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parliamentary elections that could see the country's first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all.

Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race. However, the 81-year-old president and his campaign have asserted that he is not giving up and is determined to successfully run for the November 5th presidential elections.

Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden's campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president's troubling debate performance earlier in the week.

US Presidential Debate. The findings of this survey correspond to a general view that Biden is unfit to be the president for a second term. However, the narrow lead which Trump had over Biden before the debate continues. He has been unable to extend this lead over his opponent. There have been demands to replace Joe Biden as the official presidential nominee of the Democratic party. The rules are stringent. He has also said that he will continue to contest the upcoming presidential poll in November.

The House of Beckham: Money, Sex, and Power," Tom Bower describes an uncomfortable moment that happened between Meghan Markle and David Beckham at the 2018 Invictus Games. Tensions surfaced soon after Beckham and his wife, Victoria, attended Harry and Meghan's wedding. During the October 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, Beckham allegedly discovered that Prince Harry was purposefully pushed aside from him, in contrast to their customary cordial exchanges. As per Bower, Meghan allegedly planned this split to avoid any rivalry in the media, especially from Victoria, as reported by the 'New York Post'.

Coca-Cola Company is, on Sunday, shutting down its Bottling Investments Group (BIG), under which the US beverage maker operates its worldwide bottling operations, including in India.

White House had a tough time answering questions pertaining to the US President’s performance during the first US Presidential debate. Joe Biden appeared to be lackluster and being unable to convince the voters to give him a second term in office. Experts pointed out that the incumbent president lacked energy, had a weak tone and tenor and was uninspiring during the entire course of the debate. Meanwhile, the White House also dismissed suggestions to replace Biden as the official nominee of the Democratic party in the upcoming US Presidential Election. The main point which has been attributed to Biden’s ‘disastrous’ performance was a ‘cold’.

Those with an interest can find several exhaustive, independent fact checks of claims made by Joe Biden and Donald Trump during their televised debate on Thursday night

WestJet has cancelled more than 200 flights after the union representing its plane mechanics announced late Friday that members had hit the picket lines.The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) announced its members started to strike around 5:30 p.m. MDT Friday because the airline’s “unwillingness to negotiate with the union made the strike inevitable.”The move came after the federal government issued a ministerial order for binding arbitration Thursday.

Joe Biden's dismal showing at the first presidential debate against Donald Trump, leading US media outlets have commented that the incumbent US President should leave the race for the White House for the future of American democracy and prevent a second innings for his Republican rival. Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled and fumbled during the televised presidential debate with his predecessor Trump on Thursday night in Atlanta, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether the 81-year-old president can stay atop the gruelling months ahead of the elections on November 5.

Bihar, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would actually walk the talk on the issue. He also questioned NDA partner Telugu Desam Party for not pressing for the special category status for Andhra Pradesh.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, expressing concerns over the extension of the Interest Equalisation Scheme (IES) for only two months and exclusively for MSMEs. Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) president Ashwani Kumar highlighted that the scheme has so far benefitted not only MSMEs but also merchant exporters and large manufacturing companies at a lower rate of two per cent for 410 tariff lines, covering labour-intensive products. The current scheme, valid till June, provides pre and post-shipment rupee export credit, offers a two per cent interest equalisation rate for manufacturers and merchant exporters dealing with specified 410 export items, and a higher rate of three per cent for MSME manufacturers exporting under any of these items.

Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday slammed the Congress, saying it wants to run away from a discussion in Parliament over the NEET exam issue. His remark came a day after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a «respectful» and good discussion in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET exam. Replying to a question on the opposition targeting the BJP-led Centre over the NEET exam issue, Pradhan said, «The Congress does not want a discussion. It wants to run away from the discussion. It's only intention is to create chaos, confusion and create obstacles in smooth functioning of the entire institutional mechanism.» He said the president had also talked about the NEET exam issue, being raised by the Congress, in her address in Parliament.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday slammed the BJP for allegedly hatching a conspiracy against him and claimed that the saffron party will be wiped out from the state after the upcoming assembly elections. Addressing JMM workers at his residence, Soren said there would be a «revolt against those who plotted the conspiracy» to confine him in jail and «people of Jharkhand would not spare the BJP». «Time has come to put the last nail in BJP's coffin. In coming days, the BJP will be wiped out from Jharkhand,» the JMM executive president said.

Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Jha as working president. The decision was taken at a meeting of its national executive where the party reiterated its demand for special category status for Bihar, while adding that the Centre could also consider an alternative in a special package, its senior leader Neeraj Kumar said. The BJP ally also demanded stringent action against culprits in exam paper leak cases and called for a strong law to rule out such incidents in the future. The decision to appoint Jha as working president is significant since he is known to have a good equation with the BJP leadership.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday recalled what they went through during the dark days of Emergency and said that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi put many of the leaders behind bars, but she never abused them. In a post shared on X, the RJD chief shared an article «The Sangh Silence in 1975» written by him and journalist Nalin Verma. In the article, they attacked the BJP-led central government and said that although 1975 is a stain on the country's democracy, let's not forget who doesn't respect the Opposition in 2024. «I was the convener of the steering committee that Jayaprakash Narayan--had constituted to carry forward the movement against the excesses of Emergency imposed by the then PM Indira Gandhi. I was in jail under the Maintenance of Security Act (MISA) for over 15 months. My colleagues and I did not know many of the BJP ministers speaking about the Emergency today. We hadn't heard of Modi, J P Nadda, and some of the PM's other ministerial colleagues who today lecture us on the value of freedom,» he posted on X.

Elon Musk on Saturday said his social media platform X saw record usage as US President Joe Biden and his challenger, former President Donald Trump, attended their first presidential debate on TV. According to X, the minute-by-minute conversation, about the US presidential debate spiked by «19 times from the start of the broadcast to its peak 90 minutes in.»

Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment Mansukh Mandaviya welcomed Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha's move to have Yoga included in the Asian Games programme. «It is only fair that, in keeping with its wide popularity, Yoga becomes a competitive sport and is in the Asian Games,» Mandaviya said as per an IOA release. The IOA President has written to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Raja Randhir Singh on June 26 to consider the proposal of including Yoga as a sport in the Asian Games.

Sonia Gandhi in a leading English daily, Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition and party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not «reflecting» on the message given to him by voters in the recent parliamentary elections. "'There is no evidence that the Prime Minister has come to terms with the electoral outcome or has reflected on the message sent to him by voters', writes CPP Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi," posted Kharge on social media platform X today. Alongside his tweet, Kharge also attached the news article tilted «Preaching consensus, provoking confrontation,» written by the Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary party.

Donald Trump's warning during his debate with Joe Biden that immigrants are taking “Black jobs" and “Hispanic jobs” prompted outrage from Democrats and Black leaders who found the language vague and racially discriminatory

Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money-laundering under cases linked to the Panama Papers and "Operation Car Wash" scandals, the country's judicial branch said in a statement on Friday. It did not provide names of the people who were acquitted. Judge Baloisa Marquinez ordered that precautionary measures be lifted against all the defendants, and said one criminal process was now canceled due to the death of an unnamed defendant.