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“since it is only 90 miles (145 kilometers) from the U.S. mainland”
“the new EU Pact on Asylum and Migration, which entered into force on 12 June”
“The SAD withdrew from the BJP‑led NDA in 2020 in protest against the farm legislation, bringing an end to the alliance in Punjab.”
“Mr Kirkwood received 560 votes, while Labour’s candidate came second with 469.”
“sold more than 13,000 of its 'Not Ken Paxton's Pen' pens and had sold out of the merchandise, with a restock planned.”
“shared a video using one of her songs on Thursday, August 20.”
“more than 400 books”
“Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says there’s still rotting food inside.”
“President Donald Trump believes data centers are a political asset rather than a liability”
“Rome received 109,427 transfer requests (2023 (source in Italian); 2024 (source in Italian); 2025 (source in Italian)).”
“The Congress also announced plans to expand its 'Chhatron ki Goonj' programme, which has been used by Rahul Gandhi to interact with students, to nearly 800 cities across the country.”
“John Roberts won a resounding victory, winning over 50% of the vote in Penistone East and finishing 933 votes ahead.”
“$1,000 Montblanc pen”
“It’s been 250 days,”
“The library was established in 1931 by the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald”
“Italy is by far the country that has received the highest number of transfer requests for Dublin transferees, over 24,000, according to Eurostat.”
“The Congress has asked its four chief ministers to prepare a report on the reforms needed in the education and examination system in their respective states and submit it to Kharge within a month.”
“Candidate Ian Taylor received 1,024 votes in the by-election, with Reform second on 647.”
“$1 million a month in state parties, sending $17,500 to blue states and $22,500 to red states”
“some of which are kept in two bookcases in Downing Street's Cabinet Room”
“14,000, the largest share, come from Germany and France and would therefore be cancelled thanks to an agreement signed by Interior Minister Piantedosi (source in Italian) with the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs Council at the en…”
“with at least 152 cases of paper leaks reported since 2014.”
“Find Out Now found 23% of voters would back Reform if an election were held today, with the same number supporting Labour and 18% backing the Tories.”
“A June 2026 survey from Echelon Insights found that voters opposed building an AI data center in their community by a margin of 62 percent to 27 percent. Even after respondents were shown additional messaging about economic and technologic…”
“Seven ministers who served in Sir Keir's government have also added books to the shelves”
“But a further 10,000 remain pending”
“at least 26 student suicides, while more than 90 other students have lost their lives for similar reasons over the past five years”
“more than six years ago.”
“"In our June–July survey, 61 percent of Americans oppose construction of new data centers in their area, up from 49 percent in the survey we fielded in February and March," Patterson told Newsweek. "That 12-point move is the largest shift …”
“A book about the life of Sir Keir Starmer has become the newest addition to the Downing Street library, after being donated by Sir Keir himself.”
“the main countries of origin of these requests are precisely those now making themselves heard: Switzerland (3,612 requests), Austria (644), Finland (520), Belgium (1,531), and a few hundred more spread across other countries, starting wit…”
“started on June 6”
“A YouGov poll last month found that only 22% of Britons see Meghan in a positive light, compared with 65% who hold an unfavourable opinion of the former actress, while 33% see Harry positively and 58% negatively.”
“Liam Tadeo and his father were detained following a traffic stop in Austin on Sunday, August 16, and later taken to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, the boy’s mother told N+ Univision.”
“Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves added her own book, Alice in Westminster: The political life of Alice Bacon”
“Austria, in particular, has told LaPresse that since the Pact came into force, it has already returned four Dublin transferees to Italy.”
“starting June 28”
“Meghan also privately toured two schools”
“According to DHS, Martinez Nieto first entered the United States illegally around March 10, 2022, near Laredo, Texas.”
“Darren Jones, who served as a senior minister between 2024 and 2026, gave Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home - a book by Pope Francis which calls for greater protection of the environment”
“between 12 June and 7 July, it is reported to have already rejected 12.”
“on July 21”
“Since leaving the UK in 2020, the Sussexes have given a series of interviews...”
“Representative Greg Casar, the Texas Democrat who represents the state’s 35th Congressional District, last week told local media that ICE arrests in the city had risen to three or four times their usual level over several days in August.”
“Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy offered her book All In: How we build a country that works”
“the new European Pact on Migration extends the responsibility of the country of first arrival for the asylum application to 20 months.”
“on July 25”
“The United States is offering illegal aliens $2,600 and a free flight to self-deport now.”
“Nick Thomas-Symonds, a Cabinet Office minister in the last government, also chose his own book - a biography of former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson”
“the vast majority of asylum seekers should know the outcome of their application within 12 weeks.”
“Tamil Nadu’s 39 seats should retain their present 7.18% share of parliamentary representation.”
“Women and Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson picked Choose Freedom: The Future for Democratic Socialism by former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley”
“But less than three months have passed since the new Pact entered into force”
“the assembly resolution passed on Aug 14, which sought to freeze the total number of Lok Sabha seats at 543”
“Former Wales Secretary Jo Stevens gave The Fed: a history of the South Wales miners in the twentieth century by Hywel Francis and Davis Smith”
“approximately 500 migrants”
“the state remained committed to freezing the total number of Lok Sabha seats at 543 for another 25 years through special legislation”
“Treasury minister James Murray donated Instruction to Deliver - a book by Sir Michael Barber about his experience being a civil servant in Tony Blair's government”
“capacity of 1,800 people”
“we are against delimitation and want to maintain the existing Lok Sabha strength at 543”
“The council has 'willingly' participated in a Home Office dispersal scheme - accepting more than 200 people seeking asylum.”
“government sources cut that figure to 1,500”
“the constitutional freeze on the allocation of Lok Sabha seats among states is set to lapse after 2026”
“increase the number of new places for migrant reception to 4,000”
“the assembly resolution passed on Aug 12, which sought to freeze the total number of Lok Sabha seats at 543”
“around 4,000 food bags”
“I made the govt’s stand clear that we are against delimitation and want to maintain the existing Lok Sabha strength at 543”
“around 10 tents”
“Khan has been in custody since his arrest on August 5, 2023, in a corruption case.”
“the 10 participating artists and curator Chen Hsiang-Wen said the project had been accepted as the “Taiwan Pavilion” in April, before the foundation changed its name without their consent.”
“"The whole country knows that the Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the July 20th incident and has constituted a five-member high-powered committee headed by a former judge," Nadda said.”
“the proposal was approved as the “Taiwan Pavilion” on 2 April”
“The committee was headed by a retired Supreme Court judge and included two other judges, a former CBI director and another senior official.”
“an agreement signed on 23 April also referred to it by the same name”
“Sahil Lochab, who Congress alleges suffered pellet injuries during a July 20 protest at Jantar Mantar.”
“It was still called that until June, the ministry said, when the foundation began referring to it as the “NTMoFA Pavilion””
“Lochab had submitted a written complaint on August 14 but was allegedly not provided an I/O number or acknowledgement.”
“Taiwan formerly participated as a national pavilion at the Venice Biennale, but after pressure from Beijing, it lost that designation in 2001.”
“The complaint was pursued again on August 17.”
“the European Parliament went further, mentioning Taiwan 44 times in a recommendation on East Asia”
“There are more than 200 pellets in his body. These are AIIMS and Lady Hardinge Hospital reports, which clearly state that there are more than 200 pellets in his body.”
“Putin made his first official visit to the islands on 13 August”
“There are three pellets in his eye, and he has lost vision in that eye.”
“since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991”
“The TVK government passed a resolution in this House to freeze the total number of Lok Sabha seats at 543”
“four security personnel were killed during protests in the square.”
“Udhayanidhi reiterated that the DMK remained committed to a total freeze on the redrawing of constituencies or, at the very least, ensuring that Tamil Nadu's current 7.18% representation was not reduced.”
“Four other detainees in the case — Abolfazl Sepahi, Amirhossein Safari, Erfan Esfandiari and Golmohammad Mohammadi — had previously been executed.”
“All 39 MPs of the DMK should stay inside the House and register their opposition.”
“Tehran has executed at least 901 people since the beginning of 2026, including 28 executions carried out in August alone.”
“Vijay said he had files detailing alleged corruption in three government departments”
“at least 975 people were reportedly executed in Iran in 2024, a 17% increase from the previous year and the highest annual figure recorded since 2015.”
“Earlier, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly witnessed heated exchanges on August 7 between members of the ruling TVK and the opposition DMK over allegations of corruption, fiscal management and the implementation of welfare schemes.”
“at least 612 executions recorded between January and June, or 119% more compared with the same period in 2024.”
“The Congress party’s position is that the current seat allocations should be maintained for another 25 years.”
“she was visited by King Charles last September, just after her 116th birthday”
“The Tamil Nadu Assembly had earlier passed a special resolution urging the Centre to permanently retain the Lok Sabha’s strength at 543 seats.”
“King Charles is the sixth person to sit on the British throne since Caterham was born in Hampshire on 21 August 1909”
“The crime of intentional foreign interference carries a penalty of 20 years' imprisonment in Australia.”
“Ukraine has been fighting against Russia's full-scale invasion since it was launched in February 2022.”
