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Transparency advocates call on Trump to release White House visitor logs
President-elect Donald Trump should voluntarily release White House visitor logs this time around in a departure from his first administration’s policy that alarmed watchdog groups, transparency advocates say. The first Trump administration’s decision not to disclose who visited the president and attended meetings with federal officials departed from the policy of former President Barack Obama,…
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AAP's Sanjay Singh calls PM Modi "Adani's Prime Minister,…
22 Nov-2024 16:21 PM New Delhi: AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of favouring Gautam Adani and alleged that he was responsible for major losses in the stock market. “The entire nation is in turmoil today. Nearly Rs 5.5 lakh crore of people’s wealth has been wiped out in the…
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Four Italian soldiers injured in rocket attack on UNIFIL headquarters in Lebanon, prime minister says
Four Italian soldiers have been injured in an “attack” by two rockets on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday, the Italian Prime Minister has said. “I have learned with deep indignation and concern of the news of the new attacks suffered by the Italian headquarters of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon, which have…
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(2nd LD) Japan to send vice foreign minister to Sado mine memorial
(ATTN: ADDS Seoul foreign ministry’s comments in paras 11-14; RECASTS 4th para; TRIMS) By Kim Seung-yeon TOKYO/SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) — Japan announced Friday it will send a vice foreign minister to the upcoming memorial ceremony for wartime forced labor victims, including Koreans, who were taken to toil at a Japanese mine complex during World…
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Jason Lewis invited to participate in White House event on childhood education
STATE SENATOR JASON Lewis invited by White House to participate in discussing strategies to strengthen early childhood education and childcare. BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis was invited by the White House to participate in a convening of state legislative leaders to discuss strategies to strengthen early childhood education and childcare. The convening…
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How a Northfield farmer picks which of his turkeys to have pardoned at White House
As a turkey farmer in Northfield who raises about 150,000 birds every year, John Zimmerman usually doesn’t give much thought to any particular turkey, even a Thanksgiving turkey. But this year is different. That’s because Zimmerman had to choose which turkey travels to the White House to meet President Joe Biden to receive an expected…
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NC Gov. Cooper attends dinner at White House after push for Helene aid, Senate passes relief bill
Friday, November 22, 2024 2:57PM This comes after the North Carolina Senate approved a new bill for Helene relief on Wednesday. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Governor Roy Cooper will attend a dinner at the White House Friday, according to the governor’s office. This comes after he met with Congress members in Washington this week to…
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World News | Indian Army Chief Dwivedi Calls on Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Oli
Kathmandu, Nov 22 (PTI) India’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Upendra Dwivedi on Friday paid a courtesy call to Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli at the Prime Minister’s Office, Singhdurbar. Similarly, Gen. Dwivedi also had a courtesy call with Defence Minister Manvir Rai at the Ministry of Defence on Friday, according to a Nepal…
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President of Seychelles, Prime Minister of Eswatini to grace centenary anniversary of Prempeh I’s return from exile
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi Nov. 22, GNA – Mr Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles and the Prime Minister of the Estiwatini, Mr Rusell Dlamini, will grace the centenary anniversary of the return of Nana Agyeman Prempeh I, fom exile in the Seychelles Island. A durbar, which would be held at Dwabrem…
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Nevis Premier Mark Brantley calls on Prime Minister Drew to reveal CBI figures
by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Nevis’ Premier, Mark Brantley, accused successive Prime Ministers of failing to reveal the number of passports issued under the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programme and the money obtained as a result. “No Prime Minister has ever come to the people and said, listen,…