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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Amanda Durón García supports herself and her 74-year-old mother with the roughly $7 she earns daily selling soft drinks, chips and gum on the campus of Honduras’ national university.Her four adult children are married and out of the house, but every day is a struggle for the 57-year-old Durón, and she has little faith that the winner of Sunday’s presidential election will generate tangible changes in her life.The homicide and unemployment rates have both improved during the past four years under outgoing President Xiomara Castro — even the International Monetary Fund applauded her administration’s fiscal responsibility…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media.The extended rant came in the wake of the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members who were deployed to patrol Washington, D.C. under Trump’s orders, one of whom died shortly before the president spoke to U.S. troops by video on Thursday evening. A 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War is facing charges for the shooting. The suspect emigrated as part of a program to resettle…

The ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise in West Bengal is facing many hurdles as a result of the ruling TMC’s open opposition to the routine electoral process. Recently, the husband of a primary school para-teacher engaged in the SIR as a BLO was brutally attacked in Dation village under Sultanpur Gram Panchayat in Harishchandrapur police station area of the Malda district in West Bengal. According to the complaint filed by BLO Nibedita Mondal, the incident happened after she refused to follow the instructions of Mohammad Kasimuddin, a local land mafia, former Congress panchayat member, and currently associated with the ruling…

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — When Olena Horlova leaves home or drives through town outside the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, she fears that she’s a target. She believes that Russian drones could be waiting on a rooftop, along the road or aiming for her car. To protect herself and her two daughters, the girls stay indoors, and she stays alert — sometimes returning home at night along dark roads without headlights so as not to be seen.After living through the occupation, refusing to cooperate with Russian forces and hiding from them, Horlova, like so many other residents, found that even…

Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s path from a village in Afghanistan to the corner in Washington, D.C., where authorities say he opened fire on two National Guard troops was forged by America’s longest war.He was 5 years old when the U.S. military invaded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and as a young man he enlisted with a “Zero Unit,” an Afghan paramilitary force that worked with Americans.That connection appears to have given Lakanwal a ticket out of Afghanistan when the Taliban toppled the American-backed government in 2021, allowing him to flee with his wife and children. They began a new life in…

New Delhi: A meeting between the Congress high command and the party’s leaders from Bihar on Thursday saw heated exchanges over the roles of state chief Rajesh Ram and  All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Krishna Allavaru, among others.It is understood that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi separately met with six MLAs and candidates who had lost, in batches. The closed-door sessions, with batches of 10 candidates each, stretched until about 7 pm at Indira Bhavan, the party’s new national headquarters. Show Full Article Sources in the party said that two candidates had a…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will remain in detention at the International Criminal Court after appeals judges on Friday rejected a request to release him on health grounds. The octogenarian is facing charges of crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in dozens of killings as part of his so-called war on drugs when in office, first as the mayor of a southern city and later as president.Duterte’s lawyers failed to show that an October decision by lower chamber was unreasonable, Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza said, addressing the full courtroom in The Hague.…

Walking is one of the simplest, safest, and most effective exercises for improving overall fitness. But if you feel your regular walks are no longer giving results, the 5-4-3-2-1 Walking Pyramid Method can help you level up your routine. This trending technique adds structure, intensity, and variety to your walk—making it a powerful tool for boosting calorie burn and supporting weight loss. What Is the 5-4-3-2-1 Walking Pyramid Method? The 5-4-3-2-1 method is a time-based walking pyramid that gradually decreases the duration of each speed interval. It keeps your body guessing by alternating between fast and moderate walking speeds. Add…

Amid acrimony in the Congress over its poor performance in the Bihar Assembly elections, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have told his party colleagues that he was “equally responsible” as the state leadership for the loss and urged them to look to the future. Gandhi made the remarks during review meetings with state leaders and candidates on Thursday, said sources.Story continues below this ad After the review, which lasted four hours, Congress leaders publicly blamed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for the defeat, alleging the exercise was used to carry out “vote theft”. Senior…

While the Opposition gets ready to take on the government over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls during the Winter Session of Parliament, which begins on December 1, the government is planning to hold a day-long discussion on “Vande Mataram”.“The government wants to have a discussion on Vande Mataram at the beginning of the session itself. It will talk to the Opposition about it at the all-party meeting on Sunday,” said a government source, adding that the proposed discussion in the House will be part of the year-long commemoration of 150 years of the song. At an event…