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Most New Hampshire residents do not want President Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024, a University of New Hampshire/Granite State Poll released this week revealed. Overall, the survey found that 65 percent do not want Biden to run again in 2024. Of those, 52 percent “definitely” do not want him to run. This reflects a 12-point increase from the 53 percent who said the same nearly a year ago, in July 2021. Currently, 29 percent say they want Biden to run, but of those, only 9 percent “definitely” want him to run. Again, that reflects an eight-point drop from the 37 percent who expressed support for Biden running for reelection in July 2021. Further, the survey found that the number of Granite State Democrats wanting Biden to run has dropped, plummeting from 74 percent in July 2021 to 54 percent in June 2022. Just ten percent of Republicans and nine percent of independents want to see Biden run again in 2024. Coinciding with that is the fact that Biden remains widely … [Read more...] about Poll: Majority of New Hampshire Residents Do Not Want Biden to Run Again

MORE than 200 candidates are vying for 123 Chinese new village chief posts in Johor this year. State health and unity committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the list of candidates who had been interviewed were being vetted by the authorities such as the police, to ensure they were fit for the position. “More than 200 candidates were interviewed by a panel formed by the district office after an advertisement on the vacancies was published. “Some new villages had two or three candidates while others had only one,” he told reporters when met after the Johor state assembly sitting in Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri. Earlier in the state assembly, Ling said the move to raise the monthly allowance of Chinese new village chiefs was being discussed with National Unity and Integration Ministry. He said the current allowance was RM900, of which RM500 was from the Federal Government and RM400 was borne by the state. He was responding to a question from Tan Eng Meng (BN-Pekan Nanas), … [Read more...] about Rep: Candidates for new village chief posts being vetted

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court's landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell set the strategy in motion, engineering the Supreme Court's makeover by blocking President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland and changing the Senate's rules to easily confirm Trump's picks. It was a long game that sought to lock in a conservative court majority for decades to come. Trump and McConnell couldn't have accomplished it alone, needing the backing of almost all Republican senators to reshape the bench. Now, Republicans are heading into a November midterm election that is poised to … [Read more...] about Senate confirmed justices to end Roe. How will voters react?

Coco Gauff missed out on reaching a first grass-court final on Saturday when the 18-year-old American lost to Ons Jabeur 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the semifinals of the Berlin Open. Cheered on by fans waving Tunisian flags amid a heatwave in Berlin, Jabeur recovered from 3-1 down in the first set and dominated the second to set up a final against Belinda Bencic on Sunday. “You have to be this good to beat Coco, you know. She’s a great player,” Jabeur said. She added she had “no expectations” of her first grass tournament of the season and paid tribute to the Tunisian fans. “Everywhere I go they’re always here, they’re chanting all the time, it’s amazing,” she said. Jabeur will play her fourth final in a season where she has reached a career-high ranking of fourth in the world and became the first African and first Arab player to win a WTA 1000 event at last month’s Madrid Open. The tournament in Berlin is her first since a surprise first-round loss at the French Open. Next week, Jabeur … [Read more...] about Berlin Open: Ons Jabeur Ends Coco Gauff’s Run to Book Final With Belinda Bencic

ITV have revealed Love Island will return for not one but two series next year. The ITV2 show will kick start the New Year with a fresh batch of Islanders heading to South Africa on a quest for love and romance. In the villa of their dreams, their stay in paradise will serve up everything from bombshell arrivals to hideaway hijinks. It will be business as usual throughout the summer, as the popular dating show will return to Mallorca for another eight week run. Announcing the news on Thursday, Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning and Controller, ITV2, said: " Love Island has once again proved itself to be the nation’s favourite talking point across the summer, and we’re always blown away by the show’s ongoing impact and talkability amongst our younger audience. The Love Island villa used for the 2020 series in South Africa ( Image: Joe Alblas/ITV/REX) "So, rather than just serving up a Summer of Love, we thought we’d make 2023 the Year of Love … [Read more...] about Winter Love Island to return as two new series for 2023 confirmed by ITV

India has become a regular invitee at the G-7 Summits as the West is no longer in any doubt that India, under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, needs to be a part of any sustained effort to solve the challenges being faced by the world, senior government officials told News18. PM Modi departs on Saturday for the G-7 Summit in Germany. India has participated in both the Biarritz Summit in 2019, which was in-person participation, and the Cornwall Summit in 2021, where India’s participation was in a virtual format. “As an active participant in many other divergent, plurilateral groupings like the Quad, I2U2, and BRICS, the Summit will further establish the indispensability of India in any noticeable North, South, or North-South platforms when it comes to searching for solutions and their implementation,” a senior government official told News18. The G7 are expected to discuss concrete initiatives and partnerships dedicated to climate, sustainable investment, global food security, … [Read more...] about Regular Invites for G7 Summits Under PM Modi Show India’s New Position in World Order: Govt Officials

Starbucks ’ chief executive, Howard Schultz , has announced that the company is considering closing all stores’ bathrooms due to an “issue of just safety ”. While speaking at New York Times’s DealBook D.C. policy forum on Thursday, Schultz said that Starbucks wants to put a limit on the amount of non-customers allowed in stores. According to Schultz, as the company is focused on the “safety” of its workers and customers, Starbucks has considered closing all bathrooms in its coffee shops. “We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people,” he said. “I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open.” This is Schultz’s first time publicly speaking about Starbucks’ open- bathroom policy, as it was first put in place in May 2018. Recommended 7 fired Starbucks workers celebrate union vote in Memphis Unionized Starbucks stores face hard work of bargaining Workers vote to become first unionized Starbucks in Alabama … [Read more...] about Starbucks to close bathrooms to public over safety fears

A day after a chaotic AIADMK general council meeting in which party workers booed its leader O. Panneerselvam, its steering committee member and former Law Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam on Friday said the tenure of the coordinator, Mr. Panneerselvam, and co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami ended on Thursday, as the amendment to the by-laws that facilitated their election to these posts was not validated by the general council. “As of today, Mr. Panneerselvam is the treasurer and Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami is the headquarters secretary,” he said at an interaction with journalists outside Mr. Palaniswami’s residence . Flanked by senior leaders S.P. Velumani, D. Jayakumar, Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan, C. Vijayabaskar, Pollachi V. Jayaraman and Thalavai Sundaram, Mr. Shanmugam cited party rules to reject the claims by AIADMK leader R. Vaithilingam (who has sided with Mr. Panneerselvam) that the general council meeting held on Thursday was illegal. Stating that the “then coordinator”, … [Read more...] about Tenure of top two posts in AIADMK has ended, says C.Ve. Shanmugam

If you consider yourself a pro-life Republican and weren’t on the Trump Train in 2016, sit your pansy-ass down. Had you and your precious “principles” won the day, Hillary Clinton would have appointed those three Supreme Court justices instead of Donald Trump, and the moral atrocity known as Roe v. Wade would still be a “constitutional right.” We see you out there pretending that’s not the case, and you look ridiculous. For decades, the Republican establishment ran around promising to overturn Roe, and for decades, they failed. And instead of Trump all-stars like Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, we got Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, and David Souter. Roe is dead for only one reason: the MAGA Movement. Without the MAGA Movement, there is no President Trump. Without a President Trump, there is no end to Roe . Elections matter, Never Trump. Elections matter, and despite constant warnings from the MAGA Movement that your … [Read more...] about Nolte: Only the MAGA Movement Could’ve Ended the Atrocity of Roe v. Wade

Decks have been cleared for the rollout of the Global Positioning System (GPS)-based vehicle tracking system of transport vehicles, including private stage carriers, in the Union Territory. The 24x7 monitoring and command centre has been set up at the Transport Department’s headquarters on the 100-feet Road for real time monitoring of transport vehicles. Official sources said the State-wise vehicle tracking platform for safety and enforcement as per the specifications under the Nirbhaya framework was expected to be rolled out by this month end. The Puducherry government has already finalised the system integrator (SI) for the tracking system. The SI will provide backup monitoring and help with the support system for a period of two years. The project will be implemented in phases. To start with, the government has installed vehicle location tracking (VLT) device and panic (emergency) buttons in 50 buses of the Puducherry Road Transport Corporation. Real-time monitoring of … [Read more...] about Tracking system for transport vehicles in Puducherry to be rolled out by month end