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Month: November 2025

  • Assembly polls: Sops set to turn Bihar’s weak fiscal situation precarious

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    Assembly polls: Sops set to turn Bihar's weak fiscal situation precarious
    Bihar's fiscal health is poised to worsen regardless of the election outcome, with both NDA and Mahagathbandhan making costly promises. The state already faces revenue challenges due to prohibition, and new pledges like government jobs and increased pensions will strain its budget significantly, exacerbating its already precarious financial situation.
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  • Texas Longhorns superfan Scott Wilson dies at 74 after 25 yrs of attendance

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    Texas Longhorns superfan Scott Wilson dies at 74 after 25 yrs of attendance
    Devoted Texas Longhorns fan Scott Wilson, 74, passed away Friday. An Austin lawyer and proud UT alum, Wilson was hospitalized in Florida after a medical emergency while traveling to a game. He hadn't missed a Texas baseball game in over 25 years and was planning to attend his 595th consecutive football game.
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  • Bihar polls: ‘People have decided to bring change,’ says Tejashwi Yadav | Interview

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    Bihar polls: ‘People have decided to bring change,’ says Tejashwi Yadav | Interview
    Mahagatbandhan will win as people want that those who talk about education, irrigation, medicine, jobs, and prompt action should form govt., says RJD leader and the Chief Ministerial face of the Opposition bloc; he says JD(U) will cease to exist after the polls as he rules out any tie-up with Nitish
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  • No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say

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    No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
    Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate actionThe Trump administration has confirmed that no high-level representatives will be sent by the US to upcoming UN climate talks in Brazil, underscoring the administration’s hostile stance towards action on the climate crisis.The US has always sent delegations of various sizes to UN climate summits over the past three decades, even during periods under George W Bush and in Donald Trump’s first term, where there was scant desire to address the global heating crisis. Continue reading…
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  • JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking

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    JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking
    Bank says it alerted US of ‘suspicious’ transactions just weeks after paedophile was found dead in New York jail cellJP Morgan warned the US government about more than $1bn in transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein that were possibly related to reports of human trafficking, new documents confirm.The largest bank in the US filed a suspicious activity report (SAR) in 2019, just weeks after Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell, about transactions linked to the paedophile financier and prominent business figures. It also flagged wire transfers made by Epstein to Russian banks. Continue reading…
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  • Man jailed after sending ‘menacing’ messages to Labour MP

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    Man jailed after sending ‘menacing’ messages to Labour MP
    Lee White from Cambridgeshire given 23-month prison sentence after emailing threats to Rosena Allin-KhanA man who threatened to kill the prime minister and sent a flurry of “menacing” messages to a Labour MP has been jailed for 23 months.Cambridgeshire police said Lee White sent the messages to Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the MP for Tooting in south London, over a four-day period between 29 August and 1 September 2024. Continue reading…
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  • US judges say Trump administration must continue food aid during US shutdown

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    US judges say Trump administration must continue food aid during US shutdown
    In two separate rulings, US judges said the plan to cut off Snap food benefits for millions of Americans is likely unlawful.
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  • Tchéky Karyo, star of Nikita and The Missing, dies at 72

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    Tchéky Karyo, star of Nikita and The Missing, dies at 72
    The French actor was known for supporting roles in films that spanned nearly 40 years.
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  • Andrew’s move out of Royal Lodge may not happen until new year

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    Andrew's move out of Royal Lodge may not happen until new year
    There are also no plans to formally remove Andrew from the line of succession, the government says.
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