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Who is the politician at the center of the latest Chinese influence scandal?
2 days, 14 hours ago

Who is the politician at the center of the latest Chinese influence scandal?

LA Times  

An Arcadia City Council member is the fiancée of a man charged by federal prosecutors this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government by attempting to influence local politicians, according to court records and interviews. “He’s been very active in Southern California for a long time.” Residents said Sun threw and promoted numerous events in the …

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California campaign manager secretly worked for China and sent reports to 'Big Boss': feds
3 days, 9 hours ago

California campaign manager secretly worked for China and sent reports to 'Big Boss': feds

Raw Story  

A campaign manager who helped elect a candidate in California has been arrested after federal authorities accused him of being a foreign agent who tried to push for positions favorable to the Chinese government. Prosecutors said he acted as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China while serving as the campaign manager for a political candidate who was …

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Portland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness
3 days, 17 hours ago

Portland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — A businessman with no experience in public office is taking over as mayor of Oregon’s biggest city as it embraces an entirely new system of government — one that’s so different, the City Council chambers had to be completely renovated. “Now it’s time for Portland’s new leadership to meet the moment we now face and solve the …

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Tree-sitters take shifts to stand guard at 180-year-old oak to stop it being felled by local council
3 days, 22 hours ago

Tree-sitters take shifts to stand guard at 180-year-old oak to stop it being felled by local council

Daily Mail  

Tree-sitters have taken shifts in turn to stand guard at a 180-year-old oak to stop it being felled by their local council. The group of local residents stay at the tree day and night to protect it from Leeds City Council. The Otley tree protecters group gather at a 180-year-old oak tree, in Otley, West Yorkshire The group of local …

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London tourists warned of rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths
3 days, 23 hours ago

London tourists warned of rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Westminister City Council has issued fines amounting to £70,000 in a pre-Christmas crackdown on illegal street …

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Ann-Maree Greaney appointed Townsville City's new acting mayor
6 days, 14 hours ago

Ann-Maree Greaney appointed Townsville City's new acting mayor

ABC  

After a long-running leadership saga, Northern Australia's largest city has a new mayor. Councillor Ann-Maree Greaney was appointed Townsville's acting mayor on Tuesday morning at a special council meeting. Councillor Paul Jacob says removing him as acting and deputy mayor "destroys trust". Councillor Brodie Phillips, who supported Cr Greaney, said the role required someone with the "experience, presence and persona …

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Manchester hosts China-UK clean energy forum
1 week, 3 days ago

Manchester hosts China-UK clean energy forum

China Daily  

Tang Rui, consul general of the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester, speaks at the 2024 China-UK Clean Energy Forum in Manchester on Dec 10. Cooperation in clean energy between China and the United Kingdom was discussed at the 2024 China-UK Clean Energy Forum in Manchester on Tuesday. “By doing so, we will be able to make contributions to the green …

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Manchester hosts China-UK clean energy forum
1 week, 3 days ago

Manchester hosts China-UK clean energy forum

China Daily  

Tang Rui, consul general of the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester, speaks at the 2024 China-UK Clean Energy Forum in Manchester on Dec 10. Cooperation in clean energy between China and the United Kingdom was discussed at the 2024 China-UK Clean Energy Forum in Manchester on Tuesday. “By doing so, we will be able to make contributions to the green …

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New mayor and city council to ‘Celebrate Newport Beach’ in coming year
1 week, 5 days ago

New mayor and city council to ‘Celebrate Newport Beach’ in coming year

LA Times  

The incoming mayor of Newport Beach, Joe Stapleton, left, shakes hands with outgoing Mayor Will O’Neil after presenting him with a plaque as a gift during the Newport Beach City Council meeting at City Hall on Tuesday. The Newport Beach City Council appointed the head of an investment management company as its mayor Tuesday, and welcomed newcomers to the panel, …

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Larry Agran sworn in as Irvine mayor — again. Special election scheduled
1 week, 5 days ago

Larry Agran sworn in as Irvine mayor — again. Special election scheduled

LA Times  

Due to Larry Agran’s election as Irvine mayor, a special election will be held in April to fill his vacant council seat. Larry Agran took an oath of office as Irvine’s new mayor during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, returning to a post he first held in 1982. “My aspiration — our aspiration— is to continue to work together, overcoming our …

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Bankrupt Birmingham City Council agrees huge equal pay deal after £760m dispute
1 week, 6 days ago

Bankrupt Birmingham City Council agrees huge equal pay deal after £760m dispute

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Birmingham City Council has reached an agreement to settle thousands of …

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Boston City council member arrested on federal fraud and corruption charges
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Boston City council member arrested on federal fraud and corruption charges

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Boston city councilor …

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On L.A.’s Eastside, a new City Council member eyes a lobbyist to run her office
2 weeks, 2 days ago

On L.A.’s Eastside, a new City Council member eyes a lobbyist to run her office

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Ysabel Jurado, pictured Nov. 5, is looking to hire a former lobbyist as her chief of staff. However, three City Hall officials told The Times that Hodgins was introduced as Jurado’s new chief of staff at a recent luncheon in Mayor Karen Bass’ office. Lisa Gritzner, a veteran City Hall lobbyist who worked as a chief …

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More wild weather forecast for Queensland raises questions about how Brisbane drains handle intense rainfall
2 weeks, 4 days ago

More wild weather forecast for Queensland raises questions about how Brisbane drains handle intense rainfall

ABC  

Queensland is no stranger to wild and extreme weather events but, with intense rainfall causing sporadic flash flooding more often, locals are concerned stormwater infrastructure isn't up to scratch. Wet summer ahead The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting "wetter periods" this summer, with an increased risk of flash flooding across Queensland's south-east. "Some of the catchments in southern Queensland are …

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Cash-strapped Labour council spends £30k on robot vacuum cleaners and introduces AI assistants to answer phone calls from the public
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cash-strapped Labour council spends £30k on robot vacuum cleaners and introduces AI assistants to answer phone calls from the public

Daily Mail  

A cash-strapped council has been criticised after it spent more than £30,000 on two robotic vacuum cleaners. Opposition councillors say they fear the move by Labour-run Derby City Council was the ‘next step towards phasing out physical staff for automation’. It comes after the council introduced two new artificial intelligence digital assistants called ‘Darcie’ and ‘Ali’ to answer phones and …

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Second Huntington Beach library petition turned in, delivered to O.C. Registrar of Voters
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Second Huntington Beach library petition turned in, delivered to O.C. Registrar of Voters

LA Times  

Volunteers have been gathering petition signatures of Huntington Beach residents for months on two issues related to the public library. “Our threshold number is 13,247,” said Friends of the Huntington Beach Public Library volunteer Paula Schaefer, a proponent of the petition. “The city would be having its own election.” Volunteers with local nonprofit Protect Huntington Beach have been fighting back …

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I accidentally threw away my boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin fortune
4 weeks ago

I accidentally threw away my boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin fortune

Daily Mail  

A woman has revealed how she accidentally threw away the 'key' to her boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin fortune, as he fights for the right to search a huge landfill in an attempt to find it. Halfina Eddy-Evans told how she played a role in disposing of the computer hard drive which could unlock millions but it was done on his orders …

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Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push
1 month ago

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

Associated Press  

— Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding the historic number of state ballot initiatives seeking to change the way people vote. In Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota — a mixture of red, blue and purple states — voters rejected either ranked choice voting, open primaries …

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Upton Sinclair dreamed of a socialist California. He's smiling upon the L.A. City Council
1 month ago

Upton Sinclair dreamed of a socialist California. He's smiling upon the L.A. City Council

LA Times  

Author Upton Sinclair broadcasts a speech during his campaign for governor of California on Nov. 4, 1934. Upton Sinclair’s socialist California dream I first learned about Upton Sinclair at Anaheim High School through his 1906 book “The Jungle.” The exposé of Chicago’s meatpacking industry made for a gripping read, although I committed the same mistake that the American public did …

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L.A. ‘sanctuary city’ law won’t prevent deportations. But ‘we are hardening our defenses’
1 month ago

L.A. ‘sanctuary city’ law won’t prevent deportations. But ‘we are hardening our defenses’

LA Times  

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles in 2020. Facing President-elect Donald Trump’s promised mass deportation of immigrants in the country illegally, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively backed a “sanctuary city” law that forbids city employees and resources from being involved in federal immigration enforcement. The L.A. sanctuary city law, which was proposed in early …

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Bell Gardens priest supported political candidates, apparently violating federal law: ‘I’m not going to stop’
1 month, 1 week ago

Bell Gardens priest supported political candidates, apparently violating federal law: ‘I’m not going to stop’

LA Times  

Nabor Rios of the St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church in Bell Gardens is seen telling worshipers to vote for a Bell Gardens City Council candidate who was also attending mass. “Well, I am saying to vote for her, but Isabel is gonna run…Párate mija.” Attending Sunday Mass that Oct. 27 was Isabel Guillen, one of several candidates running for …

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Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach tentative settlement
1 month, 1 week ago

Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach tentative settlement

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Black and Latino families who were pushed out of a Palm Springs neighborhood in the 1960s reached a $5.9 million tentative settlement agreement with the city. Money for housing assistance would go toward low-income Palm Springs residents, with priority given to former Section 14 residents and descendants. “The City Council is deeply gratified that that the former …

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Amsterdam mayor survives no-confidence vote in City Council debate over recent riots
1 month, 1 week ago

Amsterdam mayor survives no-confidence vote in City Council debate over recent riots

NL Times  

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema survived a vote on a motion of no confidence during an emergency debate in City Council on Tuesday. Police confirm "Jew hunt" rumors; Mayor defends "pogrom" remarks During the Council meeting, Amsterdam Police Chief Peter Holla confirmed that some police officers did hear rumors from various sources about a jodenjacht, or "Jew hunt." The mayor thinks …

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More crimes targeting Jews reported in Amsterdam; City Council confirms Tuesday debate
1 month, 1 week ago

More crimes targeting Jews reported in Amsterdam; City Council confirms Tuesday debate

NL Times  

At noon on Tuesday, the Amsterdam city council will hold an emergency debate on the attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters on Thursday evening and other anti-Semitic incidents in the city since. In court on Sunday, during proceedings against the city’s temporary ban on demonstrations, the police said there were several anti-Semitic incidents in the city over the weekend. Amsterdam …

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