Study. Plan. Execute. Can the DeSantis way beat Trump? | View caption Hide caption Focus It’s a modus operandi that has served the governor well as the two-term leader of the third-largest state. It made him a conservative hero early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when he defied the guidance of Washington experts like Dr. Anthony…
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Kids missing in jungle after plane crash ‘could be alive’ after new clues found
New clues have given hope to the desperate search of the Colombian Amazon jungle for four children, who have been for nearly a month. Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and Cristin, 11 months, were travelling in a light Cessna 206 aeroplane which crashed on May 1. The incident, believed to have been triggered…
Paid leave: Will stronger military families mean a stronger military?
Paid leave: Will stronger military families mean a stronger military? | View caption Hide caption Balance Men and women make big work commitments in military service, but they often also have big commitments in family life. A new paid leave policy aims to help military families find a better balance. Not only has he developed…
Serbian border troops on high alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo
Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes inside Kosovo between police and ethnic Serbs that injured more than a dozen people. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, who are a majority in that part of the country, had tried to block recently-elected ethnic Albanian officials from entering municipal…
‘The Digital Gulag’: Kremlin’s new technology to control Russia
‘The Digital Gulag’: Kremlin’s new technology to control Russia Russian activists face escalating government scrutiny through digital surveillance, social media monitoring, and facial recognition systems. President Vladimir Putin’s administration utilizes technology to control and censor citizens. | View caption Hide caption First Look | When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and…
Opposition parties the big winners in Thailand’s election
With nearly all of the votes counted, Thailand’s main opposition parties came out on top in Sunday’s election. The liberal Move Forward party and populist Pheu Thai Party are both set to win more than triple the number of seats of the junta’s political vehicle, Palang Pracharat, and the army-backed United Thai Nation, according to…
In shadow of Ukraine war, Latvia turns wary eye on local Russians
In shadow of Ukraine war, Latvia turns wary eye on local Russians | View caption Hide caption Trust Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sown mistrust in another former Soviet republic, Latvia, where Russian speakers are struggling against being stigmatized as pro-Moscow. “There are definitely more tensions between the two populations than there have been for…
Car drives into gates of Downing Street where U.K. prime minister lives
LONDON — Armed police on Thursday arrested a man after a car was driven into the gates of Downing Street where Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and several other senior politicians reside. A man at the scene was arrested “on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. “There…
South Africa ‘spiralling towards alignment with Russia’ despite peace plan
is spiralling towards aligning itself with and despite the sentiments of its population, an expert has warned. Charles Ray, a former US ambassador and army officer who now speaks for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, told Express.co.uk that the African National Congress, the incumbent power in South Africa, was increasingly undermining its purported neutrality over…
California battles a ‘ghost lake’ – and its own political divisions
California battles a ‘ghost lake’ – and its own political divisions | View caption Hide caption Focus Cooperation Tulare Lake, which didn’t exist mere months ago, could overwhelm a town and two state prisons. To meet the challenge, local, state, and even federal agencies are having to work together. Since Tulare Lake appeared this spring,…