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National Guardswoman 20 year old Spec. Sarah Beckstrom shot by Afghan national in Washington DC November 25, 2025.

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Germany enters a second Shops and schools remain open, restaurants and bars, cultural venues, sporting facilities will remain closed. The lockdown is required to bring infections down, says German chancellor Angela Merkel. Some restrictions may be lifted December 20, but it is more likely that restrictions will remain in place till the beginning of January, says Merkel, because of the rate of new infections.

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Adam Schiff Senator from California interview in Senate Office Feb 2026 Wash. Post- a Democrat joins the Agriculture Committee and attends farm bureau meetings. Adam Schiff talks about his role in Congress as a Democrat in Feb 2026 to deliver for the people of California for the 3 more years of the DJT administration. As Senator he sees himself as representing 40 million people of Califonria as opposed to the 800,000 people in his congressional district in the Los Angeles area. In that sense he has to take into account that DJT turned up a significant vote in California, exceeded only by Texas and Florida in 2024. He sounds ambivalent about his earlier positions opposing the president and the president's rhetoric. He has to work with administration offficals if he is to deliver on projects that help Californians. This is a position taken by Kathy Hochul governor of New York state, and by Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, both Democrats. Projects include saving a couple of rural hospitals and seeing to it that Department of Agriculture offices remain open in remote parts of California. He has sought out an assignment on the Senate Agriculture Committee. He now realizes that the Democrats have not done enough for Californians or for America, and had not looked for new ways to tackle tough problems-  working people voted for DJT he says “because they were struggling. They were working harder than ever. And they could barely get by. And the Democratic Party had come to be viewed as the party of a status quo. They found the status quo was deeply unsatisfactory.”  Like Ruben Gallego in Arizona there is a sense that a lot has to change in the Democratic party down to grassroots work and efforts which is why Schiff now attends farm bureau meetings up and down the state. ...

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Bipin Rawat says the best approach to security for India is one of dissuasive deterrance. For the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean region a multilateral presence with the U.S. Australia, and Japan is seen as the most effective way to maintain open seas.

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The major points in the negotiations between India and China for the LAC in Ladakh. China is in it for the long haul because it wants to develop the CPEC economic corridor and has built up positions on its side of the long border.

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NatureQuant is a startup in Oregon that is providing ways for people to spend more time in places that best support the link of nature to healthy living. It has developed a Nature Score using satellite imagery on noise, air pollution, park space, trees, and open spaces. One can look up Nature Scores by neighborhood as shown here in The Washington Post by Harry Stevens, Climate Lab columnist.

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Germany faces a huge shortage of workers. Even without the current loss of workers in sectors such as restaurants, hotels, airports, elderly care and other sectors, the Germany economy loses 350,000 people every year a the baby boomer generation born after World War II retires. Today there are 1.7 million open jobs in Germany. By 2035 there will be seven million fewer workers, according to labor experts.  No longer can Germany depend on Eastern European countries to fill shortages of workers. Incomes are growing in these countries and there are demographic changes in these countries. Some say the party is over. Skilled labor is in short supply. In 2020 a law was passed to get  the 400,000 foreign workers Germany needs each year to come and stay in Germany, says this report in DW.com. The number attracted? Only 30,000 which officials called a "disappointment." The law will be changed to open up the labor market to those with a contract but no recognized certification for the job, so that companies could train employees after they join. ...

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Australian tennis player is herself as she retires at the age of 25. She is champion at Wimbledon and at the Australian Open. "The time is right for me to step away and chase other dreams and to put the racquets down," says Barty.

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A US postage stamp shows Althea Gibson playing tennis at Wimbledon. In 1957 she became the first Black tennis player to win Wimbledon tennis championships receiving the award from Queen Elizabeth II. Althea Gibson was the first black player to play at the US Open in 1950.

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Ministers of foreign affairs and defense from the U.S. will visit India for the 2+2 India - U.S. Ministerial Dialogue. Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Esper will meet Indian ministers Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh for closer ties on October 27. The American ministers will also visit Jakarta, Indonesia and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Their goal is for a open and free Indo-Pacific region through cooperation of the nations in the region.

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China's Xi has chosen to attend summits with a format in which China plays a dominant role such as the recent BRICS meeting in Johannesburg. He has chosen to skip the G20 Summit on September 9 in New Delhi and may even skip the November 12 APEC meeting in San Francisco. This leaves Xi without the opportunity to meet US president Biden on the sidelines of both summits.