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Ajit Pawar defeats nephew by 1 lakh-plus votes in Baramati wins battle against uncleRussian President Vladimir Putin announced continued testing of hypersonic ballistic missiles during the ongoing conflict with Ukraine following the launch of such a missile against Ukraine. On Friday, November 22, Putin ordered the acceleration of production of the new hypersonic missile known as “Oreshnik.” This missile, which Russia claims travels at ten times the speed of sound, was reportedly used for the first time Thursday to target locations in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. While the Kremlin has refrained from commenting directly on the missile launch toward Ukraine, Putin stated during a meeting with Russian military officials, “We will continue these tests, including under combat conditions.” Putin described the first use of the “Oreshnik” missile as a successful test and indicated that more launches would follow. Russian state media reported that the intercontinental ballistic missile, also known as RS-28 Sarmat or “Oreshnik,” travels at speeds ten times faster than sound, making it impervious to existing defense technologies. However, Ukraine has announced that it is actively developing aerial systems to counter this weapon. The introduction of hypersonic missile technology into the Ukraine conflict marks a significant escalation in the arms race, raising concerns among global military and political observers. Experts warn that these advanced weapons could destabilize the region further and complicate peace negotiations. International calls for restraint have grown louder, urging Russia and Ukraine to avoid the use of increasingly destructive technologies. The escalation highlights the urgent need for diplomatic solutions to prevent the conflict from spiraling into a broader and more dangerous confrontation. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
Do You Know Him? Police Release Video of Hockessin Porch PirateInspector Weeden has authorised a Section 35 dispersal order under which officers in the town can remove people from an area for up to 48 hours. The order approval follows an increase in the number of reports of anti-social behaviour related incidents in recent days. A significant area of the town has been outlined on a map encompassing Barking Park, Upney Lane and beyond. Authorised for s35 dispersal order in area specified in response to increase incidents of ASB. Authority by Inspector Weeden commences 22.11.24 12:00 to 24.12.24 11.49 hrs increase patrols will be seen over weekend by policing teams @lbbdcouncil @DavidRhodes_MPS @essex_crime pic.twitter.com/tYgpCAoO0M READ MORE: 'Disgusting': Large dead bug found in Barking Asda salad bag The local policing team have taken to X to share details of the affected area. Officers in Barking will be able to enforce the order until 11.49am on November 24. The dispersal order has been granted alongside provisions for increased patrols.Seeking inspiration for a nonpolitical column running in print on Thanksgiving, I went back in the archives. All the way back to The Seattle Daily Times Thanksgiving Day story of 1897. I felt for the writer. It was a corker but ended up on Page 8. The story described how the city was thankful to be emerging from the 1896 depression. It accurately predicted that a surge of business from the Klondike gold rush would set Seattle on course to becoming one of the "great cities of the Earth." It nailed the region's casual fashion sense, 41 years before REI was founded, and the roar generated by Seattle football fans. The story also foreshadowed today's newspapering, with a heavy emphasis on the weather, same-day news (published in that evening's edition) and a subhead ("Why are You Thankful?") written to goose reader engagement. It left me thankful for the record of history that newspapers provide, and for those who still support them. I'll spare you the description of what was open and closed and the church services on Nov. 25, 1897, and updates on mining and farm activity. Here's the rest of the story: Pursuant to the proclamation issued by William McKinley, President of the United States, and John R. Rogers, Governor of the State of Washington, the people of Seattle, in common with the inhabitants of every state in the Union, are today abstaining, for the most part, from the ordinary avocations of life, and are, either in letter, or in spirit, letting their thanks ascend for their manifold blessings of the past year. Seattle, while not decked in holiday attire nor wearing gala dress, gives evidence that this is not an ordinary day. There is an unusual air of quiet pervading the streets and the faces of the passersby indicate that their owners are either happy over what the past year has given them or joyous over their hopes of what the future has in store for them. It is clearly evident that the much-abused gentleman who presides over the destinies of the United States Weather Bureau is taking a holiday and as a consequence the gentle rain has not descended and Old Sol has been permitted to show his lustrous countenance once again. The weather this morning was ideal and if it continues this afternoon the crowds who attend the football game will be permitted to sit on the grand stand and shout themselves hoarse in behalf of their favorite team without wasting any portion of their lung power in anathematizing the weather. Last year Thanksgiving Day in Seattle was more or less marred by the gloom of business depression. The citizens of Seattle had not yet been permitted to see the ray of sunshine that was almost ready to show through the cloud of hard times and scarcity of money. But now all is changed. Where last year existed discouragement, gloom and a fear of what the future might have in store now abides faith in the ultimate restoration of the old days when the problem of how to keep the wolf from the door was never presenting itself for solution and when everyone had enough and to spare. The business men of Seattle are giving thanks today for the discovery of the great quantities of yellow metal in the frozen North, which has been the direct cause of turning the eyes of all the earth to Seattle as the gateway of that region where gold is plentiful beyond the dreams of avarice. They are thankful that next year will, unless every sign shall fall and every indication be deceiving, witness the rush to Seattle of people from every corner of the earth — here to spend their money for an outfit and push on to the North. They realize that this means the city where they have cast their lot and for which they have spent their time, money and energy to build will be numbered among the great cities of the earth. That edition actually had several holiday stories. Another urged Washingtonians to be thankful "that this great Commonwealth is free from all turmoil, internal dissensions and famine — conditions which prevail in many other of the nations of the earth." Among the audience was the grandfather of America's next president. In the 1890s German immigrant Friedrich Trump operated a Pioneer Square restaurant with rooms for prostitutes, the first of several gold rush real estate ventures that seeded the Trump dynasty. But that risks breaking the no-politics rule. The archives , back to December 1895, are available online to Times subscribers. Some, reflecting attitudes of the time, make you wince and appreciate how far we've progressed. Others read like a Jack London novel. Sensational coverage of foreign affairs in the 1890s was also deeply problematic. But it's still remarkable to see how much international news was in a local paper in the boondocks in 1897, especially compared to today's ghost newspapers. They have modern standards but a relative paucity of news. It's hard enough to get people to read any newspaper nowadays, much less old ones in digital file cabinets. But the archives are worth a visit for those who enjoy newspapers and history. Especially if you're needing a break from the gloom, fearing what the future might have in store and waiting for Old Sol to reappear. Happy Thanksgiving!
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The opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) victories in the Aenon Town and Morant Bay divisions have delivered a blow to the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) just 72 hours before its final conference ahead of the next parliamentary election. Nonetheless, the JLP is revelling in its triumph in the by-elections for the constituencies of Trelawny Southern and St Andrew North Western. In Aenon Town in Clarendon Northern, the PNP’s Delroy Dawson, a two-time councillor who the JLP’s Majorie McLeod defeated in February this year, regained the seat for the party, finishing ahead of JLP candidate Suzette Barton by 56 votes, according to the preliminary results from the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ). McLeod’s death in September triggered the by-election. The voter turnout in Aenon Town was 46.7 per cent, higher than the 29.6 per cent national turnout for the municipal elections in February. Those results were followed by the final count in Morant Bay, St Thomas Eastern, where the PNP’s Yvonne Rosemarie Shaw defeated the JLP’s Winston Downie by 118 votes, polling 2,096 to his 1,978. The victory is the seventh for Shaw, a former mayor who has represented both major political parties. The voter turnout was 37 per cent in the division consistently won by the PNP. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT The win for the PNP comes against the backdrop of significant development in St Thomas in recent years by the Holness administration, which includes the St Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project and the construction of the $6-billion Morant Bay Urban Centre. PNP President Mark Golding said the party had done the work on the ground to secure the victories, calling it a good day for democracy in Jamaica. “What this win reflects is that with the benefit of the popular support that we have nationally and the strength of our organisation on the ground and as a united political movement under my leadership, we are unstoppable,” Golding said in Aenon Town. He accused the JLP of conducting questionable activities in the division, which general secretary of the party Dr Horace Chang has dismissed as mischief. Golding lamented the absence of a political ombudsman to examine what he described as political misconduct. Further, he insisted that Prime Minister Andrew Holness announce a date for the general election due next September, arguing that the country needs a change in direction. That aside, former House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple Philibert dismissed former JLP Councillor Lloyd Gillings, securing 4,146 votes to his 1,434 in Trelawny Southern. Gillings contested as an independent candidate. The PNP did not field a candidate for the by-election. The victory for Dalrymple Philibert means a fifth term in Gordon House following her resignation in September 2023 over an unfavourable Integrity Commission report. It also validates the JLP’s decision to reselect Dalrymple Philibert as its candidate amid raised eyebrows in some quarters, and a desire by JLP protestors weeks ago to have her return. The voter turnout in Trelawny Southern was 22.2 per cent. Similarly, the JLP’s Duane Smith trounced independent candidate and former House Speaker Carl Marshall, albeit in a low-voting by-election, by 1,752 votes in St Andrew North Western. Smith tallied 1,863 votes to the 111 votes secured by Marshall, a former member of parliament who ran on a PNP ticket. The voter turnout was 6.2 per cent. Former PNP candidate Rohan Banks, who was expected to contest the election as an independent, withdrew a day before. He told The Gleaner that he had a conversation with Marshall and both agreed that it was best that only one of them moved forward. The PNP did not contest the by-election. Yesterday, Smith said he was satisfied with the victory and getting 95 per cent of the votes. “The turnout was low but as mentioned several times, it was expected to be low because people in North West St Andrew don’t take by-elections that are being uncontested by any main opposition party seriously,” he said. ‘GAME OF CHANCE’ Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Holness told The Gleaner that he has been speaking about improving the level of representation the party gives to the people, noting that it starts with candidate selection and candidate training. He said the JLP will invest heavily in its representatives’ standard setting. This, he said, will include a code of conduct and technology to improve connection with voters. Holness said he expected to win all four by-elections but noted that elections are a “game of chance”. “There is still a certain variability, uncertainty in outcomes but you mitigate that by first of all selecting good candidates. “We also ensure victory by having good organisation and what we have seen with the Jamaica Labour Party over the last 10 years is that our ability to organise has improved significantly. And I think we are essentially seeing that in the last couple of months that the party is organising and these by-elections are like the heats,” the JLP leader said. editorial@gleanerjm.comFrench President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said on Thursday after the government was toppled by lawmakers. Michel Barnier, a veteran conservative, became the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history when he resigned on Thursday after parliament voted him out over his fiscal plans, barely three months after he was appointed. In a televised address to the nation, Macron said he would name a successor to Barnier “in the coming days.” “The priority will be the budget,” Macron said. A special law to roll over the 2024 budget and avoid any gap will be put forward by mid-December. Then the new government will prepare a full budget early next year, in particular to account for inflation, for a vote by parliament. Macron, whose ill-fated decision to call a snap ballot in June delivered a much-divided parliament, denied he was responsible for the political crisis. The president, who represents a centrist party, said the far-right and left-wing parties united in an “anti-republican front” to create “a mess” by ousting Barnier. Macron has been weakened by the crisis but resisted calls by some in the opposition for him to resign. He reaffirmed that he will stay in office until his term ends in May 2027. “The mandate you have given me is for five years and I will fulfil it until the very end,” he said. In a 10-minute speech, he added that the new government should represent a variety of parties willing to take part in it or at least agree not to censure it. He did not say which ones. Meanwhile, Macron has asked Barnier and his government to stay in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed. FISCAL DEFICIT, DIVIDED PARLIAMENT It was unclear if a new government will be in place before a ceremony on Saturday to reopen Notre-Dame Cathedral, which has been renovated after a devastating fire. World leaders including U.S. President-elect Donald Trump are expected to attend. Macron cited the rebuilding of the Gothic cathedral and successful Paris Olympics over the summer as evidence that France can deliver. “They are proof that we can do great things. We can do the impossible,” he said. “The world admires us for that.” Macron had lunch on Thursday with Francois Bayrou, whose name has been cited by French media as a possible successor to Barnier, Le Parisien newspaper reported. An aide to Bayrou did not respond to a request for comment. Any new prime minister will face the same challenge of dealing with a fractured parliament that Barnier did, notably passing a budget at a time when France needs to rein in its public finances. French bonds and stocks rallied on Thursday on what some traders said was profit-taking following the widely expected outcome of parliament’s no-confidence vote that ousted Barnier. But the relief rally is unlikely to last, given the scale of political uncertainty. “Until potential new elections, ongoing political uncertainty is likely to keep the risk premium on French assets elevated,” SocGen analysts said in a note. The earliest possible date for a parliamentary election would be in July. The fall of France’s government leaves the country without a clear path towards reducing its fiscal deficit, and the most likely outcome is less belt-tightening than previously planned, credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s said.