Jingoist made splash in 1993 vote, but popularity has dropped. Communist leader rallies the old faithful; party strong in the polls. Radical young economist is intellectuals’ favorite but may lack broad appeal. Nationalist former vice president is already organizing in Russia’s heartland.
Presidents Day is held in the U.S. each year on the third Monday of February. Before 1971, the federal holiday was on February 22, George Washington’s birthday. Some states observe the day as Washington’s Birthday, while others call it Presidents Day. Certain states also celebrate Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson on this day. Many federal workers will have the day off and some federal services will be unavailable. However, retail businesses will be open, with many stores hosting special sales....
After ousting the democratically elected National League of Democracy (NLD) from office, the military junta, led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has taken increasingly violent measures against democracy protests in this South Asian country of 55 million formerly known as Burma, which borders both China and India. But the U.S. and other western nations remain primarily on the sidelines, while neighboring India and China are noncommittal. Meanwhile, Myanmar suffers....
Weymouth: The U.S. wants Russia to stop selling technology to Iran that can be used to build a new ballistic missile capable of reaching Europe. What are you doing to stop the export of such technology? Primakov: There are no deliveries to Iran from Russia which could lead to the creation by Iran of nuclear weapons or the development of long-range missiles. [The U.S. says it has] evidence that deliveries have been made through nongovernment channels....
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis knows he will face former Gov. Charlie Crist in this year’s gubernatorial race. Crist once held the office as a Republican, but eventually switched parties. Val Demings, a former police chief in Orlando, now hopes to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator. Demings won her Democratic primary Tuesday night and now advances to the general election, where she will face Republican incumbent Marco Rubio in November....
The Duke of York made his first public appearance since settling a sexual abuse lawsuit at Westminster Abbey where Prime Minister Boris Johnson and overseas royalty were among those paying tribute to his father. Andrew appeared to have been given a star role as he accompanied the queen during her highly anticipated entrance, which followed months of canceled public visits due to her health. Charlie Proctor, editor of Royal Central, wrote: “This is honestly gobsmacking....
The Duke of York is being sued for sexual assault and battery by Virginia Giuffre whose court filing accuses him of abuse while she was 17 years old. Court filings submitted in New York on Monday say she was made to have sex with Queen Elizabeth II’s son and feared for her life if she did not cooperate. Prince Andrew has yet to respond to the lawsuit brought Monday but if he does not engage with the court, it could rule against him in his absence....
Britain does not have enough people to collect this year’s harvest after coronavirus hit the supply of seasonal workers from Europe who normally endure the physically challenging work for around $10 an hour. The Prince of Wales warned food may rot on trees if Britons cannot be convinced to roll up their sleeves and gather it themselves. Much like Queen Elizabeth II’s well-received COVID-19 special broadcast, the campaign’s slogan, “Pick for Britain” invokes the wartime message “Dig for Victory” and the prince himself referenced the wartime Land Army....
Harry and Meghan Markle’s approval rating among Americans has slumped into negative numbers, and exclusive polling for Newsweek now reveals that just 27 percent believed all of Prince Harry’s revelations in his 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper. This compares to 26 percent who believed none of them and 37 who believed some but not all. The data, collected by Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek on January 16, was drawn from a cross-section of respondents who had at least read or heard reporting on the interview....
Harry served two tours on the front line in Afghanistan but was told by the palace that only working royals will be permitted to wear a uniform. That will leave him and Prince Andrew in morning suits for the ceremony, at Westminster Abbey, on Monday, September 19. Andrew though—despite his public disgrace—will get the chance to wear his uniform at one vigil, which is for the queen’s children only, meaning Harry is not invited....
The queen famously described her husband as her “strength and stay” during a speech months after Princess Diana died in a car crash in 1997. Now Prince Harry has shed more light on the Duke of Edinburgh’s role by the monarch’s side during 73 years of marriage. He made his comments for BBC tribute show Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers, due to be broadcast on Wednesday, September 22, at 9 p....
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down with the monarch last week, days before her 96th birthday, and reportedly also saw father Prince Charles and stepmother Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. It was the first time Meghan has been face-to-face with senior, working royals since the couple’s Oprah Winfrey interview leveled allegations of racism at a mystery, unidentified family member. Prince Harry was asked about the meeting during coverage of his Invictus Games sporting event for wounded ex-service personnel, which is currently taking place in The Hague, in The Netherlands....
The Duke of Sussex filed the eighth legal action by either him or wife Meghan Markle since September 2019 at the High Court in London on Wednesday, February 23. The saga relates to an article published three days earlier, on Sunday February 20, with the headline: “Revealed: How Harry tried to keep his legal fight over bodyguards secret.” The piece was partly based on a Home Office court filing which gave a scathing assessment of the duke’s case....
In a fiery interview with Oprah Winfrey on CBS Sunday night, Meghan Markle, who’s mother is Black, revealed that members of the royal family had concerns that her unborn child would be born with dark skin. “All around this same time, we have in tandem the conversation of he won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title and also concerns and conversations as how dark his skin might be when he’s born,” she said....
In the book itself and extensive TV interviews promoting it, Harry revealed just how strained his relationship with his older brother has become, recounting a breaking point in 2019 when William physically attacked him in an argument at Kensington Palace. As the fallout from these revelations still occupies news coverage around the world, videos of the princes in happier times have circulated online. Two separate clips of the princes dancing on individual royal visits have gone viral on social media platform TikTok....
Out of the three countries visited, Jamaica and Belize both indicated a desire for independence in a nod to removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. However, the Duke of Cambridge hinted that may not be the only issue on the line as he made separate comments about the future of the “Commonwealth family.” Countries outside Britain that count the Queen as head of state are known as “Commonwealth Realms” leading to widespread confusion between them and the Commonwealth of Nations, a much bigger partnership of 54 countries, most of which were previously part of Britain’s Empire....
Sandra Garza, the partner of Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who died a day after the Jan. 6 riot having suffered two strokes, revealed to CNN that she received a touching letter of condolence from William. In the body of the letter William wrote: “Please forgive me if I am intruding but I wanted to write and let you know how sorry I am about the death of your partner, Brian....
Biden, who polling suggests is currently on course to win the election, has vowed to reduce the number of people incarcerated in the U.S. and pledged to end profiteering from incarceration and detention. “We can and must reduce the number of people incarcerated in this country while also reducing crime,” Biden’s criminal justice platform states. Instead of spending money on incarceration, the government should be investing in the “communities impacted by mass incarceration,” it says....
The grassroots group Palestine Action began occupying the roof of the UAV Tactical Systems factory at the Meridian Business Park in Leicester, U.K. at around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday after protesters dressed in red jumpsuits chained the gates shut and disrupted production at the facility. The protesters also sprayed red paint across the side of the factory and chanted “Shut Elbit down” while holding a “Palestine Action” banner and a Palestinian flag, according to Leicestershire Live....
Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, was one of 10 House Republicans to impeach former President Donald Trump and has emerged as one of his most vocal critics within the GOP. She is also one of two Republicans to sit on the House committee investigating January 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters, motivated by his repeated claims of widespread voter fraud, rioted at the U.S. Capitol to force Congress to block President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory....
