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Will Deliver On Teesta, Padma: Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman
May 20, 2026 - World 
"In Rajshahi, we will build the Padma Barrage on the Padma River... because across the border, they (India) are extracting water in various ways by constructing barrages and dams," Tarique Rahman said at an event in Dhaka.
‘We will not go back to Jim Crow’: thousand of Mississippians rally for voting rights
May 20, 2026 - World 
Demonstration, held at historic location where the ‘Mississippi Plan’ was enacted, comes as southern states race to dilute Black voting powerThousands of Mississippians, along with allies from other southern states, gathered at the state’s War Memorial Building auditorium on Wednesday in support of voting rights. It was the latest in a series of actions protesting the supreme court’s recent decision gutting the provision of the Voting Rights Act preventing racial discrimination, and held on a site integral to the state’s history of Black disenfranchisement.Section 2 “stopped states, counties, cities, from passing redistricting maps that discriminate against Black voters and it led to the biggest growth of Black political power since Reconstruction”, said Amir Badat, the southern states director at the voting rights group Fair Fight Action. Continue reading...
Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package
May 20, 2026 - World
Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increasePlanned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir StarmerRachel Reeves is to promise free summer bus rides for children and cut tariffs on some food imports, as part of a package of measures aimed at easing the costs of the Iran conflict.The chancellor will give a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday, outlining her latest plans for cushioning the blow to consumers from an expected rise in inflation later this year. Continue reading...
"Netanyahu Will Do Whatever I Want": Trump Claims 99% Rating In Israel
May 20, 2026 - World
Citing his exceptionally high approval ratings in the country, US President Donald Trump said, "So maybe after I do this, I'll go to Israel, run for prime minister. I had a poll this morning. I'm 99%."
Death Penalty For Killer Of Pak TikTok Influencer Sana Yousuf
May 20, 2026 - World
Islamabad Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka announced the conviction and verdict for Umar Hayat, who was arrested in June after the killing of 17-year-old Sana Yousuf.
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