Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities boycott vote on removing ethnic Albanian mayors
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities on Sunday overwhelmingly boycotted a vote on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office following last year’s mayoral elections. The referendum — supported by the West — was an attempt to diffuse tensions between Kosovo and neighboring Serbia as both countries vie to join the European […]
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NYC mayor to residents of Puebla, Mexico: ‘Mi casa es su casa,’ but ‘there’s no more room’
PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams brought a mix of messages to central Mexico’s Puebla state Thursday, trying carefully to walk the line for a city known for welcoming migrants from around the world, but currently struggling with an influx of asylum seekers. Inside Puebla’s ornate state congress building, decked floor-to-ceiling […]
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Republican senator should drop his ‘irresponsible’ protest and OK military nominees, Biden says | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
HELSINKI (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said it is “irresponsible” of a Republican senator from Alabama to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or reproductive care. “He’s jeopardizing U.S. […]
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‘Music with the Mayor’ to highlight local performers | News
If you happened to be working in City Hall on last Friday afternoon, you might have heard John Jerome, aka The Island Cowboy, performing his new single, “I’m on My Way to Somewhere,” strumming alongside Gloucester guitarist Geoff Small. The music came streaming from Mayor Greg Verga’s office, as the pair were the inaugural guests […]
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