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Japanese prime minister's party scores sweeping election win, reports say
52+ min ago (698+ words) TOKYO'The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a sweeping majority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday, Japanese media reported, citing preliminary results. Takaichi, who assumed office four months ago, said in a televised interview with public television…...
Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (717+ words) DUBAI'Iran sentenced imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years behind bars after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands…...
U.K. leader Starmer's chief of staff quits over appointment of U.S. ambassador with Epstein ties
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (541+ words) LONDON'British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to…...
Key Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa freed from prison
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (380+ words) CARACAS, Venezuela'Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa, one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mar'a Corina Machado, was released Sunday after more than eight months in prison on what are widely considered to be politically motivated accusations....
U.S. Olympic athletes in Italy are speaking out about the political situation at home
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (881+ words) MILAN'Mikaela Shiffrin has generally let her performances do the talking during a career that has seen her win two Olympic titles and more World Cup races than any skier in history. But she clearly had something more to say before…...
Letters to the Editor: Thomas Jefferson was right. Liberty is safest in the hands of the people
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (192+ words) 'Now is the time for all good citizens to show up and speak up for "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" for all,' writes an L.A. Times reader. To the editor: It was inspiring, if not edifying, to read about…...
Letters to the Editor: Democrats need to use all the leverage they have to protect our rights
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (142+ words) Letters to the Editor: Democrats need to use all the leverage they have to protect our rights'latimes.com To the editor: Democrats must stand strong in the ongoing negotiations over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including ICE (Democrats…...
Commentary: Fix the potholes or fight the power? That's the choice facing California's next governor
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (1691+ words) You may have missed it, what with President Trump's endless pyrotechnics, but California voters will decide in November who succeeds Gavin Newsom, the highest-profile governor since the Terminator returned to Hollywood. Unfortunately for those attempting to civically engage, the current…...
Column: Trump's attacks on journalists are just tired political theater
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (958+ words) Unlike Kaitlan Collins of CNN, Catherine Lucey of Bloomberg, Mary Bruce of ABC, Nancy Cordes of CBS or Rachel Scott of ABC, I have never been yelled at or insulted by a president. OK, once, next to an Iowa cornfield,…...
Contributor: We celebrate civil rights heroes only after they stop making us uncomfortable
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (1011+ words) Every February, Black History Month invites Americans to honor the giants of the civil rights movement. We commemorate them in speeches and street names, reassuring ourselves that their struggles belong safely to the past. But history tells a less comforting…...