Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has vowed she will lead the country “when the right time comes”. “There’s a mission, and we are going to turn Venezuela into that land of grace, and I believe I will be elected when the right time comes as president of Venezuela, the first woman president,” she told […]
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Trump-linked figures lead talks on $200m European pipeline contract | Donald Trump
Leading members of Donald Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election are seeking a huge European pipeline contract, the latest figures from the US president’s circle to mix business and geopolitics. Jesse Binnall, a lawyer who worked on legal actions advancing Trump’s baseless claim that the vote was stolen from him, and Joe Flynn, […]
Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85 : NPR
Jeffrey R. Holland, member of the quorum of the twelve apostles, speaks during a news conference at the Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Jan. 27, 2015. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP SALT LAKE CITY — Jeffrey R. Holland, a high-ranking official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who […]
Left-wing candidate Andrea Egan beats Starmer ally to lead Unison
Left-wing candidate Andrea Egan has been elected as the new leader of Unison, the UK’s biggest trade union, in a blow to Sir Keir Starmer. Ms Egan, who was expelled from the Labour Party three years ago, beat the union’s current general secretary Christina McAnea, an ally of the prime minister. Following her election, Ms […]
Former children’s commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield to lead grooming gangs inquiry
A former children’s commissioner will chair the government’s inquiry into grooming gangs. Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry, which was derailed in October when four women resigned from its survivors panel and two leading candidates to chair the investigation pulled out. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s […]
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People
POISONOUS DUST falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies. With every breath, people inhale invisible lead particles and absorb them into their bloodstream. The metal seeps into their […]
King to lead two-minute silence at Cenotaph
Amy Walker and Maia Davies PA Media King Charles at last year’s service at the Cenotaph in London King Charles III will lead the nation in a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT on Sunday during the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph.. He is set to lay a wreath at the monument in central […]
former Republican vice-president who helped lead US “war on terror”
Getty Images Dick Cheney, who has died at the age of 84, had a glittering – if controversial – career in American public life. He served as President Gerald Ford’s White House chief of staff in the 1970s, before spending a decade in the House of Representatives. President George H. W. Bush made him defence […]
Blue Jays take 3-2 lead over Dodgers : NPR
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning in Game 5 of baseball’s World Series, on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP LOS ANGELES — Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts, and the Toronto Blue Jays […]
Rob Jetten’s centrist liberals lead Dutch election, exit poll says
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and Anna Holligan,Hague correspondent in Leiden Reuters Rob Jetten, 38, led a highly polished campaign and outperformed his rivals in TV debates The centrist liberals under Rob Jetten have taken a shock lead in the Dutch election, according to the main exit poll, two years after his party languished in sixth […]