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Government·from Oct 10·upd. 3h ago
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Delhi frees cockroach party leaders as Supreme Court reviews mass detentions

Delhi police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two colleagues on arrival from Mumbai before a protest against Election Commission chief Gyanesh Kumar. A court released them on Sunday, and the Supreme Court took up the detentions the same day.

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Government·from Oct 5·upd. 3d ago
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Christa Pike walks with help and eats after surviving Tennessee's failed lethal injection

Christa Pike, 50, has begun walking with assistance and eating at a hospital, her lawyers said Thursday, a week after two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her. Her attorneys warn that uncertainty remains about her physical recovery and her legal standing.

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Government·from Oct 6·upd. 3d ago
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AfD's Tobias Rausch elected Saxony-Anhalt parliament president with 48 of 83 votes

Tobias Rausch of the AfD won the presidency of the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag on Tuesday with four more votes than his party and the BSW hold together. Chancellor Friedrich Merz then suggested that deputies from other parties may have voted for him to discredit the CDU, prompting angry rebuttals from the Greens and the Left.

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Government·from Oct 5·upd. 4d ago
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French National Assembly committee alters 2027 budget and rejects 1.4 billion euro pension tax cut

The National Assembly Finance Committee amended France's 2027 draft budget, stripping a 1.4 billion euro reduction in retiree tax allowances and adding nearly 4 billion euros in spending before plenary debates on 13 October.

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Government·from Oct 5·upd. 4d ago
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Puigdemont prepares Catalonia return after court backs amnesty and lifts warrant

Carles Puigdemont has relocated his official office in Barcelona and secured police protection guarantees after Spain's Constitutional Court upheld amnesty for embezzlement.

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Government·from Oct 5·upd. 5d ago
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AfD lawmaker Tobias Rausch elected Saxony-Anhalt parliament president with 48 votes

Alternative for Germany lawmaker Tobias Rausch secured 48 votes in Magdeburg to become state parliament president, drawing support from five BSW deputies and four anonymous members of other parties.

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Government·from Oct 9·upd. 2d ago
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Thai Queen Suthida flies Gripen fighter jet solo, becoming Thailand's first female Gripen pilot

Queen Suthida, 48, flew a single-seat Saab JAS 39C Gripen for 41 minutes from an air base in Surat Thani province on Thursday, 8 October, with King Maha Vajiralongkorn watching. The Royal Household released footage of the flight on Friday.

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Government·from Oct 6·upd. 4d ago
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Kemi Badenoch pledges family home inheritance tax cut at Conservative conference

At the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Kemi Badenoch proposed eliminating inheritance tax on family homes and ruled out any future electoral alliance with Reform UK.

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Government·3d ago
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor receives £302,000 compensation for early Royal Lodge lease surrender

The Crown Estate said on Friday that the former prince was paid for handing back his Royal Lodge lease early, after he paid £1.8 million towards repairs and dilapidations.

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Government·4d ago
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Donald Trump to award Elon Musk and tech executives National Medal of Science

President Donald Trump will present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and fellow technology leaders in Washington on 8 October 2026, following their reconciliation after a 2025 budgetary dispute.

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Government·from Oct 7·upd. 4d ago
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Trump backs plan to turn Florida golf club into presidential retreat

Donald Trump endorsed a proposal to convert a section of his West Palm Beach golf club into a Camp David-style retreat for future US presidents, offering free access while his family pays construction costs.

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Government·5d ago
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Anna Politkovskaya murder case unsolved 20 years after Moscow shooting

European lawmakers and former colleagues marked 20 years since Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in Moscow, as the masterminds remain unpunished.

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