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Also in the race is Nepali Congress, the country’s oldest party.It was once part of Oli’s coalition government, but has elected a new leader since the uprising – 49-year-old Gagan Thapa.And, at the other end of the spectrum from Gen Z politics, supporters of the ex-king Gyanendra Shah, 78 – deposed in 2008, ending 240 years of monarchy – will also campaign.The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), which draws support from royalist nostalgia and frustration with mainstream politics, rallied thousands in Kathmandu on Friday as the ex-king drove through the streets waving from his car.”WAY OUT”Nearly 19 million people have registered…

US President Donald Trump says the first meeting of his newly created Board of Peace will take place on Thursday.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoIsraeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources said, as United States President Donald Trump announced that his newly formed Board of Peace has pledged $5bn to rebuild the war-devastated territory.The Israeli killings on Sunday mark the latest violation of a US-brokered “ceasefire” that came into effect on October 10.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHospital sources told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed Sunday that Senate Democrats will block the latest GOP-backed effort to require proof of citizenship to vote.”We will not let it pass in the Senate,” Schumer told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “We are fighting it tooth and nail. It’s an outrageous proposal that is, you know, that shows the sort of political bias of the MAGA right. They don’t want poor people to vote. They don’t want people of color to vote because they often don’t vote for them.”Schumer’s comments came after Tapper pressed him on…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — The semiconductor foundry’s stock rose 3% after the firm posted its highest monthly revenue ever. Its January revenue soared to $401.3 billion New Taiwan dollars, up 37% from the same quarter a year ago, the firm said Tuesday in a statement. Dupont De Nemours — Shares gained 2% after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings came in better than expected. For the period, Dupont posted adjusted earnings of 46 cents per share, above the 43 cents that analysts polled by FactSet were expecting. Its revenue of $1.69 billion was…

It was a feeling of fall in the air when fans arrived at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, Calif., for an opportunity to fall back in time with Paul Anka. He was the soundtrack of an age when drive-ins and back seats were the currency of teen romance. He knew what teens liked, because he was one.”I’ve been in show business since I was about 10 years old,” he said. Today, Anka is a remarkably young 84. And when the lights go down, the room lights up.I’m so young and you’re so old This, my darling, I’ve been told…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NBA All-Star Weekend has come to a finish after a revamped All-Star Game ended with Team Stars winning it all at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Sunday night.Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards came away with the All-Star Game MVP award, rightfully named the Kobe Bryant Trophy, after an eight-point performance with four rebounds and two assists to help Team Stars defeat Team Stripes, 47-21.Edwards also had 13 points in the overtime win over Team World, while tallying 11 in the first matchup between Team Stars and Team Stripes, which…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New reports attributing Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance to a burglary gone wrong were disputed by a law enforcement source Sunday, as investigators pushed back on what they say is not the leading theory in the case.The source, speaking to Fox News Digital on condition of anonymity, said the latest theory behind the missing 84-year-old’s disappearance is not currently the prevailing view among investigators.”This is not the working theory inside the unit,” the source said before pushing back further on the burglary narrative, noting that nighttime residential burglaries are uncommon.”Nighttime residential burglaries are so…

British Columbia’s finance minister says this year’s upcoming budget is focused on protecting core services, but added it is a budget that is neither full of big cuts nor a large rise in taxes. Brenda Bailey told reporters during a pre-budget presentation Sunday that the budget was one crafted for “very serious times.”“There are many who have expressed to me that now is the time to make big cuts and bring the deficit down quickly and there are others who strongly hold the view we should be raising taxes and doubling down on providing even more services than we’re doing…

JB Hi-Fi customers have cast aside higher cost-of-living pressures to splurge on the latest gadgets, helping the electronics and appliance behemoth post record sales and better-than-expected profit.

“WHOLE NINE YARDS”Lokesh said the plan goes far beyond data connectivity, adding that his state had “received close to 25 percent of all foreign direct investments” to India in 2025.”It’s not just about the data centres,” he explained while outlining a sweeping vision of change, with Andhra Pradesh offering land at one US cent per acre (three per hectare) for major investors.”I’m chasing the companies that make those servers that go sit in those data centres, the companies that make the entire air conditioning, the water-cooling system – the whole nine yards.”The 43-year-old Stanford-educated minister is the son of Andhra…