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Month: September 2023

Nigeria’s opposition appeals election verdict, asks court to sack president

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main opposition candidates in this year’s presidential election appealed a ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory and asked the nation’s Supreme Court in separate applications to declare them the winner instead. According to documents seen by The Associated Press Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party’s

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‘I don’t know how they will get to 218’: House GOP struggles to find consensus on averting shutdown

By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are still struggling to reach consensus on a plan to fund the government, with lawmakers going back-and-forth over the issue and leadership forced to delay a planned procedural vote as they work to find agreement within their ranks. GOP leaders

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OHSU nurses vote to authorize strike if no contract deal is reached

PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced Monday that OHSU nurses have voted to authorize a strike, KGW reported. The update came during a news conference late Monday morning following months of negotiations that resulted in a stalemate between Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the union. The authorization vote gives union leaders the right

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UK inquiry: Migrants awaiting deportation are kept ‘in prison-like’ conditions at a detention center

LONDON (AP) — A British inquiry has found that migrants awaiting deportation suffered physical and verbal abuse at a government-run detention center. It recommended on Tuesday that no one be kept in such “prison-like” conditions for more than 28 days. Inquiry chairwoman Kate Eves said migrants suffered “shocking treatment” at the Brook House Immigration Removal

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Americans are united in their negative perception of national politics, new Pew report finds

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ outlook on national politics is best summarized as “dismal,” according to a wide-ranging new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday. “Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government,” the report’s authors write. “But today, Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly

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