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Oxford sewage deal set to release thousands of new homes

BBC News 21 Mar 2025
About 18,000 new homes could be built after a deal was struck over a city's ageing sewage system, the government has said ... The government said that plan had now been approved by the agency.
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Hà Nội cuts approval times by 60 per cent with a ‘fast lane’ system

Vietnam News 21 Mar 2025
HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội's city government has directed its subordinate agencies to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to prioritise and expedite the processing of critical documents, aiming to slash approval times by at least 60 per cent.
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DOGE sets sights on federal offices

The Lewiston Tribune 21 Mar 2025
... for the government — including better pricing,” the agency said in a statement sent to the Tribune by Christi Chidester Votisek, lead public affairs officer for the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Rim.
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Ohio libraries, museums could lose millions in federal funding from Trump executive order

The Columbus Dispatch 21 Mar 2025
Trump’s executive order, signed March 14, calls for significant cuts to seven agencies as part of his aim of “reducing government overreach.” ... to slash other “unnecessary” agencies and committees.
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DOGE blocked in court from Social Security systems with Americans’ personal information, for now

Wtop 21 Mar 2025
At SSA, DOGE staffers swept into the agency days after Trump’s inauguration and pressed for a software engineer to quickly get access to data systems that are normally carefully restricted even within ...
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NIA had no role in denying Stan Swamy sipper: Former NIA chief

Madhyamam 21 Mar 2025
... and died on July 5, 2021.Blaming it on the then Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in Maharashtra, Y C Modi said it was ‘their responsibility to provide Swamy with a sipper and not the agency’s’.
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What’s happening with the Institute of Museum and Library Services after Trump’s executive order

Wtop 21 Mar 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has named a new acting director for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, one of seven independent government agencies cited in a recent executive order ...
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Major-power conflict ‘no longer unimaginable’, Australian intelligence review finds

AOL 21 Mar 2025
Australia faces a world more volatile and dangerous than it has known for more than four decades, and “major-power conflict is no longer unimaginable”, a review of the country’s intelligence agencies has found.
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GHC78m allocated to my office woefully inadequate – Kwakye Ofosu

Business Ghana 21 Mar 2025
The Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has expressed deep concern over what he said is insufficient budgetary allocation to his office, stating that the GH¢78 million ...
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NIA had no role in denying Stan Swamy sipper: Former chief blames Uddhav govt

Financial Express 21 Mar 2025
In his statement, Modi also blamed the then Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in Maharashtra, and said it was \u201ctheir responsibility to provide Swamy with a sipper and not the agency\u2019s\u201d.
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Forcelli: Mexican suit vs. US gun makers misses target

Boston Herald 21 Mar 2025
... organized crime and violence, but we cannot make progress when accountability is deliberately misdirected and the actual failures of government agencies on both sides of the border remain unaddressed.
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‘Not viable’ for Government to provide funds to replace US aid programme cuts, says Minister

The Irish Times 21 Mar 2025
The Government will not be able to provide funding to aid agencies to offset cuts being made by other countries, the Minister of State for International Development has said.
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Somali forces kill 82 al-Shabaab terrorists in airstrikes

Anadolu Agency 21 Mar 2025
The Somali Air Force in coordination with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) killed 82 al-Shabaab terrorists in airstrikes in the country’s Lower Shabelle region, the agency announced Friday.
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Revolutionary Blockchain Transparency: Trump Era USAID Set for Crypto-Powered Overhaul

Bitcoin World 21 Mar 2025
Get ready for a potential shake-up in how international aid is managed! The winds of change are blowing through Washington, D.C., and it seems even government agencies are catching the crypto bug.
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Steel Development, Cornerstone of Nigeria’s Economic Growth, Says Audu

This Day 21 Mar 2025
Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, said National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA) was a cornerstones  of the federal government’s plan to grow the economy to $1 trillion by 2030.
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