Former Sharif Ally Forms New Party to Change Pakistan’s Politics
07 Jul
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Former Sharif Ally Forms New Party to Change Pakistan’s Politics

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Politics tamfitronics Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi launched a new party on Saturday as part of his fallout with the country’s powerful Sharif clan, amid growing public anger with the government’s austerity measures.Author of the article:Bloomberg NewsIsmail DilawarPublished Jul 06, 2024 • 2 minute readShahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistan's prime minister, listens during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. There's no military solution to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan, Abbasi said, warning little progress would be made until all sides entered into peace talks. Photographer: Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg Photo by Asad Zaidi /Bloomberg(Bloomberg) — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi launched a new party on Saturday as part of his fallout with the country’s powerful Sharif clan, amid growing public anger with the government’s austerity measures.Abbasi, who led the country...
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New U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer met the king, gave a speech, got to work
06 Jul
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New U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer met the king, gave a speech, got to work

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Politics tamfitronics LONDON — Britain’s politics have been volatile and chaotic, but this country sure knows how to execute a swift, orderly transfer of power. On Friday, Labour leader Keir Starmer became the 58th prime minister in the nation’s history. The loser, the outgoing Conservative Rishi Sunak, told the people he was sorry. Then he went home.Sunak took the official armored Jaguar to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation. His meeting with King Charles III was private. It lasted 20 minutes. In and out. Sunak will continue to serve as a lawmaker in the House of Commons, and for a short time as leader of the Conservative Party, until his successor is chosen. His party — very cross with Sunak today — might move expeditiously.With Sunak dispatched, in quick order Starmer and his wife, Victoria,...
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Chris Hayes: Joe Biden’s Reelection Pitch Is a “Tough Ask”
06 Jul
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Chris Hayes: Joe Biden’s Reelection Pitch Is a “Tough Ask”

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Politics tamfitronics The two leading candidates for president are aging right in front of our eyes. And that’s causing some very candid conversations all across the media world in the wake of last week’s pivotal presidential debate.During this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes noted that at the end of the day, we are all just “flesh sacks,” an immutable fact of life that “hovers around so much of this” debate within the Democratic Party over whether Joe Biden, following a disastrous performanceis the best option to take on Donald Trump. Biden is “degraded” Hayes remarked, while adding that Trump “has very clearly declined.”“The nature of age is that it’s not static,” Hayes observed. It’s “dynamic and it changes from day to day.” Hayes, 45, said he feels like this reality has...
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Tension as armed herdsmen attack Amotekun operatives in Ondo state
06 Jul
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Tension as armed herdsmen attack Amotekun operatives in Ondo state

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Politics tamfitronics Several officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun, were injured on Friday following an attack by individuals suspected to be herdsmen in Akure, the state capital.The incident occurred after Amotekun corps members arrested approximately 120 cows that allegedly destroyed farmlands in Osi and Igboba Communities in the North Local Government Area of the state.According to sources, the Amotekun officers were transporting the arrested cows to the state headquarters of the Amotekun Command in Akure.Upon reaching the Sango area of Akure, the herders, armed with dangerous weapons, intercepted the officers on the Akure-Ado expressway and launched an attack to prevent them from taking the cows away.A viral video shows Amotekun officers firing shots into the air to disperse the attackers, while the injured officers were quickly taken to an Amotekun...
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