Politics

The Party chief stressed the importance of the report reviewing 5 years of Party building and the 12th Party Central Committee’s implementation of the Party Platform. The draft report sheds light on achievements and proposes tasks and solutions to continue to reform and improve the quality of Party building in the next tenure. … [Read more...] about Party Political Report

Rocks — those broken and those left — litter the history of Bellingham. There is little evidence that native people found the stony, swampy place livable, and English settlers passed through it without staying, according to a local history by Bruce Lord. Eventually, persistent farmers carved out more than 40 hard-won dairy and poultry farms. At Center Cemetery, a historic graveyard, 18th- and 19th-century stones stand ramrod straight, with little adornment. … [Read more...] about What’s better left unsaid in Bellingham? Politics

The bill would have applied to all political parties. But it was aimed at the American Independent Party, which has been an option for California voters since 1968. Democratic state Sen. Tom Umberg said the name confused voters into believing they were registering as an independent. … [Read more...] about California won’t ban ‘misleading’ political party names

Federal prosecutors say Buck preyed on vulnerable gay men and pressured them to let him inject them with drugs as part of a sexual ritual. … [Read more...] about California political donor pleads not guilty in drug deaths

During his visit to Oman, Cuong also met with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affair Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah, Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali Bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hamad Bin Said Sulaiman Al Aufi. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Oman look to stronger bilateral cooperation