A group of Democratic leaders from Southern states advocated Thursday for South Carolina voters to cast the first ballots in the next presidential primaries. The Democratic Party chairs from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and West Virginia made the request in a letter to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin. The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws… Source link
Iran condemned on Thursday what it called violations by the United States after its strikes on the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, while vowing to defend its sovereignty. The ministry’s spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran would “take all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty” and condemned what he called “the threatening rhetoric of American officials against Iran and several regional countries.” FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more. Source link
Thousands of people in Kent have been warned that disruption to their tap water supply is likely to continue over the weekend. About 8,000 customers in the Whitstable area were affected because nearby reservoirs were at a “critical level” due to “extremely high demand”, said South East Water. It said taps should start to run again later on Friday but supplies could be patchy over the weekend. Image: Bottled water is being handed out in several locations. Pic: PA Its incident manager Steve Benton said: “Currently there are 8,000 customers without supply in the Whitstable area because the storage reservoirs which serve the area have reached a critical level. “Parts of Whitstable will see supplies returning this evening, and this will continue through to tomorrow morning. Tap water is likely to remain intermittent across the weekend.” South East Water said another 7,000 households in Tankerton, Ashford and surrounding areas were also getting low pressure or an intermittent supply – with a further 7,000 at risk of some supply loss on Thursday. The firm has asked …
Thousands of properties in the south east have been affected by water supply issues caused by the warm weather, according to South East Water (SEW). After water outages for hundreds of homes across Kent and Sussex over the last three days during record temperatures, the firm has asked customers to only use water for essential purposes like drinking, washing and cooking. We would like to hear from people who have been affected by water supply disruptions. Do you have any concerns? Share your experience You can tell us your experience using this form. Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our tips guide. How have you been affected by water supply issues? Please include as much detail as possible. …
SEOUL, May 28 : The Bank of Korea kept its policy interest rate steady on Thursday, as it weighs geopolitical risks against a weakening won and resurgent inflation that point to higher rates ahead. The seven-member monetary policy board at the central bank voted to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.50 per cent, as expected by 30 of 32 economists polled by Reuters. The two outliers forecast a rate rise. Governor Shin Hyun Song will hold a press conference at 0210 GMT. Source link
NASA finally presented the details of its phased plan to create the first lunar base at the moon’s south pole. Although the construction of a space research center that will allow a sustained human presence will take at least a decade, the missions that will lay its technological and symbolic foundations will start in the next few years. Among them is the test of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance lander, scheduled for the end of 2026. The Moon Base project replaced in priority the Gateway program, an orbital station similar to the International Space Station that would serve as a node between the Earth and the moon. At the beginning of 2026, NASA rethought and simplified its strategy: It decided to concentrate resources on the lunar surface, reducing operating costs and accelerating the Artemis schedule. After weeks of silence, the agency published its new plan. A Lunar Base in 3 Steps So far, the plan for the lunar base consists of three phases. The first, from 2026 to 2029, will be dedicated to …
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., announces his intent to seek an 18th U.S. House term, during a March 12 event at the South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters in Columbia, S.C. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption toggle caption Meg Kinnard/AP The majority-Black district held for 34 years by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn will survive intact, for now, after Republican state lawmakers rejected a plan to redraw congressional maps. South Carolina was the latest Southern state attempting to redraw district lines after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act that protected majority-Black districts. The proposed map backed by President Trump, which state senators declined to advance on Tuesday, would have targeted Clyburn, the lone Democrat in South Carolina’s congressional delegation and an institution in state and national politics. “We have someone in the White House that wants Republicans to ignore the Constitutional principles for which this current map was drawn,” Clyburn wrote on X. “A critical number of Republicans did not believe in putting a man over the law. Today, members …
May 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s push for Republican-led states to draw electoral maps more favorable to his party ahead of November’s midterm elections suffered twin setbacks on Tuesday, when efforts in South Carolina and Alabama to reshape U.S. House of Representatives districts were stymied. In a rare break with Trump by members of his own party, several Republican state senators in South Carolina voted with Democrats to abandon a new map aimed at dismantling the U.S. House district held by congressman James Clyburn, a Black Democrat first elected to the seat more than three decades ago. Separately, a panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama Republicans from installing a new map that would eliminate one of the state’s two districts with major Black populations, ruling that state lawmakers intentionally discriminated against Black voters in reconfiguring the boundaries. At Trump’s urging, Republicans in several Southern states have rushed to implement new maps following a U.S. Supreme Court decision in April that weakened protections for U.S. House districts with significant Black or Latino populations. Tennessee …
BEIRUT: The Israeli military has expanded its ground operations in southern Lebanon beyond a demarcation line that Israel set up several kilometres inside Lebanese territory after an April 16 ceasefire with Hezbollah, two sources said on Tuesday (May 26). The sources gave no further details on the extent of the advance beyond the so-called “Yellow Line“. The line, separate from the UN-demarcated “Blue Line” marking the frontier between Lebanon and Israel after Israel’s withdrawal in 2000, forms part of a proposed buffer zone extending 5km to 10 km (3 miles to 6 miles) into southern Lebanon, where Israeli troops continue to operate in dozens of largely abandoned villages. The move came amid escalating cross-border hostilities despite the ceasefire declared weeks ago. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would intensify strikes against Hezbollah, while a US official said the Iran-backed group had ignored warnings to halt attacks that risked undermining negotiations to end the US-Israeli war on Iran. Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had targeted Israeli forces advancing toward the southern Lebanese town …
It’s a scandal that just won’t go away for Starbucks in South Korea. The chairman of the coffee chain’s local corporate majority owner was compelled to issue a second public apology in the wake of the company’s disastrous “Tank Day” promotion launched earlier this month. Many Koreans saw the campaign’s name as a reference to a deadly 1980 crackdown in which hundreds of pro-democracy protesters were killed by the country’s military dictatorship. The campaign was quickly scrapped, but it hasn’t quelled public furor. Keywords for this article Source link
