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#political-leadership

Out of 864 candidates for the 500-seat parliament, only 65, or 7.5%, are independents down from 8.5% in 2021. About 73.5 million registered voters are expected to take part in the elections, choosing both national and local representatives.

President Donald Trump said US forces obliterated military targets on Kharg Island off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf where 90% of Iran's oil is exported. Iran later confirmed there was no damage to its oil infrastructure, as the country had said it would strike US allies in the region if there had been any damage.

This is a wide open race. The general narrative [of the poll] is that the mayor is not popular for somebody going into reelection, but the majority of people have not made up their mind whether they'll come back to her or go to someone else.

The San Francisco Ballet board has voted to cancel its upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center. The company is scheduled for a four-day run in Washington D.C. in May. Last year, Pres. Donald Trump overhauled the Kennedy Center's board, including naming himself the chairman. That led several artists to cancel scheduled performances.

For a while, during the 13 years when Gordon Brown was at the apex of British politics, it became fashionable, and then a cliche, to depict him as a Shakespearean protagonist. He was the Scot who would be king, consumed by vaulting ambition for the throne, or else the powerful man of action, devoured by envy of his onetime friend.

The article further exemplifies the gross incompetence of Gov. Newsom and his administration. These policy failures are causing lower living standards. It is beyond pathetic that reading and math scores among California's 5.8 million K-12 students trail national averages and more than half the students are reading below grade level. Perhaps policies oriented toward incentivizing excellence and merit could arrest California's continued educational downfall.

Congress should make up its mind about continuing Obamacare or similar medical coverage plans. This will give real hope to the public, whose premiums will more than double very soon. Lack of medical coverage puts a strain on emergency rooms and staff, not to mention the patients' own dire health situations. It's only a matter of decency for Congress to take care of this affordability crisis. Celeste McGettigan San Jose

From one perspective, Australia's long running bid to host the Cop31 UN climate conference next year has ended in clear failure. It campaigned for more than three years for the rights to put on the world's biggest climate summit and green trade fair, which would have brought tens of thousands of people to the South Australian capital of Adelaide next November.

The vast majority have been supportive, while those who haven't agreed with my politics have still been broadly respectful. While I was filming in Clacton, for instance, more than one of Nigel Farage's constituents started off disagreeing with me, but were open to changing their minds after talking through their concerns, and hearing more about the reality of Farage's policies.

David Gergen, who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties, has died at 83 from Lewy body dementia, a brain disease causing Parkinson's-like symptoms.

Sean Duffy's appointment as interim NASA Administrator reflects the Trump administration's focus on political loyalty, despite Duffy's lack of experience in space affairs.

They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed, Pezeshkian told the US media personality Tucker Carlson in response to a question on whether he believed Israel had tried to kill him.

Democracy is under assault right before our eyes, Mr. Newsom said. The moment we've feared has arrived. The next presidential election is more than three years away.