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Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from power
By Jintamas Saksornchai, The Associated Press on August 7th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which finished first in last year’s general election, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against defaming the country’s royal family. The Constitutional Court said it voted unanimously to dissolve the party ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but failed to take power
By The Associated Press on August 7th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which won national elections in 2023, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against defaming the country’s royal family. The Constitutional Court said it voted unanimously to dissolve the party because its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 person dead and 8 believed trapped after part of a hotel on Germany’s Mosel River collapses
By The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – Part of a hotel in western Germany has collapsed, leaving one person dead and another eight believed to be trapped in the wreckage, police said Wednesday. Fourteen people were in the hotel in Kroev, a small town on the Mosel River, when one story of the building collapsed at about 11 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Washington state attorney general and Green River Killer detective advance in race for governorship
By Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer advanced Tuesday to November’s general election in the battle to become the next governor in a Democratic stronghold that hasn’t had an open race for the state’s top job in more than a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrat Schrier, Republican Goers advance in Washington’s 8th District
By Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – Washington state voters are picking candidates in Tuesday’s primary for governor and several key U.S. House races. Under the state’s primary system, the top two vote-getters in each of the contests advance to the November election, regardless of party. Because Washington is a vote-by-mail state, with ballots due to be postmarked by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former US Rep. Nancy Boyda has won the Democratic nomination for eastern Kansas’ seat in Congress
By John Hanna, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The last Democrat to represent an eastern Kansas district in Congress won the party’s nomination for the now-open seat, keeping her bid for a political comeback alive. Former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, who held the 2nd District seat in 2007 and 2008, defeated Matt Kleinmann in Tuesday’s primary. Kleinmann is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ferguson, Reichert advance to November election in race for governorship
By Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – Washington state voters are picking candidates in Tuesday’s primary for governor and several key U.S. House races. Under the state’s primary system, the top two vote-getters in each of the contests advance to the November election, regardless of party. Because Washington is a vote-by-mail state, with ballots due to be postmarked by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe wins Republican nomination for governorship
By Summer Ballentine, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters have nominated Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe to be the Republican candidate for governor, making the governor’s race his to lose. Kehoe edged out Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and state Sen. Bill Eigel to win the GOP nomination, a huge advantage in a strongly conservative state currently without any ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her
By Jim Salter, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time this year that one of the party’s incumbents has been ousted in an expensive contest that reflected deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Bush, a member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kansas Republicans nominate a doctor to challenge Kansas City area’s Democratic incumbent
By John Hanna, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Republicans in the Kansas City area nominated a doctor to challenge the only Democrat in the Kansas delegation in Congress. Dr. Prasanth Reddy defeated Karen Crnkovich, a business owner and community activist, in Tuesday’s primary in the 3rd District. He will face three-term incumbent Rep. Sharice Davids, who made headlines with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel laureate Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest ousted Hasina
By Julhas Alam And Sheikh Saaliq, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos. The decision, announced early Wednesday by Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of ... Read More »
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