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Convicted Russian Mayor’s Jail Term Cut After Agreeing to Fight in Ukraine

(AP) – A disgraced former Russian mayor convicted of bribery has had his sentence reduced after signing a deal to fight Russian troops in Ukraine, local media reported Sunday. Oleg Gumenyuk, who served as mayor of the Far Eastern city and cultural capital Vladivostok from 2018 to 2021, was found guilty last year of accepting […]

Convicted Former Russian Mayor Shortens His Jail Term By Pledging To Fight In Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 22: Civilian participants take part in training of the Kyiv Territorial Defense Forces in the forest on Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Thousands of civilians across Ukraine have joined such groups to receive basic combat training and would be placed under direct command of the Ukrainian military in the […]

Convicted Former Mayor Of Russia Shortens His Jail Term By Pledging To Fight In Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 22: Civilian participants take part in training of the Kyiv Territorial Defense Forces in the forest on Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Thousands of civilians across Ukraine have joined such groups to receive basic combat training and would be placed under direct command of the Ukrainian military in the […]

Taiwan voters re-elect anti-China ruling party to third term

Voters in Taiwan on Saturday defied intense pressure from China to re-elect the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to a third consecutive term, electing the island's least popular candidate and threatening the island's democracy with its communist neighbor. This is likely to further heighten tensions between the two parties. Incumbent Vice President Lai Qingde, branded a […]

Here’s what a second Biden term would mean for business  

Amid all the legal and political shenanigans surrounding Donald Trump and Joe Biden, we must remember that American business is business. In what experts are calling a “foolish (election) season,” the corporate sector is wondering what a second Biden term will mean for their bottom lines. If Mr. Biden faces Mr. Trump in the presidential […]

Restoring Roe Top Priority on Day 1 of Second Term

If President Joe Biden, polled as the least popular president in modern history, is re-elected in 2024, killing unborn children will be his top priority on the first day of his second term. During an interview on NBC meet the press Biden's deputy campaign manager, Quentin Fawkes, said Sunday that Biden will prioritize abortion and […]

Mississippi Legislature begins new term as GOP overhauls House leadership

Mississippi's Republican-controlled Legislature began its annual session on Tuesday. All members were sworn in for four-year terms, and the 122-member House elected Rep. Jason White as its next speaker. White, a Republican who served as speaker pro tempore under his predecessor, former Rep. Philip Gunn, will be replaced by Rep. Manly Barton in an advisory […]