Alternative for Germany (AfD) party more than doubled its share of the vote but failed to become the largest party in the German state of Thuringia, in an election widely seen as a bellwether of the far-right party’s growing strength in its eastern heartlands.
The AfD overtook Chancellor Angela Merkel’s slumping Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to receive 24 percent of the vote, according to exit polls by public broadcaster ARD, finishing behind socialist Linke on 30 percent, which made history by becoming the first left-wing party to win a state election in reunified Germany.
Thuringia, a small state in the
The home of communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams in Marhambeni village home in Mthatha was engulfed by a fire on Sunday morning.
Firefighters and community members had to rush in to douse the flames. No one was injured according to villagers.
Ndabeni-Abrahams could not be reached for comment as she was believed to be on a flight.
A man who did not want to be named said two fire trucks were currently at the scene.
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Confronted with the task of creating songs about religion, West delivers a set that lyrically is as thin as Bible paper. As you would expect, there are plenty of assertions of his faith: “When I get to heaven’s gates / I ain’t gotta peak over,” he jerkily raps over the organ chords of Selah before the rapturous choir chants of “Hallelujah” set in.
In Closed on Sunday, he suggests turning off Instagram to spend more time praying with family, a statement that would spark significant eye-rolling from kid worshippers if they heard it coming from the church pulpit. A …
Power cuts expected to affect more than two million people have begun in California as fires continue to surge.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) initiated the precautionary blackout – expected to be the largest in state history – due to forecasts of extreme winds, which it said could damage facilities and cause new fires.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said the outages were “unacceptable”.
Some 90,000 people have been ordered to evacuate towns in northern California.
The new evacuation order encompasses a huge area of Sonoma County, where the Kincade Fire has already burned through 25,455 acres (10,300 hectares) of land.…
The vote comes on the same day as a general election in Argentina and against a backdrop of regional strife following massive street protests in Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia, the latter over alleged electoral fraud.
“Democracy in Uruguay is very strong and must be protected,” Vazquez said Thursday in his final message before voting began.
Uruguay has long
“Never before has Umbria, with its 884,000 inhabitants, been such an important thermometer for national politics,” the Sole 24 Ore daily said in the run-up to the vote.
Polling stations opened at 7 am and close
Nanono said that the government would establish additional centers in other states of the federation in order to further improve the economic wellbeing of the people.
“Additional collection centers would be established in Gujungu and Ringim is Jigawa so as to get fresh and hygienic milk,” he said.
He further
Afghans went to the polls for a first-round vote on September 28, and initial results were supposed to have been released October 19.
But more than a week after saying the Independent Election Commission would miss that deadline, commission chairwoman Hawa Alam Nuristani said the results now would not be released until November 14.
“We have already apologised for missing the date, but this doesn’t mean failure,” Nuristani told reporters.
“This (election)
In 2019, Big Brother Naija saw over 20 young Nigerians compete for a grand prize of 60 million. Viewers watched with building anticipation and excitement for 99 days to see one housemate emerge winner and of the five finalists was Mike Edwards.
Born Mike Olayemi Edwards to Nigerian and Jamaican parents,Mike maintained a persona that saw him become a favourite of viewers. Rated the least controversial in the house, he tells The Guardian Life that the reason for his appraised behaviour is “Perspective. I have been fortunate enough to have been raised in different environments growing up. It taught me …
Westlife are preparing to release their first album in nine years and, naturally, they have big hopes for their comeback, stating “it has to be ‘better’ than Take That’s”. This news was reported by Metro News.
Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Mark Feehily have released their new single My Blood ahead of the arrival of their anticipated comeback album Spectrum.
They have already hit the ground running with the album’s lead single, Hello My Love, receiving warm reviews and it was co-written by Ed Sheeran himself.
However, Westlife have no plans on stopping there and they are …
