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Democrats aren’t done debating Graham Platner. Platner’s decisive victory in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary quelled for now any serious discussion that he could be replaced as the party’s nominee in the wake of a recent bout of scandals. The party’s campaign arms were quick to indicate support for him after the race was called Tuesday night. Progressives took a victory lap while arguing their colleagues need to coalesce around the Maine nominee. But a small yet notable faction of Capitol Hill Democrats still has qualms about the oysterman’s tumultuous past that has rattled some Maine voters — and what it…
When Infantino sat down at the Azteca he knew exactly which questions would be coming his way.How could he not?The expulsion of Artan after an 11-hour interrogation at Miami International Airport had come just hours earlier, accused by a US official of having links to terrorists in his homeland.”It is unfortunate what happened to the referee from Somalia,” Infantino said. “But again, we don’t control everything.”We try, we’ll discuss, we’ll speak, we’ll see. Maybe sometimes it’s good as well to just, you know, chill, relax.”Those words will have been of little comfort to Artan, who touched down back in the…
Three Indian seafarers are missing after Oman rescues 21 others following a US attack on the Palau-flagged Settebello.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026India has summoned a senior US diplomat after US forces fired on a Palau-flagged vessel with 24 Indian sailors on board off the coast of Oman, leaving three Indian seafarers missing.India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to Al Jazeera on Wednesday that it had summoned Jason Meeks, the US Embassy’s deputy chief of mission in New Delhi.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it carried out a “precision” strike on…
MAJOR SHIFT: Last week’s conclusion of Albany’s legislative session left Democratic state lawmakers poised for the biggest shakeup in their ranks since they assumed one-party control in 2019. Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes is retiring at the end of the year, opening up the No. 2 job for only the second time since Carl Heastie became speaker 11 years ago. State Sen. Mike Gianaris is on his way out too. His departure will leave open the role of Democratic Senate Campaign Committee chair, which he’s held since he was a senator-elect in 2010. It will also pave the way for…
UN investigators to arrive in Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026At least 16 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Tyre and its surrounding areas in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).Nine people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the village of Tayr Debba, while three were killed in a strike on the municipality of Deir Qanoun en-Nahr, the agency reported on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAt least one person was killed in an air strike on…
United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a $70bn funding bill for immigration enforcement, capping a months-long standoff with Democrats after the killing of two US citizens.The legislation signed into law on Wednesday provides funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for at least the remainder of Trump’s term.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThat adds to a $140bn financial windfall the agencies received as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a tax-and-spending bill Congress passed last July.Both ICE and CBP fall under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).…
Consumer inflation in the United States increased at the fastest pace in three years as surging oil prices amid tensions with Iran weigh on global energy markets before the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week.Inflation rose by 0.5 percent in May compared with the prior month, following a 0.6 percent jump in April, according to the US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and was 4.2 percent higher than this time last year.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe increase is largely driven by a surge in energy prices, which rose by 3.9 percent in May following…
Graham Platner, Susan Collins and Janet Mills were born there. Tucker Carlson and the horror writer Stephen King spend a lot of time there.And Maine’s vast northern Second Congressional District is about to command more attention as general-election season arrives, stepping out of the shadow of the First District’s southern restaurants, beaches and presidential lore.For starters, the Second District’s House seat — currently held by the retiring Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate Democrat — is one of the most politically competitive on the map. Republicans see the red-tinted district as one of their best pickup opportunities.Last night, Paul LePage, the…
His Napoli years – the Serie A title in 2024-25 and the adoration that came with it – have turned him into a player who is worshipped in Naples and identified throughout the world.McTominay is the superstar of this Scotland team, the guy with a giant mural on the side of a house near Hampden and whose frame – mid-bicycle kick against Denmark on the night of all nights last November – is on a bank note.For club and country he has scored 13, 16 and 17 goals in the last three seasons, some of them to win a title…
Hezbollah is the most prominent of Lebanon’s political movements, and has long been the most powerful in the country.Its current battle with Israel means it has a huge say in the future of the country, but also places it at the centre of a debate with other political groups in Lebanon, many of whom feel that Hezbollah should be subservient to the state.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLebanon’s sectarian divides are reflected in the large number of political movements it harbours, and the difficulty any government has in forming a strong power centre that will enable the country…