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Iran vote turnout poses test of youth frustrations and hopes
Like many young Iranians yearning for democracy, Shirin doesn’t believe elected officials want to deliver greater political and social freedoms, and doubts Iran’s ruling theocracy would let them even if they tried. How many share her frustration may become apparent in a June 18 vote, when Iran holds a presidential election seen as a referendum on the Islamic Republic’s handling of an array of political and economic crises. Official polls suggest record low participation, a prospect critics of the government ascribe to economic hardship and to a lack of choice at the ballot box for an overwhelmingly young population chafing at political restrictions.
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Reuters
Hungary to place its motorway network in 35-year concession
Hungary will overhaul the management of about 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) of its motorways and public roads, awarding a 35-year concession contract, according to a tender published on Monday in the official European Union gazette. The Tenders Electronic Daily posting, which was first reported by local news web site 24.hu, says the concession entails the planning, renovation, construction, control, operation and financing of the network for an annual fee. The winner of the contract would build and renovate hundreds of kilometres of motorways, including more than 100 bridges and other items.
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Hundreds of Israelis celebrate Netanyahu’s unseating
But the razor-thin 60-59 vote of confidence in a coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing and Arab parties with little in common except for a desire to unseat Netanyahu, only underscored its likely fragility.Hundreds also attended a support rally outside the official residence of Netanyahu in Jerusalem.”We are so excited, we are close to get heart attacks from excitement,” one supporter of Israel’s new government, Batya Aviram, said. “We understood the danger of [Netanyahu] to continue to control our democracy as a dictatorship.”The new government, formed after an inconclusive March 23 election, plans largely to avoid sweeping moves on hot-button international issues such as policy toward the Palestinians, and to focus on domestic reforms.
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The Conversation
Property disputes in Israel come with a complicated back story – and tend to end with Palestinian dispossession
Eviction remains a threat for Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah. AP Photo/Maya AlleruzzoThe bombing of Gaza may have ended, the sirens in Tel Aviv silenced for now. Yet as concern over a planned June 15, 2021 march by right-wing Israeli nationalists underscores, the threat of violence in Israel is never far from the surface. It is sustained and fueled by what is at the core of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: land and property ownership. A key component in the most recent violence – 11 day
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Deadline
One Of the 14 Victims In The Austin, Texas Mass Shooting Has Died – 2nd Update
SUNDAY PM UPDATE: One of the 14 people wounded during the early Saturday shooting in Austin, Texas 6th Street Entertainment District, a 25-year-old man, has died from his injuries, the Austin Police Department confirmed Sunday. SUNDAY JUNE 13 AM UPDATE: Officials said one of the suspects arrested for the mass shooting early Saturday is a […]
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The Telegraph
Benjamin Netanyahu ousted from power as new Israeli government wins majority vote
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, was ousted on Sunday night by a cross-party coalition government, raising hopes that the worst political crisis in the country’s history is drawing to a close. At a special session in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, lawmakers voted narrowly in favour of removing Mr Netanyahu from high office and swearing in a unity government. The coalition will be led by Naftali Bennett, the right-wing leader of the Yamina party, who will serve a
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Bishops to debate Communion rules that may affect Biden
Catholic Church leaders in the U.S. are expected this week to debate whether politicians who support abortion and LGBTQ rights should receive Communion. Those affected could include President Joe Biden. Biden is the second Catholic to serve as president. He proudly discusses his faith and attends weekly Mass.But his support for same-sex marriage and abortion right alarm Church leaders say those stances contradict Catholic teachings.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will hold their annual meeting from Wednesday to Friday. The body will ask the Committee on Doctrine to draft a teaching document on the topic of Communion, a sacrament central to the Roman Catholic faith.If the conference decides to commission that document, it could be a strong symbolic rebuke of those – including Biden – who espouse views that run contrary to the Vatican.According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a woman willfully terminating her pregnancy is “gravely contrary to the moral law” and marital love should be shared between men and women, not people of the same sex.Biden, a former vice president and U.S. senator, has become a staunch advocate for LGBTQ rights in the past decade. Since taking office in January, he has also rolled back federal restrictions on abortion pills to make them more accessible, and proposed – in his 2022 budget – scrapping a ban on federal dollars for abortions.The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
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Gas pipe explosion kills 12 in Hubei, China: CCTV
One hundred-fifty people were evacuated following the deadly accident in the city of Shiyan in Hubei province, it said, of which 37 are critically injured.The explosion caused a food market building to collapse at 6:30 a.m., local media reported. Footage from CCTV shows wreckage and shattered glass covering the first floor of the collapsed building, where people were having breakfast and buying groceries when explosion happened.People can be seen walking in a rubble-strewn street between damaged buildings.Hospitals in Shiyan are asking residents to donate blood, as the injured are still under emergency treatment, CCTV said.
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