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The KP Sharma Oli led-government in Nepal runs the risk of collapse if the prime minister agrees to loans under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) during his upcoming China visit , with his coalition partner, Nepali Congress (NC), insisting that the Himalayan nation should seek grants instead of loans. The NC has said that China has not fulfilled its previous grant commitments under the BRI and has opposed Oli's move to join the BRI during his visit in the first week of December. Oli and the NC have publicly differed on China's invitation to Nepal to join the BRI and there are indications that the NC may reconsider its support to the government if Oli goes ahead with the plan to seek loans under the BRI, according to people familiar with the matter. Although Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding on BRI in 2017, not a single project has been negotiated under the initiative as successive governments in Nepal have been averse to taking loans from China, unlike Sri Lanka and Pakistan, said Nepal watchers. Nepal traditionally has also been wary of loans given its state of economy and has preferred grants to fund its projects. This is among the reasons that it has not taken loans under the BRI despite intense lobbying from China. India has offered grant assistance to Nepal since the 1950s. Nepal is among India's largest and most prominent development partners. India-Nepal Cooperation for developing modern infrastructure in Nepal began in 1951. 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A day after the party faced a big defeat at the hands of the Congress-led UDF in the Palakkad assembly bypoll on Saturday, murmurs of discontent grew within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) particularly aimed at state president K Surendran. On the eve of counting, Surendran had put up a Facebook post, in which he claimed that the BJP would not only win Palakkad, but that the UDF would also be pushed to the third position. However, when results came in by Saturday afternoon, UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil defeated BJP’s C Krishnakumar by 18,840 votes, the highest margin in the history of the constituency. LDF candidate P Sarin finished a close third. A closer look at the results showed that Mamkootathil secured 58,389 votes, up from 54,079 votes in the 2021 assembly elections. At the same time, the BJP lost 10,671 votes — plunging from its best-ever performance of 50,220 votes in 2021 to 39,549 votes this time. In the 2021 elections, the BJP had fielded E Sreedharan — the acclaimed engineer behind several Metro and railway projects in the country — in Palakkad, who was instrumental in winning over support apart from the party’s traditional vote base. The defeat by over 18,000 votes this time compared to just 3,859 votes in 2021 has sent alarm bells ringing within the BJP as it suffered a major dent in its vote bank in the areas under the Palakkad municipality, one of the two municipalities it governs in Kerala. In 2021 assembly elections, the party received 34,143 votes in the booths under the municipality. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, it slipped to 29,355 votes and further dipped to 27,197 votes this time, an overall loss of nearly 7,000 votes compared to 2021. Following the defeat, several questions have been raised on the lapses of the party during the campaign, why it lost an important contest despite the state president camping in the constituency, the candidate selection as well as the alleged failure to respond to criticisms of the UDF and the LDF. Party spokesperson B Gopalakrishnan admitted that there were deep organisational lapses during the campaign in Palakkad. “We made some serious efforts to rectify the lapses. Like they say, there’s no point putting oil on the skin surface (when deeper issues exist). It is a reality that there were issues here,” he said during a TV debate on Saturday. Sandeep Vachaspathi, the state BJP spokesperson, took a jibe at Surendran, who wrote in a Facebook post that the real political fight took place in Chelakkara bypoll, where the party was able to increase its votes by nearly 10,000 compared to the 2021 elections. “The Thrissur district committee, which led the campaign there, deserves all the credit,” he wrote, hinting that the party did very well despite Surendran not being active in Chelakkara. “In Palakkad, all the issues raised were personal such as communalism, corruption, and defections. It has to be examined if the party failed in defending itself on such issues. Such a setback was not expected. It will be seriously examined how there was an erosion in our vote base despite the state president leading the campaign,” he wrote. Surendran, who took over as the BJP chief in February 2020, has already finished one term. If the party had won the Palakkad bypoll, he would have been allowed by the central leadership to continue till the 2026 assembly elections, a party source said. In the backdrop of the defeat, the demand to get Surendran removed as the state chief raised by other factions in the state unit will strengthen, he added. While the BJP won its first-ever Lok Sabha seat in the state this year — Thrissur — it still has no representation in the state assembly. It has two Union ministers of state from Kerala in the cabinet — Suresh Gopi and George Kurian.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that , Donald Trump's pick to lead , is “compromised” by and , as a congresswoman, with Syria’s president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, a veteran of combat missions in Iraq, said she had concerns about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's choice to be . “I think she’s compromised," Duckworth said on CNN’s “State of the Union," citing Gabbard's 2017 trip to Syria, where she held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Gabbard was a Democratic House member from Hawaii at the time. “The U.S. intelligence community has identified her as having troubling relationships with America’s foes. And so my worry is that she couldn’t pass a background check,” Duckworth said. Gabbard, who said last month she is joining the Republican party, has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades. She was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait and, according to the Hawaii National Guard, a Combat Medical Badge in 2005 for “participation in combat operations under enemy hostile fire in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III." 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The Supportive Cabins Initiative was presented to Gananoque council on Tuesday for information purposes. The initiative will consist of 25 individual cabins in Brockville, each equipped with essential amenities to provide residents with a comfortable and secure place to live. The point is to combat homelessness in Leeds and Grenville and serve as a stable, structured, and supervised independent living environment as they reintegrate back into the community, town council heard. Tuesday’s presentation was provided by United Counties of Leeds and Grenville’s Alison Tutak, the director of community and social services. The service provider is the John Howard Society of Kingston and District. The initiative mirrors similar initiatives in Ontario, like in Peterborough and Waterloo. Each cabin will provide a private space for residents, including basic living amenities. The site will be managed by the John Howard Society, with round-the-clock supervision and support for residents. Examples of supports and programming offered by on-site staff includes life skills training, educational workshops, employment support, health and wellness programming, peer support groups, recreation activities, cultural and community engagement, and housing stability support. Residents of the cabins will be required to engage in a participation agreement with the John Howard Society. Resident rules will be inclusive of topics such as violence and harassment, resident restrictions, curfew, substance use, and contraband. Emergency services, like the Brockville Police Service, Brockville Fire Department and Leeds Grenville Paramedic Service have been part of ongoing discussions to ensure the site is safe for residents and the community. Officially, this initiative is located at 1805 County Road 2 East, in Brockville, with a long-term lease arrangement with the City of Brockville for the site. A physical design has been established with consideration of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles and will feature fully-fenced controlled access, Tutak’s presentation noted. Keith Dempsey is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Brockville Recorder and Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.Across Europe, Syrians hold joyful rallies
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