Mia Love, the first US black Republican congresswoman, has died aged 49 in Utah, her family has announced. She passed away peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by family at her home in Saratoga Springs, a statement said. Love, a daughter of Haitian immigrants, had represented the state of Utah in the House of Representatives. Her daughter Abigale said earlier this month …
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Journalists from Radio Martí, the U.S. federally-funded news outlet aimed at communist Cuba, were in the middle of interviewing a Cuban activist in Miami on a recent Saturday when bleak looks suddenly came over their faces. The 40-year-old news agency, designed to send uncensored news in Spanish into Cuba, had just been ordered closed by the Trump administration, the crew …
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For example, consider GitHub stars. Yes, Terraform still leads comfortably (around 45,000 to OpenTofu’s 23,000), but that gap hides the real action: community engagement. Since its stable launch in January 2024, OpenTofu nearly tripled its contributor base to more than 160. Each release draws a vibrant crowd. Version 1.9 saw 49 contributors submit over 200 pull requests (PRs). Terraform, by …
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New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent have said US President Donald Trump must respect Canada’s sovereignty as they kicked off their election campaigns on Sunday. Mr Carney announced a five-week election campaign before the vote on April 28. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump’s unjustified trade actions and …
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An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group.
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SEOUL — South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader Monday while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his shocking imposition of martial law late last year. Many observers said the 7-1 ruling in Han’s case did not signal much …
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Jordan has proposed expelling 3,000 military and political operatives of Hamas from the Gaza Strip, the Middle East Eye reported on Sunday, citing US and Palestinian sources briefed on the matter. The plan reportedly calls for further disarmament of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza, paving a way for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority to assume control of the …
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Mr. Lazzarini made the remarks in a social media post, in which he noted that the siege, which is preventing food, medicines, water and fuel from entering the occupied Palestinian territory, has lasted longer than blockades imposed during the first phase of the war. The UNRWA chief pointed out that people in Gaza depend on imports via Israel for their …
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An Israeli air strike on a hospital in southern Gaza has killed at least two people, including a senior Hamas official and a 16-year-old boy, Hamas and health officials have said. Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, was killed while undergoing treatment at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis late on Sunday, Hamas said in a statement. “We condemn …
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Michael Kugelman Foreign policy analyst Press Information Bureau India’s pitch for a close partnership with China has suggested improvement in bilateral ties In a recent interview, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke positively about India’s relationship with long-time rival China. He said normalcy had returned to the disputed India-China border and called for stronger ties. These are striking comments, because tensions …
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