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  Rep. James Langevin’s retirement calls into question the Democrats’ current redistricting map. RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATORS are on track to finish their redistricting process in the coming weeks. Earlier this month, the Democratic-leaning advisory commission recommended a slate of maps to the full state legislature, which has the authority to modify the commission’s work before final passage. Those maps, which create two districts that are nearly identical in shape and composition to the state’s current congressional districts, were relatively noncontroversial at the time of their recommendation. A view of the U.S. Capitol during morning rush hour on October 6, 2021 in Washington But U.S. Rep. James Langevin’s announcement this month that he plans to retire has set off a scramble to determine his successor and called into question the wisdom of the maps currently slated for passage. The open-seat race for Langevin’s former district may give the GOP an opening in a state that hasn’t ...

Biden directed his defense secretary to ‘do everything he can’ to communicate US support for the UAE and Saudi Arabia . US military forces deployed Patriot surface-to-air missiles at the ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis during the weekend attack on Abu Dhabi, a senior White House official said Monday. A USAF KC-10 Extender takes off before at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE. The UAE said it had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthis before destroying the launching site in Yemen early Monday. Although no damages or injuries were reported, this was the third attack in the last two weeks. “I can tell you… US military personnel responded to an inbound missile threat on the UAE. This involved the employment of Patriot interceptors [along with] efforts by the armed forces of the UAE,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a press conference. She added: “I would say we are working quite closely with them… and we are very focused on working...

As the left resumes power with President Xiomara Castro’s inauguration , the official seeks shelter in the United States.HONDURAS’S DEFENSE MINISTER quietly requested asylum from the U.S. government after the country elected a new leader in November, The Intercept has learned. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, left, waves while flanked by Army Gen. Fredy Santiago Díaz as they review the military guard during his swearing-in ceremony in Tegucigalpa, Honduras The defense minister, Gen. Fredy Díaz, said that he fears being charged with corruption by the newly elected democratic socialist President Xiomara Castro, especially considering the role the Honduran military played in the coup that ousted her husband, former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, according to a source whose knowledge of the matter was verified by The Intercept. In light of Zelaya’s expulsion from the presidency — and the country — by the Honduran army in 2009, Castro’s landslide victory on November 28 of last ...

AT A LITTLE-NOTICED House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in March 2021, headlined “Policy Recommendations on Haiti for the Biden Administration,” a former ambassador to Haiti recommended that the way to deal with troublesome President Jovenel Moïse was to “put him aside” and embrace something she called “the prime minister option.” The U.S. was unsatisfied with Moïse and, as new elections approached amid a deteriorating on-the-ground situation, wanted a faster transition. Local artists paint murals in tribute to slain President Jovenel Moïse in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, on July 22, 2021 “It would be nice if he would step down, but I do not think that is going to happen,” said former Ambassador Pamela White at the hearing, under questioning from Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla. White was a foreign service officer in Haiti from 1985 to 1990, and served as ambassador from 2012 to 2015. “So I think if we sort of put him aside, you know, in the best of all worlds, and we have a prime minister appointe...

EbixCash Private Limited today announced the appointment of  S Ravi Bse, as a new independent director to the EbixCash Board. EbixCash Private Limited, a subsidiary of Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare and e-learning industries today announced the appointment of  S Ravi Bse , as a new independent director to the EbixCash Board. Ravi brings a vast repertoire of experience across banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, tourism industry, stock exchanges and asset management areas - having held Board positions in eminent organizations across these sectors. S Ravi Bse EbixCash S Ravi Bse is presently serving as the Chairman and Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd. – the premier government owned financial Institution, set-up to promote tourism in India. He also presently serves on the boards of Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Ltd., Star U...