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Kilmar Abrego Claims U.S. Government Pursued Vindictive Prosecution
StratNews Global
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August 20, 2025
Home Central America Kilmar Abrego Claims U.S. Government Pursued Vindictive Prosecution In a 35-page motion Abrego's lawyers asked a judge in Tennessee to dismiss federal charges accusing him of unlawfully transporting migrants living illegally...
Gaming industry warns of over 2 lakh job losses, urges government to review draft Bill
The Hindu Business Line
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August 20, 2025
The online gaming industry has raised alarm that the government's proposed Bill seeking to ban all real money games, including those based on skill, could result in massive job losses and closure of companies. Industry bodies have written to Home...
Gaming industry warns of over two lakh job losses, urges government to review draft Bill
The Economic Times
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August 20, 2025
The online gaming industry has raised alarm that the government's proposed Bill seeking to ban all real money games, including those based on skill, could result in massive job losses and closure of companies. Industry bodies have written to Home...
US government considering 10% Intel stake, White House confirms
News.Az
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The White House announced Tuesday that the Trump administration is negotiating a potential deal for the US government to acquire a 10% stake in semiconductor giant Intel. "The president wants to put America's needs first, both from a national...
NSW Government Rolls Out Live Performance Venue Grants
The Music Network
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August 20, 2025
The NSW Government has expanded its Live Performance Venue Grant Program, encouraging hospitality venues across the state to diversify their live offerings with grants up to $80,000. Delivered through the Office of the 24-Hour Economy...
Power Outages Across SD Government Stymie Services
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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South Dakota state government telephone systems and websites went down across several departments Tuesday, limiting systems and services. One woman filling out driver’s licensing paperwork at the Sioux Falls One Stop Tuesday afternoon yelled in...
Children with autism to be diverted off NDIS under $2bn program announced by Albanese government
The Guardian
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August 20, 2025
The federal government has announced it will provide $2bn to fund a program designed to divert hundreds of thousands of children with mild to moderate developmental delays or autism from the NDIS by mid-2027. In a speech to the National Press...
Trump eyes US government stakes in other chip makers that received CHIPS Act funds
ETTelecom.com
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August 20, 2025
By Nandita Bose and Max A. Cherney WASHINGTON: U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that receive CHIPS Act funding to build factories in the country, two...
Romanian government suspends investment projects where procedures have not started yet
Romania Insider
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August 20, 2025
The government of Romania on August 19 endorsed an emergency ordinance (OUG) stopping the projects under the National Relaunch and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and national schemes including Anghel Saligny where the contracting procedures have not...
Liberia: ALICOR Welcomes U.S. Government’s Concern Over Aggression Against the Liberian Media
Front Page Africa
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August 20, 2025
Mr. Emmanuel Tophic Degleh, Secretary General/ ALICOR Monrovia – The Association of Liberia Community Radio (ALICOR) has welcomed the United States Government’s 2024 Human Rights Report highlighting aggression against the Liberian Media,...
Lagos State Government shuts Lekki event centre, arrests two for illegal waste burning
Alexa.ng
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Lagos State Government has sealed Grace Garden Event Place in Lekki and arrested two suspects after enforcement officers caught them burning refuse on the premises. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed the...
University of Guam’s 64th Student Government Association & Student Regent take office
KUAM
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August 20, 2025
“The Student Government Association plays a vital role in amplifying the voices of our students and shaping the Triton experience,” said UOG President Anita Borja Enriquez. “We look forward to the leadership, service, and dedication the 64th SGA...
Tamil Actors Raghava Lawrence, KPY Bala Join Hands To Build Restrooms For Students In Government School
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Actors Raghava Lawrence and KPY Bala, both of whom are known for their philanthropic deeds, have now helped construct restrooms in a government school, thereby providing some much needed relief for students...
What is cost of Gruha Jyothi scheme of Karnataka government?
The Hindu
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August 20, 2025
GESCOM head office in Kalaburagi. GESCOM covers Kalaburagi, Ballari, Bidar, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayanagar, and Yadgir districts in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The Gruha Jyothi scheme, one of the five flagship guarantee programmes of...
Shadow minister hits out at Victorian government’s tourism effort
3AW
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August 20, 2025
Shadow Minister for Tourism, Sport, Events and Hospitality Sam Groth has slammed the Allan government for not doing enough to promote tourism. The latest international tourism data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows Victoria is...
Washington eyeing government stakes in chipmakers given CHIPS Act funds: sources
Japan Times
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August 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that receive CHIPS Act funding to build factories in the country, two sources said. Expanding on a plan...
Anthony Albanese's government swings the axe on the NDIS with huge changes as costs soar past $48.5billion a year
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
By STEPHEN JOHNSON, ECONOMICS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 23:11 EDT, 19 August 2025 | Updated: 23:11 EDT, 19 August 2025 Anthony Albanese’s government plans to remove children with mild autism or minor developmental delays from the NDIS, as the...
Czech government meets after summer break
Radio Prague International
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August 20, 2025
The Czech government convened Monday for the first time since July 23, with ministers expected to extend a state of danger in Hustopeče nad Bečvou. The measure, in place since February’s train accident and fire that released benzene into the soil,...
Future utopias stumble over governance
Bangkok Post
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August 19, 2025
In 2020, the rapper Akon declared he would build his own eponymous city on the site of the coastal village of Mbodiène, Senegal. Akon envisioned Akon City as a real-life Wakanda, the Afrofuturist utopia from the film Black Panther. But his...
When food governance becomes a maze
The Jakarta Post
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hen the president director of a state-backed food company leaves after just six months after his appointment, the issue is rarely about a single individual. Joao Angelo De Sousa Mota’s sudden resignation from PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara signals a...