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Pro-China Solomon Islands PM Sogavare Fails to Win Majority After Elections: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has failed to win a majority in ...
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Pro-China Solomon Islands PM Sogavare Fails to Win Majority After ...
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Solomon Islands leader Sogavare keeps seat, vote count continues: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his parliamentary seat ...
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Solomon Islands leader Sogavare keeps seat, vote count continues
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Solomon Islands election count underway, China critic Suidani regains seat: Daniel Suidani, a prominent Solomon Islands critic of China who was former Malaita ...
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Solomon Islands election count underway, China critic Suidani regains seat
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Solomon Islands election: PM Sogavare retains seat as count continues: Full results are expected in coming days to determine whether Manasseh Sogavare’s Our ...
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Solomon Islands election: PM Sogavare retains seat as count continues
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🔊 What you need to know today: - Australia reels from second mass stabbing - Trump’s criminal trial kicks off with dozens of jurors ruled out - Solomon ... Show more   reut.rs/4450hHx
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#VantageOnFirstpost With Palki S Upadhyay | Episode 323 In this Episode: -"Severe Response": Can Iran Deter Israel? -Netanyahu V/S Israel: Who Wants To Attack ... Show more
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Top 10 things to do in the Solomon Islands : You may have been to Fiji or Hawaii, but visiting the Solomon Islands is a whole new experience ...
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Top 10 things to do in the Solomon Islands
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Vote counting starts in Solomon Islands as China, US trade barbs: Hand counting the paper votes is only the start of an arduous electoral process.
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Vote counting starts in Solomon Islands as China, US trade barbs
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Scuba diving to find oil in Solomon Islands' corroding World War II wrecks: An untold amount of black, toxic oil is contained within the corroding wrecks of ...
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Scuba diving to find oil in Solomon Islands' corroding World War II wrecks
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Voter education key, Solomon Islands media expert says: The Solomon Islands is set to hold its first joint elections and every effort must be made to help ...
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Voter education key, Solomon Islands media expert says
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China or not, that is the question: The people of the South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands will go to the polls Wednesday in the first general election ...
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China or not, that is the question
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Solomon Islands election yields no majority for pro-China party: SYDNEY -- Neither advocates nor opponents of a security pact with Beijing won a majority in the ...
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Solomon Islands election yields no majority for pro-China party
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The Ombudsman has ordered the filing of criminal cases against dismissed BFAR Dir. Demosthenes Escoto, ex-BFAR Dir. Eduardo Gongona ... Show more
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Bats Are Going Through a Rare Evolutionary Phenomenon: "We may think of evolution as very slow process, but it can happen rapidly," researcher Tyrone Lavery said ...
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Bats Are Going Through a Rare Evolutionary Phenomenon
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on a weekend visit to Papua New Guinea, accused Western powers in the AUKUS security pact of provoking division and risking ... Show more
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Salasya fails to prevent auction of car, slapped with Sh10,000 court fine: A Kakamega Court has allowed a businessman to proceed to auction Mumias East MP Peter ...
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Salasya fails to prevent auction of car, slapped with Sh10,000 court fine
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Ondo 2024: Aiyedatiwa begs Oke, Ibrahim, other aspirants for support: "Now, more than ever before, the greatness of Ondo State is what matters the most ...
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Ondo 2024: Aiyedatiwa begs Oke, Ibrahim, other aspirants for support
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Solomon Islands' Pro-China PM wins | Elon Musk postpones trip to India : Watch in the top headlines of the hour: - Solomon Islands' Pro-China PM wins ...
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Solomon Islands' Pro-China PM wins | Elon Musk postpones trip to ...
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Lest we forget? The shame of our two-tier veteran’s system: Our laws are leaving many veterans who served after 1974 out in the cold. I know ...
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Lest we forget? The shame of our two-tier veteran’s system
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Solomon Islands prepares for post-election bartering with China in view: Get the latest breaking news on the Philippines and the world: News, Business, Overseas ...
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Solomon Islands prepares for post-election bartering with China in view
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#RaceToPower | Elections have successfully concluded in the Solomon Islands. Thousands of islanders have cast their vote with issues of health and education looming ... Show more   www.wionews.com/videos
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Solomon Islands' pro-China prime minister reelected to parliament: SYDNEY -- Manasseh Sogavare, the China-friendly prime minister of the Solomon Islands ...
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Solomon Islands' pro-China prime minister reelected to parliament
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Murkomen opts for the private sector to tame road accidents: Roads and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen now says he has a master plan to tame the recent upsurge ...
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Murkomen opts for the private sector to tame road accidents
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Voting begins in Solomon Islands' parliamentary election closely watched by China and the West
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Voting begins in Solomon Islands' parliamentary election closely ...
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#VantageOnFirstpost : The Solomon Islands went to polls today, about 420,000 people in the nation of 700,000 were eligible to vote. They went out to vote for 50 members of ... Show more
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Today people are voting in the Soloman Islands election, in which the country's leader Manasseh Sogavare is hoping to secure a second term in a row ... Show more   ab.co/abcnewsapp
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#RaceToPower | #SolomonIslands holds 1st election after cutting ties with Taiwan and backing China Ananya Dutta brings you this report Watch more: www.wionews.com/videos
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#FPReels : Voting is underway in the Solomon Islands for general election, the first since the government signed a security pact with China. Up to 420 ... Show more
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Voters in Solomon Islands will head to the polls today for a high stakes election which will be closely watched across the Pacific — and beyond ... Show more   ab.co/abcnewsapp
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Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Solomon Islands voters will head to the polls today after a campaign blackout ahead of the country's election. The vote may have consequences for both China ... Show more   ab.co/abcnewsapp
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These photos are of Chinatown district of Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital. Merchants in Solomon Islands' gritty Chinatown were on April 16 preparing for ... Show more
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Ships in the night - Final day of election campaigning in Solomon Islands: The official campaign period ends at midnight Monday, followed immediately by a ...
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Ships in the night - Final day of election campaigning in Solomon Islands
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Documents show Tonga criticised Australia and NZ's response to China-Solomon security pact
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Documents show Tonga criticised Australia and NZ's response to ...
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Great Barrier Reef discovery overturns belief Aboriginal Australians did not make pottery, archaeologists say
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Great Barrier Reef discovery overturns belief Aboriginal Australians did ...
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Nearly 10M people in Zambia affected by drought: Vice president: Mutale Nalumango says 6.6 million people in need of food assistance
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Nearly 10M people in Zambia affected by drought: Vice president
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Bungoma to get facelift ahead of Madaraka Day fete: The national government has set aside funds to upgrade roads, Matulo airstrip among other infrastructure.
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Bungoma to get facelift ahead of Madaraka Day fete
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Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast votes: Police officers and electoral officals became the first to cast votes for the 2024 Solomon Islands ...
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Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast votes
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Ondo 2024: Ohunyeye, Ibrahim, Oke, others pick nomination forms: Mr Tinubu has yet to make any categorical endorsement, even as the aspirants continue to lobby ...
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Ondo 2024: Ohunyeye, Ibrahim, Oke, others pick nomination forms
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Why NTSA has suspended licenses for two PSV Saccos: NTSA suspends licenses for Bungoma Line Safari and Smart Highways Saccos over their failure to comply with ...
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Why NTSA has suspended licenses for two PSV Saccos
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Simon Harris poised to become Ireland’s next PM after other ministers drop out of race
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Simon Harris poised to become Ireland’s next PM after other ministers drop ...
Quick Glance: Leo Varadkar: A Populist Who Struggled with Real People
  • In May 2002, a young party activist analyzed the defeat of Fine Gael under Michael Noonan, emphasizing that none of the former leaders were the expected messiah for the party.

  • Leo Varadkar's political legacy comprises valuable contributions, but he was never seen as a savior of the party. His ability to navigate contradictions made him a skilled politician, but he ultimately realized he couldn't balance on the political tightrope indefinitely.

  • Varadkar was described as a politician who straddled conservatism and an increasingly progressive society. Despite his rapid rise in politics and popularity during crises, he struggled to address long-term challenges in areas like healthcare and housing.

  • His popularity peaked during the Brexit crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, where he was seen as a unifying and authoritative leader. However, he failed to effectively tackle long-term structural issues in Ireland, especially in healthcare and housing, as his neoliberal views did not offer compelling solutions.
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In an age where we’ve discovered it all, this paradise shouldn’t exist: Papatura Retreat in the Solomon Islands isn’t for everyone. But for 82-year-old Pete ...
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In an age where we’ve discovered it all, this paradise shouldn’t exist
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Over $6B worth of BTC moved by 5th-richest Bitcoin whale: The funds haven’t moved since 2019, when the whale address received them.
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Over $6B worth of BTC moved by 5th-richest Bitcoin whale
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The untold story of Jashore's resistance during the Liberation War: The Daily Star (TDS): What was the situation like on the eve of the 1971 war?
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The untold story of Jashore's resistance during the Liberation War
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Millennial Wisdom: We are changing the narrative in various sectors: We bring you stories of five young people who are changing the narratives in different ...
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Millennial Wisdom: We are changing the narrative in various sectors
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Women 'placeholders' in the Pacific as Solomon Islands MPs replaced by husbands, Fiji MP demoted for alleged affair
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Women 'placeholders' in the Pacific as Solomon Islands MPs replaced by ...
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Salasya appears in one case, misses another saying he's on paternity leave: Salasya is facing the criminal case at the Mumias law courts and a civil one in ...
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Salasya appears in one case, misses another saying he's on paternity ...
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Rwanda: Govt Closely Monitoring Mysterious Landslides in Three Districts: The Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) says it is monitoring several areas in various ...
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Rwanda: Govt Closely Monitoring Mysterious Landslides in Three Districts
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Solomon Islands voters head to the polls next month after five years of rapid change under Prime Minister Mannasseh Sogavare ... Show more   www.abc.net.au/news/app
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Ekiti Reps mourn late state APC Chairperson, Omotosho: "Barrister Omotosho's leadership acumen and visionary leadership contributed to the internal ...
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Ekiti Reps mourn late state APC Chairperson, Omotosho
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Blue Pacific Initiative needs to step up its game: June 2024 will mark the two-year anniversary of the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) Initiative ...
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Blue Pacific Initiative needs to step up its game
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Knockouts galore at AKO Championship 3: The 2024 AKO season, featuring over 40 professional Mixed Martial Artists from over 15 African countries ...
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Knockouts galore at AKO Championship 3
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New Zealand lobbied French on Solomon Islands-China pact, cables show: New Zealand officials hoped French Polynesia and New Caledonia would respond to security ...
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New Zealand lobbied French on Solomon Islands-China pact, cables show
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Exodus: Parents ditch academies https://epaper.nation.africa/
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Governorship Poll: Why APC is set to take over Edo – Ganduje: Mr Ganduje urged other aspirants to work with the APC governorship candidate in the state to endure ...
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Governorship Poll: Why APC is set to take over Edo – Ganduje
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Puzzle of counties running 1,400 illegal bank accounts: County governments are operating more than 1,400 accounts in Kenyan commercial banks.
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Puzzle of counties running 1,400 illegal bank accounts