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world Dutch government collapses after far-right leader Wilders quits coalition
Asiaone
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June 4, 2025
THE HAGUE — The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday (June 3), most likely ushering in a snap election, after anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders quit the right-wing coalition, accusing other parties of failing to back his tougher immigration...
Q+A: Why the Dutch government collapsed — and why it matters
The Parliament Magazine
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June 4, 2025
The Netherlands’ government collapsed Tuesday after Geert Wilders pulled his far-right Freedom Party (PVV) out of a fragile four-party coalition, citing a breakdown in talks over migration policy. The decision triggered the resignation of Prime...
Leave Restriction For Bengal Government Employees Over Operation Sindoor Lifted
MENAFN
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June 4, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday lifted the leave restrictions for its employees that were imposed in the second week of May during Operation Sindoor, the Indian Armed Forces' cross-border strikes on...
Entertainment complexes can transform Thailand’s concert and sports scene by incorporating world-class arenas, says government
Inside Asian Gaming
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June 4, 2025
Legalizing casino gaming within large-scale, multi-billion-dollar entertainment complexes would allow Thailand to develop the world-class concert and sporting venues it currently lacks, the government explained during an official Press Briefing on...
UK Government ‘won’t change law’ for more drug consumption rooms like facility in Glasgow
STV News
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June 4, 2025
The UK Government has said it won’t change the law to make it easier to set up safe drug consumption rooms like the one that opened in Glasgow earlier this year – even if it’s a success. The Thistle facility in Glasgow is the first facility of its...
US announces visa restrictions on Central American government officials
Radio Jamaica
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June 4, 2025
The US Department of State on Tuesday announced visa restrictions on several Central American government officials and their family members due to their alleged involvement in the Cuban regime's forced labour programme. The US has accused these...
Press Statement from the Office of the Secretary General of the Tonse-PF Alliance, Hon. Raphael Mangani Nakachinda
Zambian Observer
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June 4, 2025
Press Statement from the Office of the Secretary General of the Tonse-PF Alliance, Hon. Raphael Mangani Nakachinda Date: June 04, 2025 The Tonse-PF Alliance unequivocally rejects the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as gazetted by...
Trump administration takes hundreds of migrant children into government custody
Saudi Gazette
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June 4, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is taking hundreds of migrant children already residing in the United States out of their homes and into government custody, at times separating them from their families and making it more difficult for them...
An unstoppable force or an immovable object? Leaders discuss departments’ work with government’s digital centre
PublicTechnology
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June 4, 2025
After a remodel and reinforcement of Whitehall’s ‘digital centre’, the heads of some of the departments charged with driving government’s planned tech transformation convened at the recent PublicTechnology Live conference “Like the best digital...
Education Secretary questioned over new department initiatives in proposed budget
The Center Square
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June 4, 2025
(The Center Square) – At a Wednesday hearing on the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Education, Republican committee members asked the education secretary about the benefits of new department priorities reflected in the budget...
Karine Jean-Pierre net worth: What to know as ex-WH press secretary announces book on ‘broken’ Biden administration
Hindustan Times
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June 4, 2025
Karine Jean-Pierre, former president Joe Biden’s longtime White House press secretary, has announced that she has left the Democratic Party. She also announced that she is writing a tell-all book about the “broken” administration that she served....
Massive M5 decision taken by Government paving way for improved junction and new road in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire Live
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June 4, 2025
An ambitious scheme to improve junction 10 of the M5 near Cheltenham has been given development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander MP, today (Wednesday, June 4). The momentous decision paves the way for making the...
“Profane and unbecoming”: Church leaders condemn Prime Minister Pashinyan’s attacks on clergy
The Armenian Weekly - Massachusetts
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June 4, 2025
YEREVAN—Just days following an international conference in Bern, Switzerland that focused on the protection of Armenian spiritual and cultural heritage in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan launched an...
PM Shehbaz Sharif meets Belarus defence minister to strengthen ties
The Nation
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June 4, 2025
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Lieutenant General Victor Khrenin, Defence Minister of Belarus, who led a high-level seven-member delegation on a visit to Pakistan. The Belarusian delegation included Ambassador of Belarus to Pakistan, H.E....
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds bilateral meeting with Australian counterpart Marles
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 4, 2025
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles in New Delhi on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. As per...
Mr Burke and the art of being a busy minister
Queanbeyan CityNews
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June 4, 2025
Arts Minister Tony Burke… been a bit busy? (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) “Arts Minister Tony Burke is more broadly Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and that’s a fulltime job for anyone. But wait, there’s more…...
President Kiir directs new health minister to tackle health crisis
Eye Radio
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June 4, 2025
Author: Elshiek Chol Ajeing | Published: 4 hours ago Sarah Cleto Rial takes oath of office infront of SPLM-IO Interim Chairman and Minister of Peacebuilding Stephen Par Kuol [Photo credit: Office of the Presient] President Salva Kiir has directed...
Union Minister Gadkari Assured Timely Completion Of NH 66: Kerala Minister
MENAFN
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June 4, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his son-in-law and state PWD Minister A Riyas on Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief when Union Minister Nitin Gadkari assured them that the...
Nigeria Hits All-Time Power Generation Record of 5,801MW, Says Minister Adelabu
Arise News
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June 4, 2025
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu announced on Wednesday, that Nigeria has achieved an all-time high energy generation of 5,801 megawatts, followed by a record daily energy output of 120,370 megawatt-hours. This landmark feat, he noted, marks...
Pakistan foreign minister Ishaq Dar says chances of revival of conflict with India 'remote'
The Economic Times
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June 4, 2025
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that the chance of revival of an armed conflict between Pakistan and India is remote but warned of a befitting response in case of any such development. Dar's comment came while responding to a question...