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“This is all barren land now, but here we used to farm,” says Koushal Kishore Vishvakarma, a resident of Darudih village in Palamu district, Jharkhand, pointing to a long stretch of dry land spreading across the region. “It’s covered in grass because of the fresh monsoon rain, but it’s nothing more than grazing land now,” […]

Tras subir del puesto 540 al top 15, el madrileño busca un hito inédito en el tenis.

Six candidates for Alaska governor from across the political spectrum appeared side-by-side in a room full of superintendents and school officials in Juneau and promised that boosting education funding would be a priority of their administration, if elected. Six candidates participated in the debate, out of 17 running for governor this year. Randy Hoffbeck, a […]

Almost 1 in 5 Rhode Islanders is Latino now, roughly 220,000 people by the Census Bureau’s most recent count, up from 12.4% of the state in 2010. Central Falls is 69% Latino, and about 7 in 10 people who live there speak a language other than English at home. Pawtucket is roughly a quarter Latino. […]

Abuja – “Many of the challenges facing our nation require collaboration. Religious communities, traditional institutions, civil society, the private sector and citizens all have indispensable roles to play in promoting peace, strengthening social cohesion and advancing national development.”These were the words of George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and a close advisor to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.With this statement, the Presidency is trying to defuse tensions that arose following statements made by Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, after a meeting between a delegation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and the President held at the end of July .Cardinal Onaiyekan, who was part of the delegation, stated in a television interview broadcast on July 31 that, given the dramatic picture of the country’s social and economic situation presented by the bishops, the president had clearly indicated that he did not share their assessment.The Cardinal added that, in his opinion, the presidential team was not providing the head of state with an accurate picture of the reality experienced by ordinary citizens. “We knew that what the bishops had revealed was different from the kind of information our president continues to receive from the people he meets,” the Cardinal declared.His remarks drew criticism from two presidential advisors, who described them as inappropriate and argued that they breached the confidentiality expected of high-level meetings.One of the advisors went further, alleging that the Catholic Church had openly supported Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi during the 2023 general elections, and argued that the Cardinal’s comments should be viewed in that political context.On August 3, the Catholic Lay Council of Nigeria came to Cardinal Onaiyekan’s defence. In a statement, the Council rejected the Presidency’s accusation of a “breach of trust,” arguing that the Cardinal was simply fulfilling the Church’s mission by serving as a moral voice in the corridors of power.Regarding the confidentiality of the meeting between the President and the bishops, the CLCN stated that “issues affecting the lives, well-being and future of more than 200 million Nigerians cannot remain permanently confined behind closed doors,” particularly when they concern the economy, security and justice, matters that have a direct impact on the lives of the population.Senator Orji Kalu, a member of the All Progressives Congress , President Tinubu’s party, also commented on the matter. Kalu declared that he would leave the party if the head of state were to disrespect the Catholic Church. However, he clarified that he does not believe Tinubu has adopted such an attitude, arguing that the statements of presidential aides should not be confused with the President’s personal position.

La batalla por el estrecho de Ormuz entra en una nueva fase: mientras las grandes potencias siguen enfrentadas por la seguridad y la navegación en una de las arterias energéticas más importantes del planeta, Irán y Omán avanzan hacia un acuerdo propio para recuperar parte del tráfico comercial.

6 ส.ค. 2569 เครือข่ายขบวนการประชาชนเพื่อสังคมที่เป็นธรรม หรือพีมูฟ (P-Move) เดินขบวนทำเนียบรัฐบาลมาชุมนุมที่กระทรวงมหาดไทย ถนนอัษฎางค์ เพื่อติดตามความคืบหน้าการแก้ไขปัญหาที่ดินทำกินและสิทธิที่อยู่อาศัยของประชาชน ผ่านกลไกการแก้ไขปัญหาที่ดินสาธารณประโยชน์ของขบวนคนจนเพื่อสิทธิที่ดินและที่อยู่อาศัย

A new report by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, finds that while Durham, N.C. has boomed, workers’ wages have failed to keep pace — and for Black workers, the racial wage gap is widening.

El nuevo filme de Christopher Nolan y la última aventura de Peter Parker han disparado la taquilla y devuelto el optimismo a una industria que llevaba meses acumulando señales de alarma.

Đầu tháng 8/2026, đàm phán về mở lại eo biển Hormuz, tuyến đường hàng hải huyết mạch, với khoảng 1/5 vận tải dầu mỏ toàn cầu, được đẩy nhanh. Hôm qua, 05/08, Iran tuyên bố sắp đạt thỏa thuận với Oman, để mở lại eo biển trong những giờ hoặc ít ngày tới. Tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump tuyên bố đàm phán cũng đang diễn ra với Iran, và eo biển chắc chắn phải mở lại. Tuy nhiên, Teheran bác bỏ mọi thương lượng với Washington. Thực hư ra sao ?

In October 2022, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin — Secretary-General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the organisation that documents what happens to journalists in Somalia — arrived at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu carrying a ticket to Nairobi. He was travelling to seek medical care for injuries he had sustained during a previous detention. He did not make his flight. According to documentation by the SJS and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), NISA officers detained him at the departure gate without a warrant, without stated charges, and without notifying his family or his organisation of where he was being […] The post Somalia: The Journalists Who Disappeared appeared first on African Arguments.

Basogintzan ziharduen langile bat hil zen atzo Azkoitian, enbor bat gainera erorita. LABek jakinarazi duenez, azken asteotan bi garraiolari hil dira lanean, Idiazabalen eta Oiartzunen.

«Це лише частина. І невеликий доказ того, що ці люди працюють на владу» – експрессекретарка Зеленського

(The Center Square) - Nearly two dozen state attorneys general banded together as early as April 2024 to plot litigation against President Donald Trump long before he was reelected, according to a confidential document obtained by The Center Square. The document was signed approximately three months before President Joe Biden exited from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president. It was signed nearly seven months before Trump was reelected by 2.3 million more votes than Harris, almost nine months before he was inaugurated. State attorneys general have sued the Trump Administration nearly 100 times since January 2025. The coordinated effort appears to have a nickname: the “Project for Federal Accountability.” Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who was a Republican when he was in office but now often votes for Democrats, said he believes the timing was unusual. He described signing similar documents during his tenure from 2001 through 2013, but not for any hypothetical lawsuits planned so far in advance of government action. “That’s not normal at all,” Shurtleff said. “It’s a big selling point now. I get lots of emails from people running for attorney general, lots of texts and emails saying, 'We’ve got to stop President Trump' or 'We’ve got to work together as state attorneys general. That’s why you need to give me money!' and vice versa. It goes both ways… I don't think that's the best use of an attorney general’s time." Not all of the lawsuits have been joined by each attorney general, and some offices take the lead on different cases. At last count, California Attorney General Rob Bonta has participated in 82 lawsuits. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined at least 75 lawsuits. Washington State Attorney General Brown has joined 70 lawsuits. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined 46 lawsuits. At a news conference on Tuesday, Bonta stated the lawsuits are "apolitical." He announced the lawsuits have cost California taxpayers $19 million and that he will continue to file them as needed. “If (Trump) doesn’t want to get sued, all he has to do is follow the law,” Bonta said. “I don’t think our cases are likely to be dismissed… Trump shows no sign of slowing down, so we will continue to sue him.” So far, 11 cases have been closed in favor of the plaintiff and four cases dismissed in favor of the federal government, according to Just Security — a nonpartisan digital law and policy journal at New York University. The document, titled “PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL COMMON INTEREST AGREEMENT,” also incorporated plans to withhold some information from the public surrounding the lawsuits, indicating the parties “wish to pursue their common interest concerning Federal Accountability issues and litigation(s) addressing such issues, while avoiding any waiver of the confidentiality of those privileged materials.” At least 22 Democratic attorneys general appear to have signed the common interest agreement. Zero Republican attorneys general appear to have signed it. Three Democratic attorneys general — in Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin — have declined to say whether they signed the agreement. The Virginia Attorney General’s Office flipped from red to blue in January 2026. One year earlier, Pennsylvania went the opposite direction. Voters elected a Republican to succeed a Democrat in January 2025. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has not responded to questions asking whether his state remains part of the common interest agreement. When attorneys general have sued prior administrations, it was typically after the administration took action — not before. For example, Shurtleff pointed to a 2012 lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) after its passage in March 2010. He was one of 22 Republican attorneys general who signed onto the case, which ended with a partial victory and partial defeat before the United States Supreme Court. ‘Nothing particularly significant’ Seven attorneys general signed the common interest agreement on April 28, 2024, with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s signature appearing first. California’s signature was left undated, and 13 other attorneys general joined in May or June 2024. Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez was the last known signatory on Nov. 12, 2024 — seven days after Trump won a second term. Trump secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican nominee in March 2024. The majority of attorneys general who signed the agreement have declined to comment or answer questions. Some have downplayed the timing of the agreement or otherwise minimized the extent to which they had been preparing for litigation against the Trump Administration. “There is nothing particularly significant about that date,” wrote Richie Taylor, communications director for the Arizona Attorney General Mayes’ office. “The office has common interest agreements with Republican AG’s as well as Democratic AG’s depending on the litigation.” Former Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is now the state governor, announced one day after the election that his office had already been preparing potential litigation against Trump for “months.” “We knew from our extensive experience during his first term that we would need to be prepared from day one if he was reelected,” Ferguson said at the time. “My team has gone line-by-line through Project 2025 and has been tracking remarks by Trump on the campaign trail… A concern I have is that Donald Trump, I believe, and his administration, may well be better prepared on their end.” The Center Square reached out to Ferguson’s office requesting an interview for this story but did not receive a response. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said the planning began “as soon as it was clear that Trump was going to get the nomination.” “We’re pleased that we responded before January 2025,” Brown told The Center Square in an interview. “We talked through a host of possibilities, and we wanted to be prepared, not to get caught off guard.” Brown said none of the lawsuits were filed before the 2024 election, and the attorneys general were not circumventing the will of voters. "I don’t think we were going after him, or any AG was, because he hadn’t been elected (yet)," Brown said in an interview. Prominent Democrats who were not state attorneys general have supported the actions. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, described the planning efforts more simply and with more partisanship. “Look where we are now,” Kaine told The Center Square in an interview at the Capitol. “(The Democratic attorneys general) did what Republican attorneys general did with President Obama’s stimulus plan in 2009: 'everything he’s for, we’re against.'” A shared banner The "Project for Federal Accountability" nickname led directly to The Center Square's discovery of the confidential document at the center of this report. Additional records obtained by The Center Square show New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy added an additional $1 million to his state’s budget in fiscal year 2026 related to the Project for Federal Accountability. Budget records indicate the money was "essential" to fund two positions and to “provide critical support… to protect our residents from reckless and illegal actions by the federal government that harm New Jerseyans.” New Jersey budget records indicate the previous costs of the lawsuits “have been negligible” because the Attorney General’s Office had been “relying on preexisting resources.” Allison Inserro, a spokeswoman for New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, declined an interview request from The Center Square. After Trump's election, New Jersey media reported on the state funding. Until now, no outlet has been able to uncover the national plan among attorneys general to sue Trump over hypothetical policies discussed during his campaign. A bill passed last year in California, SBX1-1, authorized the California Department of Finance to appropriate $25 million for “federal accountability litigation.” The Center Square first learned about the Project for Federal Accountability nickname from public records released by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Documents showed coordination between Democratic attorneys general through a “Rule of Law Working Group” and the “Project for Federal Accountability.” Most of those records – hundreds of pages – were released entirely redacted by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office due to varying types of attorney work-product exemptions. The Center Square successfully appealed redactions showing the names of people on the original email and is continuing to appeal redactions. Brown, the attorney general in Virginia, denied having any knowledge of the Project for Federal Accountability nickname in his interview with The Center Square. The Republican Attorneys General Association has not commented. O.H. Skinner, a former Arizona solicitor general and current executive director of Alliance for Consumers, has been critical of lawfare against Trump. He believes the timeline is “very revealing.” “Whatever they said in public, they privately had at least a solid amount of confidence that Joe Biden was never going to win that election,” Skinner said. “They didn't have a concern about federal overreach until they thought the other team was going to be in charge… They needed to plan ahead and endeavor to build a juggernaut if they wanted to have any hope of slowing down the president's agenda.” Common interests, independent states Legal experts across the United States have started to question whether records related to hypothetical lawsuits and hypothetical policies should be withheld from the public. “Parties with the same interests need to be able to speak with their lawyers confidentially,” said Thomas Moukawsher, a retired judge in Connecticut. “But what is their common interest? We can’t establish what their common interests are. I don’t like it. If I was sitting as a judge on the case, I’d say you need to have something a little more specific. That’s just a little strange. 'Federal Accountability?'” Shurtleff said common interest agreements can be a standard way for attorneys general to try and prevent their litigation strategies from being made public when they coordinate across states. He believes attorneys general became significantly more partisan throughout his 12-year tenure in Utah. “We would take on bipartisan issues all the time,” Shurtleff said. “But it became more combative over time, which I hated… I left in early 2013, just when it was starting to get nasty.” State attorneys general filed 122 multistate lawsuits against the Biden Administration during his four years in office, according to data previously collected in 2025 by Marquette University. Not all of them were launched by Republicans. Six of the lawsuits were launched by Democrats and two were bipartisan. Shurtleff believes the sheer number of lawsuits on both sides have gotten out of hand. “It's just horrible. It's a big, huge waste of attorney general time and the good things that you could accomplish together," he said. "It's a shame. It's way too much. I think it's ridiculous.”

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has released a letter to the chief executives of seven oil companies, asking why Illinois drivers are paying higher prices at the pump while the CEOs’ businesses report record profits. The governor asked the CEOs to return profits to consumers, provide transparency around pricing and operations, and share information on executive compensation. Pritzker said the companies’ record profits are a result of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran. According to AAA, the average price for regular unleaded in Illinois was $4.30 per gallon on Thursday, up from $3.42 one year ago. INDIANA GOVERNOR EXTENDS GAS TAX HOLIDAY Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has declared a new statewide energy emergency and reinstituted his suspension of Indiana’s gasoline taxes through Sept. 5. Braun suspended the gas usage tax in April and added the suspension of the excise tax in May. A statement from Braun’s office said the energy emergency is prompted by new disruptions to global oil shipping lanes in the Black Sea and Kerch Strait as the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated, as well as Canadian wildfires disrupting the Alberta Oil Sands Region. According to AAA, the average price for regular unleaded in Indiana was $3.55 per gallon on Thursday, up from $3.21 one year ago. STATE, CITY SUE CHICAGO COMPANY OVER ODORS Chicago has joined Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s lawsuit against A-F Acquisition LLC, which operates under the name Pullman Innovations, alleging that the company allowed excessive odors, caused illegal air pollution and violated conditions of its operating permit. Pullman Innovations’ facility on Chicago’s Southeast Side converts a by-product of commercial edible oil into animal feed ingredients. Inspectors from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Chicago both reported odors that made breathing difficult. STATE REP DECLINES TO JOIN WORKPLACE CULTURE & ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, says she will not participate in a working group on sexual harassment in Springfield. After her name was leaked as part of a new workplace culture and accountability panel, Cassidy released a statement saying that, before agreeing to serve, she asked questions to ensure the group would offer more than lip service or a PR stunt. The Chicago Democrat said her questions were not answered, and she will not be participating at this time. PORTILLO’S ANNOUNCES CORPORATE LAYOFFS Oak Brook-based Portillo’s has reduced its corporate and field-level management workforce by about 18%. The restaurant chain’s CEO, Brett Patterson, said in a statement that no restaurant-level team members were impacted by the cuts that took effect on July 31. Portillo’s reported net income for the second quarter of 2026 was $7.2 million, a decrease of $2.9 million from the second quarter of 2025.

Esta quinta-feira, o governo da República Democrática do Congo elevou o número de mortes pelo Ébola para 1.801 e os casos confirmados para 3.973, quase três meses depois do surto detectado no leste do país.  Segundo o Ministério da Saúde congolês, a taxa de letalidade está actualmente nos 45,3% e, até ao momento, cinco províncias foram afectadas: Ituri – que é o epicentro do surto –, Kivu do Norte, Kivu do Sul e Haut-Uélé (leste), além de Tshopo (centro-norte).  O director-geral da Organização Mundial da Saúde, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, afirmou que a epidemia está a propagar-se mais depressa do que os esforços para a combater e que o número de novos casos está a duplicar em alguns dos focos mais afectados. Para fazermos um ponto da situação, convidámos Jaime Nina, infecciologista do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Vatican City – “One in Christ. United in Mission” is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for this year’s World Mission Sunday. It is also the guiding theme of the online missionary formation programs being offered throughout the year in different languages by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union , in collaboration with the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies .Pope Leo XIV’s Message for World Mission Sunday is at the heart of the webinar series currently being held in French and English .The Vietnamese-language program will begin on Saturday, August 8.Organized through the joint efforts of the International Secretariat of the PUM and the Vietnamese National Direction of the PMS, the three-session course is intended for Vietnamese Catholics throughout the world, with particular attention to those living in Europe and the Americas.The first session, lasting approximately two hours and including time for participants’ questions at the end, will take place on August 8 at 5:00 p.m. . The second is scheduled for August 22 at 2:00 p.m. , while the final session will be held on September 5 at 10:00 a.m. .“Pope Leo XIV’s Message for World Mission Sunday 2026 reflects an extraordinary convergence of personal, ecclesial and historical dimensions. It is rooted in the Pope’s own missionary experience, fully consistent with his Magisterium, and illuminated by a series of anniversaries that invite us to re-read the past in order to better shape the future,” said Fr. Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, OFM Conv., Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union.“This Message,” he added, “is a clear call to the Church to rediscover her missionary nature, not as one activity among many, but as her deepest identity. It invites every baptized person to recognize themselves as one who is sent, every community to become missionary, and the whole Church to move forward with confidence into this ‘new missionary era’.” Link correlati :PROGRAM 8 AUGUST PROGRAM 22 AUGUST PROGRAM 5 SEPTEMBER

El delantero es el Pichichi del equipo de Pellegrini desde que el equipo comenzó a jugar amistosos previo al inicio de la campaña 2026-27.

«Розробити свою балістику й створити нову антибалістичну систему – це завдання, яке вдалося виконати в абсолютній меншості країн світу. Україна має цю спроможність»

Una cadena de episodios dramáticos en la sede del primer ministro francés ha abierto un debate sobre la salud mental en la Administración pública y sobre el impacto de la inestabilidad política en los equipos que trabajan en el centro del poder.