Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Friday that Washington had become “arrogant and assertive” after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the expansion of the NATO military alliance. In recent years, President Vladimir Putin has increasingly insisted that NATO is encroaching on Russia’s borders and Moscow last week demanded “legal guarantees” that the US-led alliance would halt ...
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A holiday miracle to smile
TROY – Dana Brighton was too embarrassed to smile. Her mouth of crooked, chipped, decayed and missing teeth is a road map of the hard miles traveled by the 41-year-old. The lack of dental care in Brighton underlines the trauma she experienced: runaway teenage girl, battered woman, homeless person and heroin addict. Today, thanks to the generosity of a socially ...
Read More »Women’s peloton really want a separate U23 road race at the Worlds
A few months ago, the president of the UCI David Lappartient indicated that a U23 female world champion is likely to be crowned at the 2022 World Road Championships in Wollongong. At first glance, this looks like a positive development – the U23 men have long had a standalone race where they can fight for a rainbow jersey, while the ...
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Too early to recognize Taliban, says Pakistan ahead of OIC Afghanistan session ISLAMABAD: The stage of recognizing the Afghan Taliban government “has not yet arrived,” Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said ahead of a special session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation hosted by Islamabad as the Afghanistan faces an imminent economic crisis and humanitarian catastrophe. Pakistani government statement, ...
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Latest Live News: President M Venkaiah Naidu adjourns the House for the day, urging the government and opposition parties to reach consensus on the suspension of 12 lawmakers. The House has been blocked since the start of the winter session, as opposition parties protest to express support for the 12 MPs who were suspended on the last day of the ...
Read More »Santa Maria School District Considering 3 New Redistribution Cards | Education
the District of the Lyceum of the Mixed Union of Santa Maria The board shifted its redistribution priorities to keeping Guadalupe and northwest Santa Maria in one district, after reviewing three new draft maps created by local organizations and students in a hearing public Tuesday. District officials reviewed a first round of map projects created by district cutting consulting firm ...
Read More »New Mexico Credit Union Receives Nation’s First Financial Institution Certification for Cannabis and Hemp Banking Protocols
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, December 14, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Today, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announces this New MexicoHeadquartered in the United States, Eagle Federal Credit Union is the first financial institution to be certified in the country for current US monetary banking protocols in cannabis and hemp banking. This honor is part of a financial services certification ...
Read More »MEP Androulakis elected Greek socialist leader
Athens, Greece – The third Greek parliamentary group elected a Member of the European Parliament at its head on Sunday. Nikos Androulakis defeated former Prime Minister George Papandreou to lead the Movement for Change, a socialist coalition. Partial results shortly before 9 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT; 2:00 p.m. EST) showed Androulakis, 42, with 68.4% of the vote against 31.6% for ...
Read More »The government-labor alliance left us on the hook for billions of dollars
For the publisher: In recent weeks, union leaders in Connecticut’s public sector have expressed concern about future staff cuts and wage increases. In the wake of hardship and undue risk, Connecticut must focus on “investing in people; investing in services, ”said recently David Glidden, 2001 CSEA-SEIU Local Leader. Like toddlers in their high chairs erasing their cookies, unions know that ...
Read More »Reviews | Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be a hero of the right
Tucker Carlson has regularly flayed the elite consensus in foreign policy against Putin, including a heartbreaking monologue this week, saying the Russian leader has his eyes on Ukraine only because he wants to protect the western flank of his country. the cover of latest print magazine Newsmax has a flattering image of the Russian leader with the phrase “Vlad the ...
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