Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100 ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care. The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian and champion of democracy. He defeated President Gerald Ford in 1976 promising to restore trust in government but lost to Ronald Reagan four years later amid soaring inflation, gas station lines and the Iran hostage crisis. He and his wife Rosalynn then formed The Carter Center, and he earned a Nobel Peace Prize while making himself the most internationally engaged of former presidents. The center said he died peacefully Sunday afternoon in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. Jimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’ PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, James Earl Carter Jr., died Sunday at the age of 100. His life ended where it began, in Plains, Georgia. He left and returned to the tiny town many times as he climbed to the nation’s highest office and lost it after four tumultuous years. Carter spent the next 40 years setting new standards for what a former president can do. Carter wrote nearly a decade ago that he found all the phases of his life challenging but also successful and enjoyable. The Democrat's principled but pragmatic approach defied American political labels, especially the idea that one-term presidents are failures. The Latest: Former President Jimmy Carter is Dead at age 100 Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. He left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following his 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. Jimmy Carter: A brief bio Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care. He was 100 years old. Jetliner skids off runway and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. Officials said all but two of the 181 people on board were killed Sunday in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters. The 737-800 operated by Jeju Air plane arrived from Bangkok and crashed while attempting to land in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul. Footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed. Tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2 and injure 6 as severe weather system moves east HOUSTON (AP) — A strong storm system is threatening to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi. Strong storms moving eastward Sunday are expected to continue producing gusty, damaging winds, hail and tornadoes through Sunday. That is according to National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira. 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A three-party alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept Maharashtra in a record-busting victory and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) propelled the INDIA bloc to an unprecedented second consecutive term in Jharkhand, bringing the curtain down on the final round of elections this year and setting the stage for renewed churn in national politics. Also Read: RSS plays a key role in BJP-led Mahayuti’s big win in Maharashtra The Mahayuti secured a three-fourths majority in India’s second most populous province on the back of a clinical campaign that plugged the lacunae of its Lok Sabha drubbing, and built a new pan-state coalition with women-focussed welfare promises, Hindutva consolidation, and smart alliance management. Stellar performances by the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) also sealed a fractious debate on the legacy of these two regional stalwarts. In contrast, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) failed to capitalise on the momentum of its Lok Sabha performance as it struggled to cross even the 50-seat mark in an assembly of 288. The Congress and its alliance partners Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) were decimated across the state as senior leaders were trounced on the back of a listless campaign that failed to read the changing mood on the ground. In the east, JMM chief Hemant Soren crafted a personalised campaign based on his tribal identity to rout the Opposition and win a near-two-thirds majority for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in the mineral-rich state. Soren, who was jailed for around five months earlier this year on corruption charges, bridged the tribal vs non-tribal fault line in the state with a welfare formula of his own, mixed with tribal pride and a sympathy wave. Also Read: What clicked for JMM in Jharkhand? The decisive victories by the incumbents in both states underlined the continued importance of welfare, and the growing role of the women and the swing voter. The astonishing scale of the Mahayuti victory in a state where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) performed poorly in the Lok Sabha polls just four months ago will energise the BJP and renew its momentum at the national stage. Seen alongside its surprising victory in Haryana last month and its stellar performance in the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls – the NDA won seven out of nine seats, compared to the Samajwadi Party’s two – the party will believe that its underwhelming Lok Sabha showing was more of a blip. Also Read: Mahayuti’s nuts-and-bolts campaign The monster victory will also likely pave the BJP’s path towards a majority in the Rajya Sabha and bolster the party as it embarks on signature big-bang reforms such as simultaneous elections. It also ignited a race for the chief minister’s chair, with all three constituents making a pitch In contrast, the MVA’s dismal showing even in pocket boroughs – senior leaders of all three constituents lost their seats across the board – suggested that its impressive Lok Sabha tally (it won 30 out of the 48 seats) was more of a flash in the pan. The Congress’s poor showing and its inability to take on the BJP in head-to-head contests – the party lost 57 of the 66 seats where it took on the BJP – will weaken its bargaining position within the INDIA bloc as well as in Parliament. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the BJP’s performance historic and an endorsement of its development agenda. Speaking at the party headquarters in Delhi in the evening, Modi also repeated his signature “Ek Hain Toh Safe Hain (if we stay united, we’ll be safe)” slogan, saying that it had become a maha (major) mantra of the country. During the last two weeks of the campaign, the BJP used the slogan to effectively argue that Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes (OBCs) should remain united and not fall for the Opposition’s promises of a caste census. “People have made divisive forces bite the dust. The Congress and its allies have failed to grasp the changed realities of the country’s mood,” the PM said. Modi pointed out that the BJP, at 132, had more seats in Maharashtra, than the entire MVA. This is the best performance of the BJP in Maharashtra, and a remarkable turnaround from the Lok Sabha tally in June. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hailed the Jharkhand performance. “Heartfelt thanks to the people of Jharkhand for giving a huge mandate to India. Hearty congratulations and best wishes to chief minister Hemant Soren ji, all the workers of Congress and JMM for this victory...The results of Maharashtra are unexpected and we will analyse them in detail,” he posted on X. In the extraordinarily chaotic Maharashtra elections, where six big mainstream parties competed for the first time in the state’s history, the BJP and its allies opened up humongous majorities in every region. The BJP won 132 seats out of the 149 it contested, followed by the Sena with 57 out of 81 contested, and the NCP with 41 out of 59 contested. The architects of this victory were the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme that gave ₹ 1,500 per month to poor women, Modi’s Ek Hain Toh Safe Hain slogan, and a data-driven, disciplined campaign that focussed on each constituent’s strengths. chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar thanked the state for Mahayuti’s show, which saw the alliance improve its vote share by around eight percentage points over its Lok Sabha showing. Also Read: After Maharashtra, the fate of the Opposition “This is the record-breaking victory of Mahayuti. We are thankful to the whole of Maharashtra,” Shinde said. Shinde and Ajit Pawar also underlined that theirs were the true inheritors of their parent parties’ political capital. In contrast, the MVA was saddled with protracted seat negotiations, mushrooming rebels and a lacklustre campaign that harked on questions of the Constitution and caste census even as their traction on the ground was fast diminishing. As a result, the Sena (UBT) won 20 seats out of the 95it contested, followed by the Congress with 16 out of 101 contested, and the NCP (SP) with 10 out of 86 contested. The depressing performances by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar also posed existential questions for their factions as well as their political legacy. It settled, once and for all, the questions raised by the vertical splits in the Sena and the NCP in 2022 and 2023. No party in the MVA was in a position to claim leader of the Opposition status in the state assembly. “People have given their mandate and people have accepted Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar has got the legitimacy of NCP,” Fadnavis told reporters. In Jharkhand, Soren successfully leveraged his jail stint to fashion an emotive campaign around his tribal identity to emerge as the undisputed leader of the community that forms close to a fourth of the state’s population. The INDIA bloc won 56 out of 81 seats, compared to 21 by the BJP. He also pushed his wife Kalpana Soren into prominence, and entrusted ally Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal to shore up performances in non-tribal seats. The JMM was buoyed by the response among rural women to its Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana, which gave ₹ 1,000 to poor women. By making the cash transfer scheme the centrepiece of its welfare outreach, the party was able to build a new catchment of voters in those 68 seats where more women voted than men. In the end, the JMM ended up winning 27 out of 28 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes. “We have passed the exam of democracy in Jharkhand; I express my gratitude to the people for this stupendous performance,” Soren said. The blockbuster results, especially in Maharashtra, will have a deep resonance on national politics. The BJP will believe it has negated whatever setbacks it suffered this summer and will now push anew to break new frontiers, including in Delhi and Bihar next year.Loons season already a success regardless of result in Sunday’s Western Conference semifinalJimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100 ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care. The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian and champion of democracy. He defeated President Gerald Ford in 1976 promising to restore trust in government but lost to Ronald Reagan four years later amid soaring inflation, gas station lines and the Iran hostage crisis. He and his wife Rosalynn then formed The Carter Center, and he earned a Nobel Peace Prize while making himself the most internationally engaged of former presidents. The center said he died peacefully Sunday afternoon in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. Jimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’ PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, James Earl Carter Jr., died Sunday at the age of 100. His life ended where it began, in Plains, Georgia. He left and returned to the tiny town many times as he climbed to the nation’s highest office and lost it after four tumultuous years. Carter spent the next 40 years setting new standards for what a former president can do. Carter wrote nearly a decade ago that he found all the phases of his life challenging but also successful and enjoyable. The Democrat's principled but pragmatic approach defied American political labels, especially the idea that one-term presidents are failures. The Latest: Former President Jimmy Carter is Dead at age 100 Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. He left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following his 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. Jimmy Carter: A brief bio Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care. He was 100 years old. Jetliner skids off runway and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. Officials said all but two of the 181 people on board were killed Sunday in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters. The 737-800 operated by Jeju Air plane arrived from Bangkok and crashed while attempting to land in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul. Footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed. Tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2 and injure 6 as severe weather system moves east HOUSTON (AP) — A strong storm system is threatening to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi. Strong storms moving eastward Sunday are expected to continue producing gusty, damaging winds, hail and tornadoes through Sunday. That is according to National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira. So far, the line of severe weather has led to about 40 tornado reports from southeastern Texas to Alabama, Pereira said, but those reports remain unconfirmed until surveys of damage are completed. Israeli hospital says Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hospital says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery. Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center said his prostate was removed late Sunday and that he was recovering. Netanyahu’s office had said Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a close ally, would serve as acting prime minister during the procedure. Doctors ordered the operation after detecting an infection last week. Netanyahu is expected to remain hospitalized for several days. With so much at stake, Netanyahu’s health in wartime is a concern for both Israelis and the wider world. Syria's de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s de facto leader has said it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that he plans on dissolving his Islamist group that led the country’s insurgency at an anticipated national dialogue summit for the country. Ahmad al-Sharaa, who leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group leading the new authority in Syria, made the remarks in an interview Sunday. That's according to the Saudi television network Al-Arabiyya. It comes almost a month after a lightning insurgency led by HTS overthrew President Bashar Assad’s decades-long rule, ending the country’s uprising-turned civil war that started back in 2011. A fourth infant dies of the winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in seaside tents DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. The baby's father says the 20-day-old child was found with his head as “cold as ice” Sunday morning in their tent. The baby’s twin brother was moved to the intensive care unit of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Their father says the twins were born one month premature and spent just a day in hospital, which like other Gaza health centers has been overwhelmed and only partially functions. Musk causes uproar for backing Germany's far-right party ahead of key elections BERLIN (AP) — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest. Germany is to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s stagnant economy. Musk’s guest opinion piece for Welt am Sonntag, published in German over the weekend, was the second time this month he supported the Alternative for Germany, or AfD.QHSLab (USAQ) vs. Its Peers Head-To-Head Comparison

Mr Harris spoke to Charlotte Fallon, a disability worker with St Joseph’s Foundation, after a clip of an exchange between them on Friday went viral. RTE footage posted to the social media site X shows Mr Harris on a canvass in Kanturk when Ms Fallon tells the Taoiseach carers “were ignored” and the Government has “done nothing for us”. Mr Harris responds by saying: “No, not at all”, and “that’s not true”, several times before shaking her hand. When asked whether he thought the clip would overshadow the Fine Gael campaign, Mr Harris said people would vote for the best plan on offer. “I hope people like to see humility in politics and if you get something wrong, you come out and you own it,” he said. “I’m human, I make mistakes,” Simon Harris said. “But you know what I do when I make a mistake? I own it. “There’s been far too many occasions during general elections in this country and abroad where something goes wrong on the campaign trail and people dilly dally and debate for days. “You know what? I put my hands up. “I got it completely wrong. I was wrong, simple as. Spoke to Charlotte. “But much more importantly to me now, in my engagement with Charlotte and my engagement with people right across this country, it’s what I’m going to do for people with disabilities.” Asked about the encounter, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said that Ms Fallon had spoken “truth to power”. “The unfortunate thing is, in this case, power didn’t want to hear the truth, and that’s hugely, hugely problematic. “You hear all sorts of things out on the campaign trail, and I think a wise leader, a person who would wish to be taoiseach, listens and accepts that when somebody is telling you that your policies are hurting, hurting them, hurting the people that they represent and work for – you should hear that lesson. “If you’re not hearing that lesson, you’re not going to change your approach and in that meeting that happened in Kanturk, I think people just got a glimpse of actually what it would mean for Fine Gael to be back in government with Fianna Fail, because that’s their approach. “They don’t listen, they don’t respond, and they seem to think, astonishingly, that people ought to be grateful for their efforts, rather than hearing, reflecting and changing.”Shwashwi: “Chancer” makes way for Nyiko

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