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Maharashtra: No vaccine jab, no salary, says Thane civic body

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has said its employees who have not taken even one dose of vaccine against COVID-19 will not be paid salaries. The decision was taken on Monday during a meeting of senior TMC officials, including civic commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma and Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske. […]

Trump critic Lula wins 4th term in Brazil, but Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede October 26, 2026
By Lisandra Paraguassu, Brendan O'Boyle and Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday, the country's electoral court said, in a shock result that defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories […]
By Lisandra Paraguassu, Brendan O'Boyle and Luciana Magalhaes
U.S. military ready to strike Iran within 96 hours if Trump gives the order October 26, 2026
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images US forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Donald Trump, according to two US […]
Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, Tal Shalev, CNN
9th Circuit panel questions basis for feds' request to block 20,000 California ballots October 25, 2026
A voter casts her ballot in Boyle Heights on Saturday, the first day of early voting in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)In a rare Sunday hearing, a federal appeals court judge appointed by President Trump questioned how the Trump administration’s request to intervene in California’s ongoing midterm election in order to force state officials to […]
Kevin Rector
The midterm races that could matter most to the U.S. economy aren't in Washington October 25, 2026
Data centers have emerged as a national issue during this midterm election cycle, and candidates for the House and Senate have seized on it in their campaigns. But state and local officials actually have more sway over data center construction and energy infrastructure, so the winners of lower-profile races may hold the economy’s future in […]
Jason Ma
Mary Peltola delays Senate campaign events after suffering 'minor injuries' in car crash October 25, 2026
Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign said she and her family sustained "minor injuries" Saturday when a vehicle they were in was struck on the way to banquet. ( Nathaniel Wilder / Bloomberg via Getty )Former Rep. Mary Peltola is rescheduling several upcoming campaign events after she and her family sustained “minor” injuries in a car crash, […]
Alexandra Marquez
What's at stake as Israel holds its most important election in years October 25, 2026
Election campaign posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beside a billboard featuring opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Israel's general election in Dimona, Israel, on Wednesday. - Ohad Zwigenberg/AP When Israelis go the polls on October 27, they will face a familiar question: Should Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, stay in power? […]
Tal Shalev, CNN
A strange twist in Alaska's Senate race has Trump's DOJ fighting to block results October 25, 2026
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's newly filed lawsuit to prevent Alaska state officials from certifying election results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in November.In an at-times contentious interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” Blanche pointed out that according to the Constitution, Congress can create laws at any time […]
Cheyanne M. Daniels
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says America is ready to elect a female president October 25, 2026
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pushed back Sunday on comments made by former first lady Michelle Obama last year that U.S. voters aren’t ready to elect a female president.“Listen, I have got a lot of colleagues who I think are probably interested in running for president, and I’ve heard everyone say, ‘You can’t have this person […]
Alexandra Marquez
Trump admin. progressing toward treating millions of veterans with psychedelics October 25, 2026
Nearly one in three veterans who relies on the government for health care could benefit from taking psychedelic drugs like magic mushrooms or MDMA.That's not the assessment of some hippie or fading 1960s rock star. It came from Andrew Gradison, a senior adviser at President Donald Trump's Veterans Health Administration. Gradison told a conference for […]
Amanda Friedman
She blocked his bid to become a federal judge. Now he's running for her Senate seat. October 25, 2026
Why are major Democrats and Republicans flocking to Mississippi in recent weeks?In a climate where polls show President Donald Trump's approval ratings cratering, Democrats are unusually optimistic about Scott Colom's chances of flipping the Senate seat held by incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith -- even in deep-red Mississippi."We got to have a senator that looks out […]
OREN OPPENHEIM
She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills. October 25, 2026
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda’s bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center’s vast parking lot. She threaded through the rows of cars, a tally of patients who gather here to sit with chemotherapy needles or lie on radiation machines. The elevator dinged […]
JESSE BEDAYN
Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against Senate candidate El-Sayed in Michigan October 25, 2026
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States in remarks that drew a sharp rebuke from a former top Arab American ally. Trump called El-Sayed, a former […]
JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER