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• New York City Council चुनाव में, Zohran Mamdani के समर्थन पर संदेह जताया जा रहा है क्योंकि incumbent कम पोल रेटिंग और विभाजित आधार (split base) के कारण संघर्ष कर रहे हैं। • खराब आंकड़ों के बावजूद, अडिग उम्मीदवार एक centrist प्रतिद्वंद्वी के लिए पीछे हटने से इनकार कर रहा है। • यह स्थानीय चुनाव राष्ट्रीय निहितार्थों के लिए शहरी राजनीति में बदलते Democratic समीकरणों का संकेत देता है।

• Virginia के मतदाताओं ने मामूली अंतर से Democratic समर्थित कांग्रेस के Redistricting प्लान को मंजूरी दी, जो कई Republican Incumbents के लिए खतरा पैदा करता है। • यह कदम प्रमुख जिलों में सीमाओं को फिर से निर्धारित करता है ताकि Democrats को लाभ हो, जिससे 2026 midterm चुनावों का संतुलन बदल जाएगा। • तटीय क्षेत्र की Redistricting की यह लड़ाई निष्पक्ष मानचित्रों और दलीय लाभ को लेकर राष्ट्रीय तनाव को दर्शाती है।

• कंपनियों ने पिछले हफ्ते कहा कि वे अगले साल से कर्मचारियों के लिए पैरेंटल लीव और अन्य लाभों में कटौती करेंगे। • श्रम बाजार विशेषज्ञों के अनुसार, अमेरिकी कंपनियों Deloitte और Zoom द्वारा कर्मचारियों को दी जाने वाली सवैतनिक पैरेंटल लीव (paid parental leave) को कम करने के हालिया कदम कॉर्पोरेट अमेरिका में लाभों में एक बड़ी कटौती का संकेत हो सकते हैं। • यह माना जाता है कि अमेरिकी श्रमिकों के पास दुनिया भर के, विशेष रूप से यूरोप के अपने समकक्षों की तुलना में कम लाभ और श्रम सुरक्षा है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices, while Malcolm Turnbull points to some progress in USGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKevin Rudd has described Donald Trump’s cuts to support for green industries as “unfortunate”, warning that Australians would conclude the clean transition was “bullshit” if it did not offer tangible benefits to their lives.But – in some of his first comments since finishing his term as Australia’s ambassador to the US – the former prime minister said climate policies would have staying power if they delivered affordable prices, a reliable energy supply and new job opportunities. Continue reading...

Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’Booing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, while on the Gold Coast, the Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith attended the dawn service at Currumbin Beach.One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgement of country. Continue reading...

Former soldier says he will ‘pay my respects’ at commemoration in Queensland where he has been living since being released on bailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith will attend an Anzac Day service in Queensland on Saturday morning, describing the day as “sacred” to him, the first commemoration since he was criminally charged.Roberts-Smith, the recipient of the Victoria Cross and once one of Australia’s most lionised soldiers, faces five charges of the war crime of murder, allegedly committed during his service with the SAS in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. Continue reading...

Partner of soldier accused of war crimes says the couple discussed possibility of moving overseas to ‘create some normalcy in our lives’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith was planning to leave Australia to live overseas and had a business class flight out of the country booked in four days’ time when he was arrested at Sydney airport this month, court documents allege, with investigators telling a court “his willingness to return to Australia to face prosecution cannot be judged”.Roberts-Smith was ultimately granted bail last week under strict conditions, a move opposed by prosecutors who said there was potential concern he was a flight risk and might try to avoid ever having to face trial for a series of alleged murders he committed in Afghanistan. Continue reading...