The CFMEU has entered into an agreement with the Government of New South Wales on the preservation of the heritage of Willow Grove and St Georges Terrace. The union is aware that government contractors have started dismantling the non-heritage aspects of the building. St George’s Terrace and Willow Grove were originally intended for complete demolition. The success of the Green ...
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Three countries have offered to help Afghan refugees, but US flights have yet to arrive
SKOPJE, North Macedonia – Three Balkan countries have offered to help desperate Afghans, but no refugees have flown on US flights. As thousands continue to crowd around Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, officials from North Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania – neighboring Balkan countries whose populations have themselves suffered violence – said last week that they had offered to temporarily host ...
Read More »Former British Prime Minister Blair denounces West’s “dangerous abandonment” of Afghanistan
LONDON (AFP) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who in 2001 dragged Britain into war in Afghanistan alongside the United States, on Saturday condemned their “abandonment” of the country as “dangerous” and ” useless “. In his first public comments on the crisis since the collapse of the Afghan government last weekend, Blair criticized the US motives for the ...
Read More »Brexit news: British urge Boris Johnson to focus on CANZUK in Brussels | Politics | New
Jeremy Vine’s panel clashes over roaming charges and Brexit Germany pays the EU £ 16.4 billion a year, according to the DPA news agency. The figures for France and Italy are also huge, at £ 8bn and £ 5.3bn respectively. However, Poland, which has been accused of breaking EU rules, receives £ 10.5 billion more from Brussels each year than ...
Read More »Pilot food distribution program ends | News, Sports, Jobs
Workers and volunteers fill cartons with bread, milk, canned goods and local produce before distributing the meal kits to youth in Maui and Lanai. Photos of BRYAN BERKOWITZ To address food insecurity among the keiki of Maui and Lanai, a pilot food distribution program delivered 4,200 cartons of groceries this summer, which was enough for 56,400 meals. With the help ...
Read More »Carnation Festival lunch honors community members for their service
ALLIANCE – Artist Ron Moore Jr. told an audience that art can help people overcome hardships at the Grand Alliance Carnation Festival community lunch on Saturday. “Art was my way of escaping,” he said. The 1986 Alliance High School graduate was the keynote speaker at the event, which took place at the Hoover-Price Campus Center at Mount Union University. Following: ...
Read More »Main Nicaraguan opposition party disqualified ahead of elections
Published on: 08/07/2021 – 05:12 Managua (AFP) Nicaragua’s electoral council on Friday disqualified the country’s main opposition party from upcoming presidential elections, in the latest move in growing political repression in the Central American country. The Citizens for Liberty lead the Citizens Alliance for Liberty (CXL) bloc, which spearheads the opposition to the re-election of President Daniel Ortega in the ...
Read More »US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Relatives of Nicaraguan Officials | News from the United States and Canada
For months, the Ortega administration detained political opponents ahead of the November 7 elections. The United States has imposed visa restrictions on 50 immediate family members of Nicaraguan lawmakers, prosecutors and judges, the State Department said on Friday. “Today, we are announcing visa restrictions against 50 other people, all immediate family members of officials affiliated with the regime who have ...
Read More »Largest credit unions in Metro Detroit 2021
1. Financial DFCU400, downtown promenade.Cherborn 48126888-336-2700dfcufinancial.comSenior Local Executive: Mark Shobe, President and CEOAssets 2020: $ 5.8 billionAssets 2019: $ 4.9 billionTotal income 2020: $ 168.6 millionTotal loans 2020: $ 906.6 MTotal loans 2019: $ 1.01 billion 2. Caisse populaire Genisys2100, boul. Executive Hills.Auburn Hills 48326248-322-9800genisyscu.orgSenior Local Executive: Jackie Buchanan, CEOAssets 2020: $ 3.55 billionAssets 2019: $ 3.5 billionTotal income 2019: ...
Read More »Wall Street hits all-time high on earnings, economic recovery
A sign indicating Wall Street is visible in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, New York, United States, July 19, 2021. REUTERS / Andrew Kelly The 3 main indices post weekly gains Dow closes above 35,000 for the very first time Social media stocks rally after optimistic results Intel sales forecast implicates difficult second half ...
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