By STEVE MEGARGEE, AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — David Stearns is stepping down as the Milwaukee Brewers’ president of baseball operations but will remain with the organization in an advisory role to owner Mark Attanasio, the team announced Thursday. Matt Arnold, who has been the Brewers’ senior vice president and general manager since 2020,...
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Black and poor women may decide who will be the next president of Brazil
This time round, the electronic voting machines will show the names of just two candidates, as decided by the first round of the election on October 2nd: former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ PartyLh and current president and candidate for the Liberal Party, Jair Bolsonaro. In the first round, Lula da...
French President Macron vows to raise retirement age to 65, up from 62
Issued on: 27/10/2022 – 06:47 French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Wednesday to implement a pension reform that would eventually push up the retirement age by three years to 65, making younger generations work longer. In an interview on France 2 television, Macron said the changes would start being applied next year. “There’s only one way to...
Latest LIVE: Congress president Kharge sets up 47-member steering committee
New Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge set up a 47-member Steering Committee, in place of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The new steering committee includes senior Congress leasders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Britain’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that his government will have to take some “very difficult...
Israeli President says he is ‘extremely pleased’ with Kanye West fallout after antisemitic remarks
CNN — Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday said he is “extremely pleased” with the “overwhelming reaction” to recent antisemitic comments from rapper and fashion designer Ye, also known as Kanye West. “We’re all concerned by antisemitism all over the world. It’s antisemitism, it’s racist, it’s racism, xenophobia – these are the challenges of the...
Kharge vows to bolster UPA as he takes over as Congress President
In his first speech after he officially became Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge acknowledged the party was facing a difficult time and people had turned away from it. But he launched a frontal attack on ‘divisive forces’ and said: “Congress will break the circle of lies, hatred prevailing currently. My appeal goes out to people...
Blinken Discusses Need to De-escalate West Bank Violence With Israeli President – Israel News
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Mallikarjun Kharge formally takes over as Congress president in Delhi
Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge formally took over as Congress president on Wednesday and said the party will break the “system of lies and hatred” prevailing under the current government. Kharge, the first non-Gandhi to head the party in 24 years, had defeated Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor in a direct contest for the...
Antonio Brown defends Ye amid controversy, says he will remain Donda Sports president
Antonio Brown released a lengthy statement defending Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), who is in the middle of controversy after making, and doubling down on, antisemitic comments. Brown defended his friend while stating that he will be remaining as the president of Ye’s Donda Sports. “I remain true to the mission of Donda and...
Delhi AQI poor despite cracker ban; BJP says stubble burning responsible
Days after Diwali, Delhi was wrapped in a blanket of smog as the air quality remained in the “very poor” category as the overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 323 and people were forced to once again use face masks. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And...