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Month: May 2023

East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse

By GANTRY MEILANA Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — Vote counting is underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister. Two main political parties _ the incumbent Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, and the opposition National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction,

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‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Conservative groups that have targeted and won majorities on local boards and commissions across the United States over the past couple years are now pressing agendas that include election distrust, skepticism of government and a desire to have religion play a greater role in public

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‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Shortly after being sworn in last fall, the new majority of the Sumner County Commission in Tennessee acted to update one of its official documents. The new version said county operations would not only be orderly and efficient, but “most importantly reflective of the Judeo-Christian

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20 classic French dishes everyone needs to try

By Foren Clark, CNN (CNN) — The roots of French cooking run deep. The foundations of the country’s culinary empire were laid as early as the mid-1600s when chef François Pierre La Varenne penned his hugely influential “Le Cuisinier François” recipe book, which emphasized regional and seasonal ingredients and highlighted complementary flavors. “French cooking is,

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Chinese investigators blame building collapse that killed 54 on shoddy, illegal construction

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese government report says a building collapse that killed 54 people last year was caused by shoddy, illegal construction and local officials’ failure to enforce standards. At least nine people including the building owner were reported arrested following the April 2022 disaster in Changsha, which trapped survivors under rubble for up

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