Kolkata, India – For the past several years, Manpreet Singh has been dreaming of going abroad for higher studies. The 22-year-old Sikh, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh state, chose Canada as his destination as that is where many of the Sikh diaspora is settled. But the current diplomatic tension between India and Canada […]
Coalition MPs must have rocks in their heads if they support Don Farrell’s political donation and spending reforms. It’s a major party stitch-up — but one that Labor wins from, big-time. This week marks the sixth time Farrell has gone around the press gallery explaining that donations reform is nearly here. As expected, instead of […]
Donald Trump’s cabinet picks started off Trumpian but not manifestly ridiculous. South Dakota governor and dog-killer Kristi Noem for homeland security, a position she has no background for but at least she has several years of executive experience. Fox talk show host Pete Hegseth has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on his CV for his […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would nominate former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It’s the fulfillment of an implied promise that Trump made at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York in late October, where he said he […]
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo State, three gubernatorial candidates have stepped down for the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayedatiwa, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, confirmed on Thursday that Dr. Ajibola Falaye, Hon. Jenyo Ataunko, and Olaide Ibrahim of the Accord Party, […]
(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump has until his Jan. 20 Inauguration Day to build out his administration and fill thousands of roles. That means assigning leaders to oversee every executive department, including national security, public health, labor, and the Justice Department among others. A president typically appoints about 4,000 positions across the federal […]
Top Democrat on Senate judiciary committee calls for sharing of ethics report on Gaetz Dick Durbin, the Democratic chair of the Senate judiciary committee, has called on the House ethics committee to share its report into Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general who resigned his seat in Congress yesterday. The judiciary committee is […]
A new political movement, the Allied Conservative Congress (ACC), has officially emerged in Abuja, pledging to unseat the current government and address Nigeria’s pressing challenges. Speaking at the ACC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja, National Secretary Alhaji Mohammed Lawal outlined the movement’s conservative vision and commitment to revitalising Nigerian governance. […]
Kim Leadbeater criticises Streeting over assisted dying bill comments, implying he’s ignoring ministerial neutrality policy Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who has tabled the private member’s bill on assisted dying that will be debated two weeks tomorrow, has said she is “disappointed” by Wes Streeting, the health secretary, saying the new law could cut funding […]
No successful democracy can function without a social contract between the people and the government. Citizens pay their taxes and obey the law in the expectation that the state will protect the country, provide essential services and care for the vulnerable. But unprecedented levels of immigration are destroying the social contract in Britain. As our […]