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The Duchess of Edinburgh has described distressing scenes of sexual exploitation, after meeting refugees from Sudan’s civil war who had fled to neighbouring Chad.”People are having to exchange food and water for sex, for rape. That is violence that is being enacted through conflict. It is being used as a bargaining tool,” said Sophie, after a visit to this conflict-hit region of Africa.She spoke to women who had travelled into Chad to escape the conflict across the border in Sudan.”These women have no option but to leave. And, even then, they’re lucky if some of them can get away, because……

Kamala Harris tried something new at her rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Monday night: She put Donald Trump on the big screen. Midway through her stump speech, the vice president asked to “roll the tape” on short videos of Trump, featuring several recent clips of the former president speaking about “enemies from within,” suggesting in a Fox News interview that the military could be deployed on Election Day, and speaking in Erie just weeks earlier when he suggested “one rough hour” of policing as an antidote to crime. The Trump interlude in the middle of an otherwise standard rally address…

Royal Caribbean, to its credit, has been consulting with crew members about their onboard. Both Icon of the Seas, the first Icon-class ship, and its newest cruise ship, Utopia of the Seas offer reimagined crew areas.That can be very important because many crew members can only access passenger areas when it comes to work. On older ships that can mean rarely seeing daylight, and having to make do with very limited facilities.Want the latest cruise news and deals? Sign up for the Come Cruise With Me newsletter.On Utopia of the Seas, that’s certainly not the case, and Jordan Bauth, a…

Poland will temporarily ban refugees from seeking asylum in the country, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. Tusk accused Russia and Belarus of deliberately channeling tens of thousands of migrants across Poland’s borders and into the EU.In a speech in Warsaw on Saturday, Tusk said that he would present his new migration policy – which includes “the temporary territorial suspension of the right to asylum” – to the EU after unveiling it at a government meeting on Tuesday. “I will demand this,” he said. “I will demand recognition in Europe for this decision.” It is unclear how Tusk’s proposal will be…

Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times,Thousands turned out to the Bayfront Convention Center on Sept. 29 to hear former President Donald Trump speak. Hundreds more gathered outside the convention center to watch Trump’s speech on a jumbo display, while nearby stands were set up to register voters, hawk mail-in ballots, and hand out Trump-Vance yard signs and bumper stickers.There’s a reason for that: Erie County, which hosts the city of Erie, is a strong indicator of who will win Pennsylvania. Since 1980, with the exception of 1988, the county has backed the winner of statewide presidential races.While it…

Credit: 315 Airlift Wing The Grand Rapid City Clerk’s Office has announced that it is resending 100 absentee ballots after the original ballots mysteriously disappeared in the mail. Grand Rapids City Clerk Joel Hondorp revealed absentee ballots were sent out on September 26 but was later notified by 100 residents in northwest Grand Rapids that they never received them. Hondrop shared, “It’s common for some absentee ballots to get lost because the United States Postal Service has many moving pieces.” He added, “If a voter wants to know what the status of their ballot is, if they haven’t received it,…

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – SEPTEMBER 22: Quarterback Sam Darnold #14 of the Minnesota Vikings reacts … [+] after a play in the third quarter of the game against the Houston Texans at U.S. Bank Stadium on September 22, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)Getty Images The Vikings have exceeded all expectations with their 5-0 start, but the intensity and focus needs to pick up dramatically this week as they prepare to play the best team in the NFC. That’s just what the Detroit Lions are at this point in the season. The Lions went into Dallas and delivered…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to a demand by U.S. President Joe Biden that Israel will not attack Iran’s oil facilities or nuclear sites in retaliation for a ballistic missile attack earlier this month. As Breitbart News reported, Biden supported Israel’s right to defend itself, after surviving the largest ballistic missile attack in history largely unscathed, but also said that Israel should not hit Iran’s nuclear program or oil facilities. Netanyahu appears to have agreed, bowing to Biden’s political concerns according to the Washington Post Monday: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Biden administration he is willing to strike military rather…

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has endorsed former President Donald Trump for the November election, citing the current administration’s poor track record on inflation, the border crisis, and Vice President Kamala Harris’s policy flip-flops as reasons to overlook the “disappointing and indefensible” behavior surrounding January 6, 2021. “The hurricane of history charts a chaotic course,” the publication wrote in a Tuesday opinion piece. “The gales of recent months have left political norms strewn across the landscape. The turbulence has rattled both major parties and left many voters unsettled and apprehensive.” The Review-Journal went on to summarize the chaos of the last few months,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend in communities far from the presidential battlegrounds — Little Saigon in Orange County and the high desert of Antelope Valley — as he works to wrest control of the U.S. House from Republicans.The Golden State is a Democratic stronghold but the party lost House seats here in recent elections, giving the speaker’s gavel to Republicans. Jeffries, who is in line to become the next House speaker if Democrats regain control in November, needs to pick up four GOP-held seats to win back the majority — and…