ou...

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Democrats, please stop trying to be cool

Under Trump, Democrats have been forced to become the adult in the room. Overcompensating is even worse....

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Gainey camp says its polling demonstrates he’s driving Pittsburgh’s mayoral race

The internal poll shows Gainey with a 7-point lead over Corey O’Connor — a margin of 49% to 42% — among likely Dem...

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Has Shashi Tharoor become advocate of BJP, asks Congress’s Udit Raj over colleague’s Pahalgam remarks

Raj also sought clarification on Tharoor's stance, specifically questioning the Congress leader's comments regarding nat...

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Tamil Nadu: Bowing to pressure, Stalin drops two Ministers

But DMK is fire-fighting a plethora of problems....

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Behind the Curtain: The art of persuading Trump

President Trump's improvisational and unpredictable leadership style has forced Cabinet officials, advisers and friends ...

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Exclusive Brethren don’t vote but are secretly campaigning for the Coalition

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church believes the “world” defiles them, and don’t vote, but they are sending hun...

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China refutes Trump's claim of phone call with Xi

'To my knowledge, there has been no phone call between the two leaders recently,' says Foreign Ministry spokesman...

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Labour councillor expresses 'regret' after Reform accuse him of foul-mouthed outburst

Mike Sands, a Labour member of Norwich City Council, has been accused of calling Reform UK canvassers a "bunch of fascis...

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Name Dropping | Urbana couple's gift stems from their love of all things Allerton Park

“We discovered Allerton quickly,” Joan Hood said. “The trees and the trails reminded us of New England....

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Owner of Lapaz textile shop razed down by Sunday fire hospitalised

Firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to other shops The owner of a textile shop affected by a fire...

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Eva Longoria discovers vermouth and whip (and loves them)

Actress Eva Longoria is passionate about gastronomy and has left a mark on her visit to Catalonia to film the documentar...

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UN nuclear watchdog team in Iran for technical talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi in T...

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Bawumia was a key architect in Akufo-Addo gov’t failure – Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah

Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah a former government spokesperson has stated that former vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia wa...

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Public health officials in Pa. won’t say how they’d handle a $500M cut sought by Trump admin

The funding helps Pennsylvania purchase and administer vaccines, monitor the spread of infectious diseases like measles,...

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We APC Members Will Remove Tinubu In 2027 – Onokpasa

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Jesutega Onokpasa, has said President Bola Tinubu‘s policies have not impro...

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Pa. lawmakers differ on support for Trump’s call to eliminate funding of NPR and PBS

Pennsylvania Democrats said they would fight Republican efforts to defund NPR and PBS while most Republicans declined re...

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Is Nkhotakota North Dwangwa Constituency DPP or Chimunthu Banda Constituency?

By Zitoni Mwansa Disputes are likely to occur in the primary elections in Nkhotakota North Constituency if what is being...

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Mohsin Naqvi lauds Bannu police for foiling terrorist attack

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi paid glowing tributes to Bannu police for thwarting Khawarij terrorists attack on Bakakhe...

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Bolivia and Chile boost diplomatic ties

Bolivia and Chile agreed during a ceremony Saturday at Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz on mutual exemption of visas and ...