| 单词 | stronghold |
| 例句 | I sat there in my stronghold, staring at the monitors, watching all of this unfold in stunned horror. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was no trace of Utgardaloki’s stronghold or the grounds it was in. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Let’s find a place to build our castle stronghold.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z That afternoon, crouched in the stronghold of Terabithia, they held a council of war. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Cleopatra sent her soldiers to guard strongholds on Egypt’s borders, expecting Mark Antony’s troops to engage Octavian on land, but Mark Antony no longer had an army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The great stronghold of House Stark was a scorched desolation. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Baptists. They had a stronghold in the Blue Hills. They smoked them out.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, we didn’t rush to Puerto Rico for a vacation. This is one of the Amazons’ most secure strongholds. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I made multiple trips to her avatar’s stronghold, an armored palace on Benatar, the small moon she owned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Once I was properly outfitted, I hopped back on the elevator, and a few seconds later I arrived at the entrance of my hangar, located on the bottom level of my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My ship was in bad shape, so instead of returning directly to my stronghold, I headed to Joe’s Garage, an orbital starship repair shop over in Sector Ten. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As my avatar slowly materialized on my stronghold’s observation deck, I looked down at my virtual body, admiring it like a favorite suit I hadn’t worn in a while. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Down in the valley was the Long Knife stronghold. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He believed her because there in the shadowy light of the stronghold everything seemed possible. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z White and the prosecutors had no choice but to initiate the state case in Pawhuska, the Osage County seat and a Hale stronghold. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At the stronghold he tied the ribbon around thp puppy’s neck, laughing as it backed out of the loop and chewed at the ends of the ribbon. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z As new Malthusian limits were imposed—diseases, famines, parasites—new breeds gained a stronghold, and the population shifted again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z From the minute they enter the house Pupo can tell by the way the old Haitian woman acts that this is a stronghold of something, call it arms, call it spirits, call it money. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For a while Leslie had been able to keep two sleeping bags in the stronghold, but around the first of December her father noticed their absence, and she had to take them back. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I led him up to one of my stronghold’s rarely used “sitting rooms,” a re-creation of the living room set from Family Ties. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It seemed that the evil power in Mirkwood had been driven out by the White Council only to reappear in greater strength in the old strongholds of Mordor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They dragged boards and other materials down from the scrap heap by Miss Bessie’s pasture and built their castle stronghold in the place they had found in the woods. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Franklin D. Roosevelt was hanging the Congressional Medal of Honor around my neck, saying, “Without regard for her personal safety, she entered the very stronghold of the foe.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Does any goodness linger in this last derelict stronghold? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, finally in the safe darkness of the stronghold she told him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The boys stood there in wonder and nausea, before just such a stronghold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed the Scoreboard and took a long look around my stronghold, wondering if it was for the last time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At the end of the slope, and across a wide meadow, was the stronghold of the Long Knives. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Bran heard talk of Moat Cailin> the ancient stronghold the First Men had built at the top of the Neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The ancient stronghold of the black brothers was no Winterfell, no true castle at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You must not picture it like the ruined strongholds, with mortar crumbling between the stones, which you see today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Having dropped my soldiers off at crossroads and bridges, I attacked the baron’s stronghold alone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Poor boy. You truly believed you could break out of a military stronghold, didn't you?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z My avatar needed a stronghold, and I didn’t want any neighbors, so I’d bought the cheapest planetoid I could find—this tiny barren asteroid in Sector Fourteen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As he gazed at it suddenly Sam understood, almost with a shock, that this stronghold had been built not to keep enemies out of Mordor, but to keep them in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And, I knew, that same emblematic letter adorned the front gates of Castle Anorak, his avatar’s impregnable stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Seeing his bed now made a snare, he feigned a journey to the trim stronghold of Lemnos, the dearest of earth’s towns to him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Old ruins could still be found amongst its hills and bogs, the remains of ancient strongholds of the First Men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Into the stronghold of the Enemy in the North, into Dol Guldur, he had once ventured. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It will be less now, I fear; for I will not leave my strongholds all unguarded. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘But there are not men enough in the Mark, not if they were all gathered together and healed of wounds and weariness, to assault the stronghold of Saruman,’ said Théoden. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The refugees sought shelter as “contraband of war” in the Union stronghold at Fort Monroe, located at Old Point Comfort, on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had no banners to call, no army of retainers, no great stronghold, no holdings to speak of, no prospects of a great marriage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I figured it out later that night, a few hours after Shoto left my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Right, queen,” Jesse mumbled and crawled out of the low entrance of the castle stronghold. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z No doubt I'm miles beneath the Training Center or in some Capitol stronghold, and the possibility of my escape is nonexistent. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At this the grey-eyed goddess Athena left him and left that comely land, going over sea to Marathon, to the wide roadways of Athens and her retreat in the stronghold of Erekhtheus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he needed to come to my stronghold to give me something. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The two levels of reality reminded him of the Titan stronghold on Mount Othrys - a disorienting maze of black marble walls that randomly melted into shadow and solidified again. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She said that white towns had simply banded together to rid themselves of the black stronghold in their midst. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I got up and walked over to my stronghold’s elevator, which I’d modeled after the turbolift on the original Star Trek series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All that was left of the great stronghold of the First Men were three towers . . . three where there had once been twenty, if the taletellers could be believed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Almost seven hundred feet high it stood, three times the height of the tallest tower in the stronghold it sheltered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Leslie’s favorite place besides the castle stronghold was the pine forest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z William was in Europe, part of a high-level Allied mission to scour Nazi strongholds for intelligence secrets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In community after community, especially throughout the strongholds of the American elm, the Midwest and New England, intensive spraying has become a routine procedure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He planned to establish himself in a stronghold in the mountains of Virginia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a compound, Fjerda’s ancient stronghold, home to an unbroken succession of kings and queens, repository of their greatest treasures and most sacred religious relics. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They passed through the gates that marked the end of Utgardaloki’s stronghold. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I made a mental note to examine it later, when I got back to my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It’s the word at the Smeath dinner table, stronghold of righteousness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The biggest Marine force ever assembled was going to assault the Japanese stronghold of Iwo Jima, only 600 miles south of Tokyo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nut was established directly after the Dark Days, when the Capitol had lost 13 and was desperate for a new underground stronghold. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The rest of my stronghold was belowground, in a vast subterranean complex that stretched all the way to the asteroid’s core. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When we get back to the stronghold, I find that Madoc has left word he will be out until late. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then I would activate the self-destruct sequence on my stronghold and sit in my command center while the whole place went up in a massive thermonuclear explosion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Clinton had ordered Cornwallis to establish a stronghold in Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I entered my stronghold’s hangar and pressed a button on the wall to open the launch doors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “There are a few special strongholds within the house. One is the room where you have been staying. Another is a second room on the other side of the attic.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As soon as the repairs to my ship were finished, I headed back to my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A bank of security monitors on my left were linked to virtual cameras placed throughout the interior and exterior of my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Syracuse was an Abolitionist stronghold, and the church bells were used to give the alarm whenever a fugitive was in danger. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My stronghold was my home inside the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As Toussaint neared the last British stronghold, he said, “We are fighting that liberty—that most precious of all earthly posses-sions—may not perish.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He imagined himself on Mount Tamalpais, north of San Francisco, fighting at the old Titan stronghold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even the Japanese knew they were going to be defeated when they lost their stronghold. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper had never been there, but she recognized it from pictures - an ancient stronghold perched on a hill almost as impressive as Gibraltar. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then I hit the throttle and the twin rocket boosters in each of the robot’s feet ignited, launching it upward, out of my stronghold and into Falco’s star-filled sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They hunched down and crept toward the stronghold like police detectives on TV. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z In Port Elizabeth, an ANC stronghold, and other areas of the Cape, the response was better on the second and third days than the first. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My command, Jon Snow reflected ruefully, as much a ruin as it is a stronghold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Even in the west, we know the prowess of the warrior clans of the Mountains of the Moon. What brings you down from your strongholds, my lords?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One time when he was forced by strategic circumstances to abandon a stronghold to the forces of Colonel Aureliano Buendía, he left two letters for him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This has been a brilliant season for Italian fashion, a reminder that Milan can be a stronghold for new and exciting design and not a footnote to Paris. Fashion Review: Milan Steps Out of the Back Seat 2010-09-27T23:01:00Z Sheepshead Bay isn’t exactly a stronghold of clam pizza, either, but Lucia could make it one. Lucia Pizza Brings Roni Cups and Clam Pies to Sheepshead Bay 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Verduzco and Silva were among dozens of young men camped out in a shuttered store on the edge of Nueva Italia, about 20 miles east of the Templar stronghold of Apatzingan. California-raised kids vs. Mexico’s violent cartel 2014-01-18T22:00:00Z “We have teams scouting Iraq and parts of Syria where Isis have their greatest strongholds,” the star reportedly said on a panel. Sylvester Stallone rep denies Rambo will fight Isis in new movie 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z For "Bridgerton"'s Simon as well, the continuity of a racially united feudal stronghold is embodied by the Duke's oedipally suspended heart. From Biden to "Bridgerton," how our stuttering heroes bring a restoration of democracy 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Lackawanna County is a Democratic stronghold, surrounded largely by a sea of red. Scranton became shorthand for the past. Its reality is far more complicated. 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z "Kids like Maria are much more afraid than others," said Maria's grandmother Tamara, who brought the girl through fighting and roadblocks for treatment in Donetsk, the region's largest city and now the separatists' main stronghold. Ukraine conflict hampers recovery of sick children 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z I hadn’t really known about Sunnyside Gardens as a planned retirement community, and also a Communist stronghold. Kim Gordon: By the Book 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z A grieving Palestinian father's decision to donate his 12-year-old son's organs to Jewish and Arab children has brought an unexpected blessing to this former militant stronghold - a new state-of-the-art cinema. Former West Bank militant stronghold gets cinema 2010-08-05T15:29:00Z Bellini's last is set during the Civil War in a Puritan stronghold where, shortly before their wedding, Elvira – daughter of the fortress's commander – sees her fiance, Arturo, disappear into the distance with another woman. I Puritani – review 2013-06-02T15:00:01Z The town, about 35 miles southwest of Atlanta, has starred on the show, serving as Woodbury, the stronghold ruled by the maniacal governor, and built an economy upon its undead back. As Seen on TV: A Road Trip Tracks the Shows of the South 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z It was as though audiences had suddenly drunk an intoxicating Boulez drug, transforming a complacent, timeless town into an avant-garde stronghold. At the Lucerne Festival, even hip-hop skateboarders love Pierre Boulez 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z He wants young people to study a core course in logic, ethics and science, get fired up by rationalism rather than nationalism, and then go out and destroy the last strongholds of ignorance and prejudice. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z Returning to the United States, he settled in Washington, D.C., rather than the Adams stronghold of Boston. The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z An October date in Philadelphia — a longtime stronghold for the band — was particularly emotional. Seattle’s Minus the Bear says goodbye with 3 sold-out nights at the Showbox 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Enter Sebastian Beckwith, whose cult label In Pursuit of Tea has been a stronghold of carefully curated small-batch gems, which he himself travels to procure fresh from China, India, Japan, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. | T's Picks, Part One 2010-12-10T19:30:00Z Upon taking over Chicagoist, Chance, 25, will quickly become one of the most prominent publishers in a city that was a stronghold of black-owned media before recent acquisitions. Chance the Rapper Buys Chicagoist, Becomes Chance the Publisher 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z One of my own abiding memories from when we lived in Mumbai was accompanying my mother to a neighborhood called Matunga, a South Indian stronghold, to buy our monthly supply of coffee. South Indian filter coffee is like no coffee you've had before 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The NYT food critic may be one of the last few institutionalized strongholds of egalitarianism in this country. Little Pepper Packs More Than Heat in College Point 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Goldberg’s reversal means one fewer stronghold of public support for Cosby. Whoopi Goldberg Thinks Bill Cosby May Be Guilty After All 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z A day after the video of the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christian laborers was released in February, the Egyptian government launched airstrikes on militant strongholds in Libya. ISIS and its increasingly sophisticated cinema of terror 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Fort Monroe, the last federal military stronghold in Virginia, provided sanctuary, but only after Maj. Enslaved, Terrorized, Disenfranchised: Black Americans Still Found Ways to Change America 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Kaufman reflects on how conservatives took hold of the longtime bastion for progressive politics in 2010 and transformed it into a Republican stronghold. This Week on SalonTV: Daveed Diggs, Bo Burnham, Martin O’Malley and more 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z There’s no denying that the addition of thousands of troops in Kandahar has forced the Taliban out of their traditional strongholds. 15 minutes with David Petraeus: In which he uses his Jedi-like ability to ramble at will while I sit in stupefied silence 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Wilson’s stronghold in the woods of Water Mill, N.Y., is an eight-and-half-acre compound on what was once the campus of a Western Union research facility. | An Art Soirée Starring Lady Gaga 2013-07-30T16:33:07Z And still another conflict erupted in the mid 1800s, when Mayas fighting to free themselves from slavelike conditions took over Bacalar and made it a stronghold of the 50-year Caste Wars. In Mexico, turning the tide for Bacalar’s threatened Lake of Seven Colors 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z As one of the nation’s last strongholds of small family farms, we’re likely to measure time by the planting seasons. Read Your Way Through Appalachia 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z McNamara, who was linked to an ironworkers union that ordered the attack — part of a radical bombing campaign to go after anti-union strongholds in the early days of the 20th century. The 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times has been the subject of books and film. Now it's a bus tour 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Quick recap of “Beowulf”: A monster named Grendel is slaughtering the denizens of Heorot, a Danish feudal stronghold, on a nightly basis. ‘Beowulf’ Gets a 21st-Century Update 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z But the town of Bukavu is a government stronghold and relatively safe. Impossible to Forget: Orchids Hotel, Congo 2011-01-07T19:55:00Z From these strongholds, they directed funds to like-minded researchers, and issued authoritative advice to the nation. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z This soccer stronghold will be home to Hotel Football, opening in March next to the Old Trafford stadium. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z While the origins of tetrazzini are a little murky — a prevailing theory is that it was named after the Italian opera star Luisa Tetrazzini — it has claimed a kind of stronghold on kitchens across America. Turn last night's leftovers into a creamy chicken and pesto panini 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z For instance, if you find yourself shackled to a torture rack in the stronghold of your enemy, you can brainwash your guard into releasing your fetters and leaving the door open. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Reviewed 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Tallinn was a stronghold of the Baltic-Hanseatic maritime world, and the Tallinn City Museum provides a fascinating introduction to the glory days of merchant traders. Embracing Estonia’s singing revolution 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z This salt-making region was a Carthaginian stronghold centuries before Christ, and you can still see Carthaginian ruins amid Roman ruins: Here, like elsewhere on the island, you’ll enjoy many layers of history. Celebrating Sicily: Italy at its most extreme 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z And then there’s what’s happening in the United States, which sees itself as a stronghold of free expression. Take a stand for free speech, in Cleveland and beyond 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Boarding a bus to one of the city’s Somali neighborhoods — reputed to be strongholds of the al-Shabab terrorist group — I was scanned by a listless guard with a security wand. In Nairobi, a feeling of otherness in a place he considers almost like home Installed in and around Fort Point, the Civil War-era military stronghold that anchors the San Francisco side of the bridge, the show runs through Oct. Art Show Celebrates 75 Years of the Golden Gate 2012-06-10T04:27:04Z At this point Yeasayer intends to work only as a headliner, and it can draw a thousand people in strongholds like New York City and London. 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z The National Guard, a citizen militia grown increasingly militant during the war, moved a large number of cannons into the working-class strongholds of Montmartre and Belleville. 'Massacre' a sobering chronicle of the Paris Commune 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z He’s by no means a fundamentalist, and as a non-Utah Mormon, he comes from a less insular and conservative environment than many of those raised in the church’s stronghold. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z Some people said the High Nest had been a Dutch Nazi stronghold; others said the resistance had been based there. How 2 Jewish Sisters Built a Cultural Oasis During World War II 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Populated in the early 1900s by Germans employed at breweries and knitting mills, it later became a stronghold for Italians, Puerto Ricans, Poles and other Eastern European immigrants. A Touch of Brooklyn in ... Ridgewood, Queens? 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z I set Sleeping Beauty’s stronghold on the shelf in the room we’d said would be the nursery, its light a beacon home to something that was only ever real to me. Disneyland with my invisible guest 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Let us leave the contemporary onslaught and return to Florence: a tourist mecca now, a military stronghold in Rubens’s day. The Role of Art in a Time of War 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z One by one, the other Cathar towns and strongholds fell to the sword. Languedoc, France: Brutal History and Beautiful Setting 2010-05-07T18:37:00Z Since Norway was at the time under Danish suzerainty, and Finland was a province of Sweden, this made all Scandinavia into the Protestant stronghold it remains to this day. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z That this latest ammunition has come from Hollywood itself – traditionally a liberal stronghold – will make it all the more appealing to dudes who fantasise about white men taking charge through violence. Death Wish: is the Bruce Willis remake an alt-right fantasy? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z A State Department travel advisory warns of land mines, suicide bombers and bandits, and the country shares borders with volatile neighbors, including parts of Nigeria that are strongholds of the terrorist group Boko Haram. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Eventually, the coverage turned into a waiting game for lagging numbers from the Democratic stronghold of DeKalb County. For media following Georgia, nail-biting and lots of numbers 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z In California, always America's rave stronghold, large-scale parties all but disappeared, while all across the country, clubs moved to smaller premises and weekly events went monthly. How rave music conquered America 2012-08-02T19:00:00Z He is captured by a hateful chieftain and taken to his stronghold from which he escapes in the company of the charismatic Charlize Theron. Tom Hardy's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Raqqa later became a rebel stronghold — before being captured by ISIS. Comics of Violence and Nostalgia From War-Torn Syria 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Miller wrote that, despite what historians think, he was given a “strong intuition” that “Phaistos was the female stronghold of the Minos family.” In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The field was such a male stronghold that through the mid-20th century its handful of female writers often used masculine pseudonyms. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z In these days of international markets and a cosmopolitan tourist flow, it pays for Western Modernist strongholds to look culturally embracing. ‘Under the Same Sun,’ Art From Latin America, at Guggenheim 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But even Esther views a possible move with some ambivalence, there being an undeniable appeal to having strongholds in both countries. ‘Panic in a Suitcase’ by Yelena Akhtiorskaya 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Once a haunt for the Kennedy clan and Marilyn Monroe, the Café Carlyle retains its reputation as a stronghold of old New York grandeur. Suzanne Vega Is Tidying Her Home and Tending Her Soul (in Sensible Jackets) 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z New visitor center planned at Fort Fisher, Confederate stronghold in N.C. Hey, American Airlines, where’s refund for my travel nightmare? 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Here, and in a patchwork pattern across the city, neighborhoods are divided into nationalist or loyalist strongholds. The murals on Belfast’s ‘peace walls’ offer an illustrated history of the Troubles 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z I reckon that policy will go out of the window in the global era, and the Shard and other skyscraping strongholds will see more and more PR cameos on the big screen. It's looking up for London as its skyscrapers crack Hollywood 2013-03-19T16:59:33Z Both are places receptive to his conservative message; Newport Beach is a longtime Republican stronghold, and Clovis is in the district of Republican U.S. Claims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall? 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The trend dates back to 1981’s “Castle Wolfenstein,” an Apple II stealth game that invited you to infiltrate and then escape from a German stronghold. Review: Alternate-history Nazis cry ‘Wolfenstein’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The first state to outlaw alcohol entirely was, not surprisingly, a Protestant stronghold, the New England state of Maine, which introduced Prohibition in 1851. How Prohibition backfired and gave America an era of gangsters and speakeasies 2012-08-25T23:05:52Z Planning for the project inadvertently alerted the authorities to El Chapo’s whereabouts and eventually forced him to flee his stronghold in the Sierra Madre mountains. Kate del Castillo 'will share' her story of Sean Penn-El Chapo interview 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The performer's attorney and damage control specialist Marty Singer has a long history of building successful PR strongholds for his clients and is on the march as you read this. Can fans accept the new reality of Lizzo? 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The state became a stronghold of labor politics, with Black and White workers eventually banding together against the industrial capitalists who ran the mines. Black voters in West Virginia are tired of being invisible 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z One of the island’s crucial strongholds, Fort St. Angelo, sat directly across the Grand Harbour from the patio of my hotel, just about within canon range. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z The film tells the tale of two students in the relatively liberal West Bank who are forced to return to their homes in Gaza, stronghold of conservative Islamist group Hamas. Palestinian director overcomes politics to screen love story 2011-12-14T14:00:18Z Especially irritable is Naevia, looking to take out her years of misery on the Romans in the stronghold. TV highlights 25/02/2013 2013-02-25T07:00:14Z The landmark decision opened the floodgates for blacks to attend nonblack schools, weakening HBCUs’ stronghold on black higher education, values, and culture. Bill Cosby is on the phone: “Wake up, man!” 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Disguised as Storm Troopers, we rebels would infiltrate an Imperial stronghold. The VOID Is Where Virtual Reality Enters the Dying Meatspace of the Mall 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The Alhambra was the final stronghold of the last Muslim rulers in Spain, the Nasrids. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Her activity last week seemed to signal that what prognosticators have predicted is true: Democrats are in danger of losing seats in their longtime strongholds in New England. Jill Biden’s last, relentless push to boost vulnerable Democrats 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The state is a stronghold of La Familia, a drug cartel known for bold ambushes. Practical Traveler: The Mexico Quandary: Safety or Savings? 2010-12-22T01:00:00Z The stakes are high: If the Noah adaptation pleases the duke, the troupe might snag a spot at his stronghold, where the plague risk is lower. Review | Coronavirus looms over this play set during a plague. But ‘The Amateurs’ speaks to timeless concerns. 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The defections of two prominent businessmen in Ukraine’s east, a stronghold for President Viktor F. Yanukovych, signal growing frustrations with him even within his base. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-02-06T16:33:14Z Here and there are well-preserved ruins of the Samnites, fierce adversaries of the Romans who for centuries remained proudly independent in their mountain stronghold. ‘Oh-Oh, Ay-Ay!’ Riding to an Italian Rhythm on the Transumanza 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Members of the group declined to speak to a journalist, although one of them said they were from Hebei province, a Catholic stronghold. Pope, in South Korea, extends another olive branch to China 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z One day, falling into conversation with a longhaired young man with a skateboard, I found myself wanting to explode a cappella’s reputation as a stronghold for geeks. Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper 2013-01-12T00:10:26Z As he walks by, Dany announces his parentage—with a vaguely threatening How dare you be the son of Robert Baratheon? vibe—and then makes him the lord of the Baratheon stronghold. “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 4 Recap: Sex, Lies, and Hellfire 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Even the last stronghold, American Express, had a very long line of us trying to get our traveler’s checks cashed. The Ideal Reading Experience, The American Dollar and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Jaffa for centuries has been a stronghold of Arab and Muslim life. Jaffa Is Tel Aviv’s Unexpected Luxury Hotspot 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z At the southern end of town on West Avenue is glassy Lake Belle, where “the mocking birds sang all night and alligators trumpeted from their stronghold,” according to a passage in “Dust Tracks.” Cultured Traveler: Zora Neale Hurston?s Florida 2010-03-31T18:01:00Z Soon we would watch a 500-pound coalition bomb erupt over the militants’ last stronghold in Mosul and send a huge mushroom cloud curling over the city. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Based on a novel by the Congolese writer Emmanuel Dongala, the story follows a rebel militia of feral boys as they advance to overthrow a government stronghold. Movie Review : ?Johnny Mad Dog? 2011-01-20T22:17:31Z In Iraq, U.S.-backed forces launched an offensive to oust Islamic State militants from their Mosul stronghold. Key Reuters photographs from 2016 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z I’m in Lawrence, Kansas, historically an abolitionist stronghold, and my hometown. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Was Their Ticket. Then 2020 Happened. 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z In her 1984 autobiography, “My China Years,” Ms. Snow wrote: “Peking is the last stronghold of the good old tradition of entertaining on the least provocation.” Pursuits: A Mystery Endures in Beijing’s Old Legation Quarter 2014-05-02T18:00:05Z It was once known as an Upper East Side blue-chip-modernist stronghold, and that element is still present. The Week Ahead: Feb. 27 ? Mar. 5 2011-02-25T14:59:35Z I have talked to so many men in right-wing strongholds, red state America. Has Trump wrecked our sex life? "Post-Trump Sex Disorder" is real, says sex therapist 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The region was a stronghold of support for the French monarchy. A French Castle, Now Open to All 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z When I first visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, I was living in Providence, reputed to be a mafia stronghold. Art heists: more Tony Soprano than George Clooney 2013-03-20T16:09:56Z The next day, he appears at the monsters’ stronghold disguised as a healer. Michael Dirda reviews Korea’s version of ‘Robin Hood’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z But start-up strongholds aren’t the only places to feel the impact of the city’s changing profile. Making Waves 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z They started with the Cathars, members of a Christian sect, who were ruthlessly eradicated from their stronghold near the Pyrenees. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z Today the steep streets are quickly turning into a Boho stronghold, and commercial and nonprofit galleries have mushroomed, sometimes creating uneasy juxtapositions. Scene/Seen: A Biennial Blooms Where It's Planted 2011-09-16T13:17:58Z May 7, 2010, During medieval times, the hilltop castles in the Languedoc region of southwestern France were strongholds of the Cathars, a zealous religious group persecuted, sometimes horrifically, by the Catholic Church. Sunday Preview 2010-05-07T21:00:00Z Atlanta was not traditionally a stronghold of the major national gangs that took root in prisons and cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Doerr’s first book since “All the Light We Cannot See” involves multiple timelines and a huge cast of characters in settings that include a medieval stronghold and a spaceship. 10 books to read in September 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The opposition Local Coordination Committees said security forces killed 14 people in Damascus and other parts of the country on Saturday, including five in the opposition stronghold of Homs. Syrian security forces clamp down on Damascus 2012-02-19T19:17:00Z Ceremonial occasions are a remaining stronghold of Navajo style in Navajo land. Reporter?s Notebook: An Uneasy Exchange Between Fashion and Navajo Culture 2012-03-14T19:47:42Z "Rock and roll is still a stronghold there," he said. Foo Fighters' Hawkins laments technology in rock 2010-07-15T15:49:00Z Helmand, a stronghold for the Taliban, has notoriously been one of the most complex and volatile regions in Afghanistan, a region that has repeatedly vexed U.S. efforts. Matthew Heineman’s documentary "Retrograde": A chilling, intimate view of the Afghanistan War's end 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The 60-year stronghold by various estates — including and especially Robbins' — to keep the musical tied to its original production seems to be loosening. Audra McDonald captivates a Bowl audience, but she's meant for more 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z In real life contemporary Tampico, some 300 miles south of the Texas border, is a stronghold of the notoriously violent Gulf Cartel and a battleground in Mexico’s drug war. Books Of The Times: Noir in Sunny Mexico, Mart?n Solares?s ?Black Minutes? 2010-05-31T23:37:00Z If all this pasta and protein sends you looking for vegetables, you will find yourself in one of Via Carota’s strongholds. Restaurant Review: Via Carota in the West Village 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z California has of course also become the Democratic Party’s most important stronghold. How California Turned Into a ‘State of Resistance’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z As a result, the world’s most tedious minority-interest pressure group has found itself hounded out of its erstwhile strongholds, facing a future of increasing marginalisation, or a radical rebranding as an online home furnishings retailer. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z It is a lovely pile of ancient stones which date back to 1335 when the stronghold was first occupied by the ancestors of the present owner, Philip Howard. One of Cumbria's hidden treasures is planting eight new woods 2012-12-19T17:21:12Z In "The Sandman," the titular hero's stronghold sits at the heart of The Dreaming, a plane where anything is possible if its master wills it. How the conscientious casting of women in "The Sandman" defies the gender-swapping trope 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z He joined a group of Marines on a mission to the village of Cam Ne, reported to be a stronghold of the Vietcong, the force fighting against U.S. and South Vietnamese troops. Morley Safer, longest-serving correspondent for CBS’s ‘60 Minutes,’ dies at 84 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z One of the island’s crucial strongholds, Fort St. Angelo, sat directly across the Grand Harbour from the patio of my hotel, just about within cannon range. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z Orange County is a longtime GOP stronghold that went for President Biden plus nine. An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z What became clear is that Trump supporters thought Democratic votes, Democratic strongholds and Democratic methods were suspicious. It began on a gold escalator. It may have ended at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z As Kaufman makes clear, though, the notion that Wisconsin in 2016 was some sort of Democratic stronghold showed just how complacent Clinton and the liberal establishment had become. How Conservatives Bet Big on Wisconsin and Won 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The area is a Taliban stronghold and a supply route. Afghan government team attacked, Taliban fume over massacre 2012-03-13T12:20:08Z Woodmont is the last stronghold of the Peace Mission movement and the residence of its aged matriarch, Mother Divine. The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Sunday’s hour was broadly intended to introduce us to life in the Sanctuary, the Savior stronghold with a general atmosphere signaled by the title of the montage song: “Town Called Malice” by the Jam. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 3: The Ballad of Daryl and Dwight 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Place names in three songs — “All and Everyone,” “On Battleship Hill” and “The Color of the Earth” — set them at the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli, a doomed assault on a Turkish stronghold. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-14T23:38:13Z Built in 1488, at a time of relative peace, the walled monastery doubled as a military stronghold, just in case. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z Coincidentally, the brand was created by Lorillard, the tobacco giant, whose socialite heirs had a stronghold in Newport society. In Newport, Artists Turn Tables on the Gilded Age 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z It is a stirring place, desolate and imposing, and not at all hard to imagine as the kind of stronghold from which one might have set out marauding. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z That Milwaukee fire turned 100,000 votes in a Democratic stronghold into ash, in a state where the margin of victory is thin enough for them to matter. Cousin Greg was the feckless joke of "Succession." Now he's the idiot who abets democracy's fall 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z That’s because Huntsville, while bristling with talent, is not a traditional rap stronghold. Music Review: G-Side Makes New York Debut at Maysles Cinema 2010-08-22T22:30:00Z How has this elderly curiosity come so far — over 20 victories in an impressive checkerboard that stretches from New Hampshire to Colorado, with strongholds in Michigan and West Virginia? What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z She has toured the country promoting pandemic recovery, often going into Republican strongholds to talk about vaccines and schools reopening. Jill Biden raises money for Democrats amid gaffes and popularity drop 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z If Dennis Hopper’s character were buying, the drink presumably would be Pabst Blue Ribbon, a favored lager among many of the older league players who are habitués of yet another southeast Portland stronghold, Blitz Ladd. Where the Ping-Pong Scene Never Sleeps 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Proudly repping “Strong Island,” De La Soul noted that its proximity to New York City allowed it to keep an eye on the hip-hop stronghold, while the suburbs gave it space to grow and learn. De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, Who Rapped as Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Because of its narrow opening and abundant resources, the Iao Valley was a natural stronghold in times of war. Top 10 national and state parks in Hawaii 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Part of the scene’s vibrancy stemmed from its roots in Texas, which by the 1980s had only further consolidated its national reputation as a conservative stronghold. Texas Punk Rock, Straight From the Pit 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Interesting idea, though the piece contains all the New Yorkers-writing-about-California doozies, including the obligatory reference to Botox, as well as the incorrect assertion that the O.C. is the only Republican stronghold in the entire state. Roundup: Da Vinci developer speaks, Gurlitt's hoard, Le Corbusier's past 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Nanney related the story of Muir’s first visit to the area, which was a stronghold of the feared Chilkat Tlingit tribe. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Beautiful as it may be, the French countryside remains a stronghold of rigidly traditional values. ‘Little Girl’ Review: Growing Up and Seeking Peace 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z This soccer stronghold will be home to Hotel Football, opening in March next to the Old Trafford stadium. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Sneaking through a stronghold to force the bodyguard of an orc leader to betray his master is pure video game pleasure. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, an Action-Adventure Game 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z The stronghold of House Stark had always been the rock for the Northern people, which is why it’s appropriate that the series begins and ends at Winterfell. "Game of Thrones" stars reveal how House Stark is preparing for the Battle of Winterfell 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Part of the disruption of the stronghold of celebrity culture is certainly that outlets must stop profiting off of celebrities' pain. From Britney Spears to Taraji P. Henson, celebrities are being more open about mental health 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Almost a year after enlisting, he was deployed with the Marines to the Taliban stronghold of Sangin, Afghanistan. Amputee veteran helps train troops for war 2013-03-25T02:49:09Z Her Bay Area art circle’s stronghold further crumbled from San Francisco’s catastrophic earthquake and fire in 1906. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z In the implausible plot of Where Eagles Dare, Richard Burton and Eastwood play allied soldiers parachuted into a Gestapo stronghold and posing as German officers to rescue an important prisoner. Brian G Hutton 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Inside, however, activity is truly buzzing, as Nublu has become a stronghold for musical improvisation across genres. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z When America’s coalition invaded Afghanistan in 2001, they stormed Taliban strongholds such as Kandahar, obliterating the presence of local warlords and scattering anti-American sentiment across the region. 10 striking images of graffiti in Kandahar 2014-01-05T13:00:00Z Among those entrenched in the slow-to-evolve strongholds of the French fashion industry, however, uprooting is difficult to do. Los Angeles Is Becoming Paris Amid the Palms 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Although the coalition has made some gains in the Taliban's traditional southern strongholds, violence has not abated around the country. 77 Americans wounded in truck bombing 2011-09-11T12:24:00Z A dedicated rave stronghold had been built in the field next to the main stage called The Fortress. Beat-Herder Festival diary: Nile Rodgers rocks the Ribble valley 2013-07-17T12:24:23Z But the messages sent by killing the children of the conquered Stark stronghold still stands: not just the one Theon intended, but quite another that his sister Yara interprets, that he’s weak, rash and stupid. Game of Thrones Watch: Suffer the Children 2012-05-21T10:24:55Z Say they last long enough to find a stronghold somewhere — somewhere with water, where they can grow crops. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 10: We’ve Done Worse 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z In Dawei, a city in southeastern Myanmar that is a stronghold of the protest movement, a short march was accompanied by a motorcycle procession. Myanmar junta charges celebrities with promoting protests 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z At another point, moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News appeared to debate Trump, replying to his critique of U.S. military announcements preceding invasions of enemy strongholds. In debate, Trump takes on moderators almost as much as Clinton 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Battambang province was one of the regime’s last strongholds — peace wouldn’t arrive until 1997, when the city began to pick up the pieces. Next Stop: A Pocket of the Past in Battambang, Cambodia 2011-12-15T21:22:50Z Kodak's star began to fade in the late 1990s as digital technology began chipping away at its century-long stronghold on film distribution. Kodak bankruptcy dims once bright Hollywood star 2012-01-20T18:46:42Z As immigrants’ numbers and their disproportionate support for egalitarian, government-led urban policies increase, they may provide the biggest political challenge to suburban strongholds of the New Right and its segregationist legacies. Can cities desegregate? 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z But Republicans have stormed Democratic strongholds searching for critical votes, and Clinton finds herself in a fight with Bernie Sanders that has lingered longer than anyone expected. Two Bronx politicians, father and son, find themselves at odds in the 2016 race 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z First elected to Congress in 2000, Cantor had always breezed to victory in Virginia’s 7th District, a conservative stronghold that runs from Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The NYT food critic may be one of the last few institutionalized strongholds of egalitarianism in this country. Little Pepper Packs More Than Heat in College Point 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He lives in a castle turned bed-and-breakfast in La Flocellière, a small town in the Vendée, a region on the western coast of France known historically as a stronghold of French monarchists. A French Castle, Now Open to All 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Virginia was a Confederate stronghold during the Civil War, but an area in the northern part of the state became a place for the Union Army to rest and refuel. Big history in little Clifton, Va. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The housing complex was considered a stronghold of the separatist Irish Republican Army and was the scene of many police raids during the decades of the Troubles. O’Reilly clarifies remarks about what he saw in Northern Ireland 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z "The News" adopts a punchy tetrameter in its jolting account of endemic indifference, while "The Ruin" modified an Anglo-Saxon lament for a collapsed stronghold, imbuing the derelict remains with human presence and feeling. The Havocs by Jacob Polley – review 2013-01-04T21:55:01Z But when American soldiers raid an Al Qaeda stronghold in Iraq, they find a scraggly-bearded Brody trapped in a spider hole. ?Homeland,? Starring Claire Danes, on Showtime 2011-09-24T22:00:08Z Professor Bloom was accepted at Yale, a stronghold of the New Criticism in the 1950s. Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Bhutan, because it is a stronghold of culture. Q&A: Dow Griffith, Location Manager, Scouts the World for the Film Industry 2012-03-23T18:57:13Z The Maine hamlet of Jerusalem’s Lot, first dreamed up by the master of the macabre as a feral vampire stronghold, contends with a more earthbound set of problems in its newest iteration. Tim Robbins: 'With the exception of America’s native tribes, we're all new here' 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Chin State is a stronghold of resistance against the junta. Myanmar: Eight children killed in military strike on school in Chin State 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z Lebanon took years to rebuild from the 2006 war, during which Israeli bombardment pounded the Hezbollah-controlled south of the country and destroyed swathes of its stronghold in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut. Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Analysts say that if the advance by Ukrainian forces holds, it could pave the way for a push toward the Crimean Peninsula, a stronghold that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014 and occupies. Ukraine claims key advance against Russians 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z In 2014, the Houthis swept from their stronghold in Yemen’s northern mountains and seized the capital, Sanaa, along with other central areas of the country. Yemen’s Houthis have launched strikes at Israel during the war in Gaza. What threat do they pose? 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The other strike was near a bridge close to the city of Mayadeen, near the Iraqi border and stronghold of pro-Iranian militias, the sources said. US carries out air strikes in Syria against Iran-linked facilities 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Ukraine’s General Staff said that Russian troops were also continuing their weekslong push to encircle Avdiivka, an Ukrainian stronghold south of Bakhmut and a key target since the beginning of the war. Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, said Israeli troops have engaged in several pitched battles as they secure strongholds formerly held by Hamas, which both Israel and the U.S. consider a terrorist group. Israeli forces close in on Gaza hospital where Hamas built its headquarters 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z "So diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, the whole cardiometabolic space, but also in the rare blood disorders, haemophilia, sickle cell, we believe that we have a stronghold there," he said in an interview. Drugmaker Novo Nordisk seeks obesity, diabetes 'bolt-on' deals 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Israel could instead chose to target Hamas strongholds. Weeks into the war, how much closer is Israel to its goal? 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Israeli forces have pounded the densely populated Gaza enclave with airstrikes and an expanding ground operation in a campaign to wipe out the Hamas stronghold. White House says Israel agrees to daily pauses in Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Residents in Gaza City, a Hamas stronghold, said Israeli tanks were stationed around the area. Displaced pack Gaza hospitals, others flee as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Arm has been working to expand from its stronghold of mobile phone chips into other areas such as data center servers and personal computer chips. Arm forecasts Q3 below Wall Street on deal delay, shares dive 7% 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The race was unusually competitive for this GOP stronghold. Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves wins 2nd term, defeating Democrat Brandon Presley 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Gaza City, the Hamas militant group's main stronghold in the territory, is now encircled by Israeli forces. Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z More than 1,000 of its people were killed, most of them civilians, and whole neighbourhoods were flattened in Hezbollah strongholds. Hezbollah warns of regional war if Gaza bombing goes on 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Israel has responded with air strikes, encircling the militant group's main stronghold of Gaza City. Insurers review Middle East events coverage after cancellations 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The comments signaled a new stage by the Israeli military as it moves in toward what it says is the headquarters and stronghold of the Hamas militant group. Live updates | More Palestinians fleeing combat zone in northern Gaza, UN says 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The hard-fought contest was disrupted by a voting mess when polling places in the state’s largest county ran out of ballots and voters endured long lines in the key Democratic stronghold. Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves wins 2nd term, defeating Democrat Brandon Presley 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z He did so by posting huge margins in the state’s Democratic strongholds, cobbling together wins or near-wins in a number of Republican-leaning areas, and minimizing the damage in traditionally safe Republican areas. Andy Beshear’s path to reelection as Kentucky governor went through Trump country 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Gaza City, the Hamas militant group's main stronghold in the territory, is encircled by Israeli forces. Israel says kills top Hamas weapons manufacturer as it targets Gaza tunnel network 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Parker, 51, emerged from a crowded field of Democrats in the May primary and was heavily favored over Republican David Oh in the city, a Democratic stronghold. Democrat Cherelle Parker is elected as Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, 1st woman to hold the office 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Gaza City, Hamas' main stronghold in the territory, is encircled. Israel hunts Hamas in tunnels after encircling Gaza City 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Gaza City, the territory's largest town and Hamas' main stronghold, is encircled. Israel targets Hamas tunnels after encircling Gaza City 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Booming growth over the last decade in Houston has caused municipal headaches but has also turned the area into an expanding stronghold for Texas Democrats. US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire lead crowded field in Houston mayor’s race 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Parker, 51, a former state legislator and former city councilmember, is favored to win in the heavily Democratic stronghold. Voters in Pennsylvania to elect Philadelphia mayor, Allegheny County executive 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Israeli officials have described the city as a Hamas stronghold. Israel Says It Has Split Gaza Strip in Two in Drive to Isolate Hamas’s Leadership 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It will also protect and promote strongholds of species like freshwater pearl mussels, pine marten and curlew. Environment: Wales-England Marches plan to protect nature 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Iraqi soldiers — the only ones authorized to enter the Shrine — were poised to launch a final assault to oust al-Sadr and his 500-strong contingent from their stronghold. We need an extraordinary act of peace in the Middle East — and I've seen it happen 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Eight days later, the Israeli army has fought its way several miles to the south, reaching the outskirts of Gaza City, Hamas’ stronghold, and establishing control over the northern stretch of Gaza’s coastal road. Journalists get glimpse inside Israel’s invasion of Gaza Strip 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z The Truth About Guns shared a post from a conservative commentator questioning why Mr Biden did not deliver his remarks in Chicago, a Democratic stronghold that has seen more than 2,000 shootings this year. Lewiston attack: Biden meets families in Maine after mass shooting 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z To win reelection, he will have to follow his 2019 playbook: run up the score in Democratic strongholds, win over Republican-leaning areas and minimize the damage in safe Republican areas. AP Election Brief | What to expect in Kentucky’s general election 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Gaza City - traditionally a Hamas stronghold - was surrounded, military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said. US seeks pauses in Gaza war as Israeli troops claim advances 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Israeli forces have encircled the Hamas stronghold of Gaza City, Israel's military says, as it continues its assault on the Gaza Strip. Israeli army says Gaza City completely encircled 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Her district in the Fort Worth area is considered a Republican stronghold. Longtime GOP Rep. Kay Granger announces retirement 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z “Also, the stronghold has many weapons used by the terrorists.” Israel said top Hamas commander, 50 fighters killed in Gaza strike 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The election was marred by the late delivery of voting machines to the Democratic stronghold of Orleans Parish. House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z More than 2.4 million Venezuelans in the country and abroad voted, including in areas once considered strongholds of the ruling party. Venezuela’s high court has suspended the opposition’s primary election process, including its result 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The state hasn’t wavered as a conservative stronghold in the modern era, and its last Democratic governor was denied a second term 20 years ago. Democrat Brandon Presley seeks big turnout in Nov. 7 bid to unseat Mississippi’s Republican governor 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Israel has hammered Hamas targets in Gaza with airstrikes and massed more than 300,000 of its troops on the Gaza border in contemplation of a ground assault on Hamas in its Gaza strongholds. The world is coming apart at the seams 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z He was taken to another stronghold in Hertfordshire where the ordeal continued before he was eventually rescued by armed police. Cardiff gang kidnapped and tortured men for cash and jewellery 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Voters defied expectations, even in neighborhoods once considered strongholds of the ruling party. Venezuela’s attorney general opens investigation against opposition presidential primary organizers 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z “Rather than defensive strongholds, they were like gas stations, where people stopped for food and a roof over their head for a night,” he says. Spy photos of Syrian desert reveal ancient Roman forts 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Gen. Andrei Kuzmenko, reported on forming dedicated drone units in the area and on storm units’ tactics in capturing Ukrainian strongholds, the ministry said. Russian drone debris downed power lines near a Ukraine nuclear plant. A new winter barrage is likely 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In the east, the chart shows the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final throes of the Byzantine Empire. A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers. Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Hours after he spoke, thousands rallied in Hungary's capital Budapest, a liberal stronghold that has largely opposed Orban's agenda. Eyeing EU election, Hungary's Orban ramps up criticism of Brussels 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Local elections in Democratic strongholds at both ends of Pennsylvania next month could show how voters feel about progressive candidates and issues such as abortion and crime ahead of the 2024 election. Outcome of key local races in Pennsylvania could offer lessons for 2024 election 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold, was the focus of a major Israeli military operation earlier this year. Israel strikes militant compound under West Bank mosque, military says 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Both have commanded the spotlight and money in the race to lead America’s fourth-largest city, where booming growth has caused municipal headaches but also turned the Houston area into an expanding stronghold for Texas Democrats. Houston’s next mayor has big city problems to fix. Familiar faces want the job 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z "Winning in these Tory strongholds shows that people overwhelmingly want change and they're ready to put their faith in our changed Labour Party to deliver it," he said. Labour overturns huge majorities to inflict two by-election defeats on Tories 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Upon his return on Saturday, he would address a rally in his old stronghold of Lahore, Tarar said. Pakistan court forbids arrest of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif on his return 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Nimba is an opposition stronghold but the outcome will not significantly alter the results or push anyone across the finish line, analysts said. Liberia’s presidential election likely headed for a run-off in closest race since end of civil war 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Israel last week ordered more than one million civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate to avoid being hit in attacks on Hamas strongholds there, and displaced Palestinians face a worsening humanitarian crisis. Biden vows aid for Gaza, Israel as protests rock Middle East 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Israel says northern Gaza is a Hamas stronghold and has warned it will be the target of its assault. Lib Dem MP: My relatives have nowhere to go in Gaza after bombing 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Israel has intensified its strikes on Hamas' stronghold Gaza in retaliation. Cancelled tours, empty hotels: Israeli, Palestinian tourism reels as conflict escalates 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Even Hamas, having made sure Israel would have to attack its stronghold in Gaza, can’t be sure if Iran’s aging Islamist revolutionaries will come to its rescue. Iran’s role in Israel conflict is like a Russian nesting doll | Op-Ed 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z State and federal officials say they will capture juvenile fish from the three creeks that have served as the last strongholds for spring-run salmon. With salmon at risk of extinction, California begins urgent rescue effort 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z “Avdiivka is also a notoriously well-fortified and defended Ukrainian stronghold, which will likely complicate Russian forces’ ability to closely approach or fully capture the settlement,” it added. NATO member Romania finds more drone fragments on its soil after Russian again hits southern Ukraine 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Netanyahu appeared determined to project resolve ahead of an expected ground push by massed Israeli forces into the densely populated Gaza enclave that Hamas has established as its stronghold. ‘Every member of Hamas is a dead man,’ Netanyahu declares as Israel forms unity government 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z In 2016, Mr Gaetz turned his gaze to Washington, running successfully for a seat in the US House from Florida's 1st Congressional District, a Republican stronghold. Matt Gaetz got what he wanted. Now what? 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Israel’s massive mobilization suggested the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided on a ground incursion into the densely populated Gaza enclave to destroy once and for all the stronghold of Hamas. Signs point to ground war in Gaza as scale of Hamas atrocities emerges 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The park is a core stronghold for wild fish populations and is among the largest protected areas for salmon on the West Coast. Tribe catches coho salmon on free-flowing Elwha River, a first since dam removals 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z That’s particularly true in Turning Point’s adopted home of Arizona, where their slate of deeply conservative candidates in the longtime Republican stronghold lost statewide races last year, among them Kari Lake’s unsuccessful bid for governor. How Trump’s MAGA movement helped a 29-year-old activist become a millionaire 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z At the same time, the military government has vowed to re-take control of the entire country, and on Monday sent a large military convoy towards Kidal, a northern town which is the main Tuareg stronghold. Mali crisis: Life in Timbuktu and Gao under siege by Islamist fighters 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z After more than 12 years of civil war, Idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in Syria. Syria shells northern rebel-held region of Idlib, killing 7 people 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z He has also touted tornado relief efforts and initiatives to shore up broadband access in the rural Mississippi Delta, another Democratic stronghold with a large Black population. Mississippi Democrat Brandon Presley aims to rally Black voters in governor’s race 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The area is a stronghold of the Turkistan Islamic Party, a Uyghur militant group, many of whose fighters are Chinese Muslims. Syria holds funerals for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z However, roadside banners that appeared this week stated the Guzman siblings have banned production and sales of fentanyl in their stronghold, the northern state of Sinaloa. Mexico rejects new border wall plan after talks with U.S. officials 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Later, first responders from the White Helmets reported that five civilians had been killed in intense government artillery and missile strikes on several cities, towns and villages in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province. Syria war: Drone attack on military academy kills 78, monitor says 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The government has promised a second phase that will go after the group in its strongholds in the country's south, where analysts say the group will be even harder to defeat. Fierce forest combat kills dozens of Somali forces and militants 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z He decided to run for the Manitoba New Democrats in 2016 and was elected in the NDP stronghold of Fort Rouge in Winnipeg. First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province after historic election win in Manitoba 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Dr Cook said rules on wearing tartan were complicated and hit the Highlands, a stronghold of Jacobite support, harder than other parts of Scotland. Excavating the birthplace of Scotland's tartan industry 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z In 2016, Trump won the presidency partly by winning almost two-thirds of white non-college voters, a major reason he prevailed in former Democratic strongholds such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Column: Biden and Trump want working-class votes. The economy may decide who gets them 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z The early results came mostly from Fico strongholds outside the major cities where voters are likely to favour the PS party. Progressive Slovakia leading in election, exit polls show 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z It also favors LGBTQ+ rights, a rarity among the major parties in a country that is a stronghold of conservative Roman Catholicism. Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime minister against a liberal pro-West newcomer 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z The party vowed to continue Slovakia’s support for Ukraine and is a rare example among the major parties in the conservative Roman-Catholic stronghold that is in favor of LGBTQ+ rights. Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime minister against a liberal pro-West newcomer 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z They argued that Democrats cut Republican lawmakers out of deliberations as they divvied up a conservative stronghold in southeastern New Mexico among three congressional districts that all favor Democrats. New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Though easy for Biden to blast Republicans on this trip through a Democratic stronghold, polling shows some California voters are tepid about his candidacy. Biden raises campaign cash in the Bay Area as GOP hopefuls gather in Simi Valley 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Trump in that election won over voters in Democratic strongholds like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, fundamentally reshaping voting alliances as he railed against global trade deals and vowed to resurrect dying manufacturing towns. Trump heads to Michigan to compete with Biden for union votes while his GOP challengers debate 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The Lib Dems are focusing their efforts on traditional Conservative strongholds in southern England known as the "Blue Wall" - in contrast to their disastrous 2019 campaign, which saw them reduced to 11 MPs. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pledges two-month cancer treatment guarantee 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z However the psychological effect was far greater, given that the harbour was considered a secure stronghold well out of reach of the Allies. World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Yemen’s war began in 2014 when the Houthis swept down from their northern stronghold and seized the capital, Sanaa, along with much of the country’s north. Yemen’s southern leader renews calls for separate state at UN 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The fourth-largest party in the UK Parliament, the Lib Dems are looking to build on recent successes in by-elections they have won in traditional Conservative strongholds, collectively known as the "Blue Wall". Lib Dems to launch conference with £5bn-a-year free social care plan 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z There was intense fighting on Tuesday night in the Jenin camp, a stronghold of Palestinian militants, where the Israeli military launched its biggest operation in years in the West Bank back in July. Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank and Gaza 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The bloodshed in the Jenin camp hours earlier was the latest in that stronghold of Palestinian militants where the Israeli military often carries out deadly raids. At least 6 Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, Palestinian health officials say 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The congressional district, a GOP stronghold, is predominantly based in western Kentucky. Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Ms Davison became an MP in the 2019 general election taking the traditional Labour stronghold of Bishop Auckland in County Durham. Chronic migraines have forced me to quit, says Dehenna Davison 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Republicans are betting Mr. Biden’s lagging poll numbers will help them pick up seats in GOP strongholds and flip control of the U.S. Republicans highlight Sen. Jon Tester’s support for Biden in Montana Senate race 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z "Alibaba Cloud has lost some ground with government and state-owned enterprise clients, which were previously a stronghold for the company," Li said. Alibaba shares slide 4% after former CEO quits cloud unit 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The district is a Democratic stronghold Democratic strategists predict their party will be able to retain. Special election in western Pennsylvania to determine if Democrats or GOP take control of the House 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z That district covers most of Jefferson County, which includes Louisville, the state’s biggest Democratic stronghold. Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Meadows could have faced a friendlier jury pool in federal court, which draws from a larger and more politically diverse area than Fulton County, Georgia, the Democratic stronghold where the case was filed. Mark Meadows fails in bid to move Georgia election case to federal court 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven are Democratic strongholds, and Tuesday’s primary victors will be heavily favored in the fall. AP Election Brief | What to expect in Connecticut’s municipal primaries 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Federal court would be a more favorable venue for Trump because he would face a more politically diverse jury pool than in Fulton County, Georgia, the Democratic stronghold where the case was filed. Donald Trump may seek to move Georgia election case to federal court 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Abortion continues to scramble elections - even in GOP strongholds like Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio - as voters reject Republican efforts to restrict access to the procedure. A Trump-Biden rematch may be on the horizon in 2024, whether voters like it or not 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The SDF pushed ahead in their offensive over the weekend, capturing two villages and surrounding the main Arab tribesmen’s stronghold in Diban. Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z This region is a stronghold of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who favored agribusiness over forest preservation and lost the reelection last year. In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers cash rewards to municipalities 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Abortion continues to scramble elections — even in GOP strongholds like Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio — as voters reject Republican efforts to restrict access to the procedure. The next presidential campaign is coming into focus. It might look a lot like the last one. 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But the situation was muted in much of the capital, Harare, an opposition stronghold where street vendors teemed the streets. Zimbabwean president at his inauguration says the disputed election reveals a ‘mature democracy’ 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z It is a Democratic stronghold in a major swing state, Pennsylvania, that opted for Mr. Trump in 2016 but Mr. Biden won its 20 electoral votes back for Democrats in 2020. Biden takes shots at ‘last guy’ in fiery speech to unions in Philadelphia 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Burhan emerged from army headquarters for the first time since the war began late last month, after fierce battles over the army's only other stronghold in the capital. Sudan's army launches strikes to cut off paramilitary's supply routes 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z The mission for the Ukrainian unit was to take a single house, in a village that is only a speck on the map but was serving as a stronghold for Russian soldiers. A Brutal Path Forward, Village by Village 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The area is a stronghold of the Bongo family and some even say that Gen Nguema is Ali Bongo's cousin. Gen Brice Oligui Nguema: Who is Gabon's coup leader? 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Bannu is located near the former militant stronghold of North Waziristan, which served as a base for insurgents until the army years ago announced that it had cleared the region of local and foreign militants. A suicide bomber has attacked a security convoy in NW Pakistan, killing 9 soldiers, officials say 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Arnold is also a candidate in the newly created 46th District, also a Republican stronghold in the same general area. Jed Arnold wins special election to fill southwest Virginia House seat 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The RSF said on Sunday it controlled part of that stronghold, the Armoured Corps base in southern Khartoum. Sudan's army launches strikes to cut off paramilitary's supply routes 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z She ran in the Conservative stronghold of East Surrey, where the previous Tory MP Sam Gyimah had defected to join the Liberal Democrats. Claire Coutinho: Who is the new energy secretary? 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The actual election last Wednesday was also problematic and voting was extended into Thursday because of a shortage of ballot papers, especially in the capital and other urban areas that are opposition strongholds. Zimbabwe opposition party calls for fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump ran on defeating the Islamic State caliphate, and as president, he decimated their stronghold. Why Trump is winning the GOP primary - handily 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The Republican governor scored an overwhelming reelection last fall that included flipping the traditional Democratic stronghold of Miami-Dade County, which has a majority Latino population. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The military campaign in the centre of the country began last year and has intensified in recent days, leading to the capture of the militants' stronghold of El Buur on Friday. Al Shabaab counter-attack inflicts losses on Somali troops 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z There were also protests in the city of Misrata, a stronghold for Dbeibah, according to footage circulated on social media and verified by The Associated Press. Libya’s foreign minister suspended after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The takeover in Texas’ largest city comes as state GOP leaders around the country seek to assert power over Democratic strongholds. Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z However, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been criticised for West Bank settlement construction and military raids on suspected militant strongholds in the occupied Palestinian territories. Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Since then, the brand has acquired cult status, counting celebrities including Stormzy and Krept as customers and spreading beyond its south London stronghold, with its 100th store opening in Brighton this year. Morley's: The family-run chicken shop with cult status 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The actual election was also problematic and voting was extended into an extra day Thursday because of a shortage of ballot papers, especially in the capital and other urban areas that are opposition strongholds. Zimbabwe’s opposition alleges ‘gigantic fraud’ in vote that extends the ZANU-PF party’s 43-year rule 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Somalia's army and allied fighters on Friday captured the town of El Buur, al Shabaab militia's main stronghold in the country's central region, a significant breakthrough in the campaign. US air strike said to kill 13 al Shabaab militants in Somalia 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The actual election was also problematic and voting was extended into an extra day Thursday because of a shortage of ballot papers, especially in the capital, Harare, and other urban areas that are opposition strongholds. Zimbabwe’s opposition alleges ‘gigantic fraud’ in vote that extends the ZANU-PF party’s 43-year rule 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Voters slept outside polling stations in urban areas that are opposition strongholds to cast their ballots. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins reelection after troubled vote, officials say 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Kenya region, a longtime political stronghold, and added that initial reports indicated a fault in a generation plant. Power outages across Kenya pass 10-hour mark with little explanation and a rare apology 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z It was for decades a Republican stronghold, the home turf of President George H.W. Republicans pick Houston to host their 2028 national convention 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Many voters slept outside polling stations in urban areas that are opposition strongholds to cast their ballots. Zimbabweans anxiously wait for election results as armed police gather with water cannons 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Wagner was one of the most capable elements of Russia’s forces but it has stopped playing any role in Ukraine after capturing the eastern stronghold of Bakhmut in May. Prigozhin’s purported demise seems intended to send a clear message to potential Kremlin foes 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z In Harare and the country's second biggest city Bulawayo, both opposition strongholds, a significant number of polling stations opened hours late, forcing voters to wait for most of the day. Zimbabwe sets extra day of voting in selected wards after delays 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z If the army were to lose the Armoured Corps base, its last stronghold in the capital Khartoum would be the army headquarters in the centre of the city. Sudanese factions fight over army base in Khartoum 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z "This was a stronghold of drug dealing in Porto," he explains, describing it as a "complete nightmare" full of dealers and users. Could decriminalisation solve Scotland's drug problem? 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The rare protests are still limited to southern Syria and are far from government strongholds along the Mediterranean coast, the capital Damascus and the largest cities, including Aleppo and Homs. Protests rock government-held areas in southern Syria as economy crumbles 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Both areas are in northwestern Yemen, the stronghold of the country’s Houthi rebels. Rights group says Saudi Arabia border guards fired on and killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Freeman Chari, co-ordinator of an activist monitoring group CredibleVote, says research has revealed glaring anomalies in the voters' roll with "millions of people shifted from their traditional voting areas in opposition strongholds". Zimbabwe election: Chicken and chips put a taste for democracy to the test 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Harris County, a Democratic stronghold in a state long dominated by Republicans, is one of the most diverse places in Texas, where the minority population has been growing for decades. Houstonians worry new laws will deter voters who don’t recall the hard-won fight for voting rights 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z She said people are yearning for change, even in rural areas once ZANU-PF’s strongholds, but are still afraid. In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The second phase is meant to push into southern Somalia, the traditional stronghold of al Shabaab, which has been waging a brutal insurgency against the government since 2006. Somalia plans to eliminate al Shabaab in months, but analysts sceptical 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Niamey was also never a stronghold for Bazoum and the junta is being opportunistic, he said. Leading politician says victory for Niger’s coup leaders would be ‘the end of democracy’ in Africa 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z But anti-semitism was on the rise and the Nazis were establishing a stronghold throughout Germany. She Helped Build the Atomic Bomb to Stop the Nazis, But Was Haunted by What It Did to Japan 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z There have been several minor protests in the last month over plunging incomes in coastal areas that are the stronghold of Assad supporters. Protests erupt in Syria's Druze city over fuel hikes 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump is headed to trial in New York City, Washington, and Fulton County, Georgia, all of which are Democratic strongholds. Trump to face different juries, different challenges in upcoming trials 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The hardship has recently sparked rare protests in government strongholds. Syria doubles public-sector pay and cuts subsidies as economy sinks 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Its recapture would bring Kyiv closer to threatening the village of Staromlynivka, several kilometres to the south, which military analysts say is a Russian stronghold in the area. Ukraine retakes village but warns of trouble in northeast - Kyiv 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The recapture of Urozhaine would bring Ukraine closer to threatening the village of Staromlynivka, several kilometres to the south, which military analysts say serves as a Russian stronghold in the area. Ukraine retakes southeast village of Urozhaine from Russian forces - Kyiv 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Last year, Republican governors in Texas, Arizona and Florida began busing and flying asylum-seeking migrants to Democratic strongholds to protest liberal immigration policies. Ship Alaska's homeless population off to California? They say no way, 'Alaska's my home' 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Rural Kentucky in recent years has become a GOP stronghold, including areas hit by tornadoes or floods, securing the party’s dominance in a state once controlled by Democrats. Kentucky governor’s efforts to help storm-ravaged towns may dilute GOP advantage in rural areas 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z In the past couple years, Keigwin says, his teams have consistently discovered stripped down remains, particularly at Murchison Falls National Park and at Queen Elizabeth National Park, another stronghold for the species. Hippos had found refuge in Uganda’s national parks. But that may be changing 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z When eruptions or earthquakes alter the area’s volcanic activity, these strongholds of hardy worms are wiped out. Strange Ecosystem Found Thriving below Seafloor Hydrothermal Vents 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z It said the incidents it investigated occurred particularly in the Sagaing and Magway regions and in Chin, Karen and Kayah states, the major strongholds of armed resistance to the ruling military. Investigators say Myanmar’s military is committing increasingly brazen war crimes 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Of the estimated 20,000 wild lions continent-wide, South Africa is considered a stronghold with about 3,500. Are South Africa’s captive lions inbred? No—at least not yet 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Despite its reputation as a Democratic stronghold, a string of California House districts has proved volatile in recent elections, highlighting their importance to both parties as they seek the majority. Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear? 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Utah is a Republican stronghold whose governor, Spencer Cox, has stressed finding common ground across party lines. Biden heads west for a policy victory lap, drawing an implicit contrast with Trump 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z But when Shasta County, a conservative stronghold of 180,000 people, decided to stop using election machines, it drew national attention — and, Frank says, interest from activists who believe in his cause. The 'Johnny Appleseed of election fraud' wants to upend voting in America. Why he's focused on California 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The report by the Kenya Medical Association, Amnesty International Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya looked at three days of protests in the western counties of Kisumu and Kisii, part of the opposition’s stronghold. Kenyan doctors say civilians were shot, and some killed, while running from police during protests 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Put simply, the oil industry has a stronghold on our transportation choices, meaning they can bring in massive profits by charging high prices that cause harm to working people who don’t have other options. Don't let the oil industry gaslight us about high prices at the pump | Op-Ed 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z At the same time, the city, long a liberal stronghold, has become even bluer since the 2008 election of President Barack Obama. Trump’s Jury Pool for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Attack 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Long a union stronghold, the state has been gripped this year by a wave of labor activism in several industries, as workers chafe against the pressures of inflation, housing shortages and technological disruptions. California’s Wave of Labor Activism Surges Once More 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z His first invitation to speak in California came in July 2022 from a group that aims to split the Democratic stronghold into multiple states. The 'Johnny Appleseed of election fraud' wants to upend voting in America. Why he's focused on California 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Northwestern Pakistan was formerly a militant stronghold until successive military operations claimed to have routed militants from there, including the Pakistani Taliban, a separate group but allied wiith the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan urges the Afghan Taliban to prevent militants from crossing the border and staging attacks 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The oil industry has been quick to place blame on climate policies because they’re scared: Their stronghold on our transportation system is weakening. Don't let the oil industry gaslight us about high prices at the pump | Op-Ed 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z She was one of a wave of nationalist politicians who swept Labour from its one-time Scottish stronghold in 2015. Scottish lawmaker removed, triggering electoral test for Labour 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Like many other seats in the west of Scotland's central belt, it had been a Labour stronghold until those red seats were washed away by an SNP-yellow tidal wave following the 2014 independence referendum. Why the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election matters 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Bajur was a stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban - a close ally of Afghanistan’s Taliban government - before several Pakistani army offensives that ended in 2016 claimed to have driven them out of the area. Pakistan holds funerals as government vows to hunt down those behind the weekend’s suicide bombing 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Bajur was a stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban — a close ally of Afghanistan’s Taliban government — before several Pakistani army offensives that ended in 2016 claimed to have driven them out of the area. Pakistan holds funerals as government vows to hunt down those behind the weekend’s suicide bombing 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z He said it was a "vindication" of the changes he had made to the party since taking over as leader from Jeremy Corbyn, showing Labour "can win anywhere, including places that were Tory strongholds." By-elections: Labour scents power but Sunak says it's not a done deal 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Under scorching heat Friday, thousands gathered in Baghdad’s Sadr City, a stronghold of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, some of whose followers took part in the attack on the Swedish Embassy. Thousands of Muslims take to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z A former civil servant who won four consecutive regional elections in his native northwest Galicia - a traditional stronghold for the Popular Party - Feijóo was initially portrayed as a moderate. Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z A former civil servant who won four consecutive regional elections in his native northwest Galicia — a traditional stronghold for the Popular Party — Feijóo was initially portrayed as a moderate. Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Thousands of those migrants arrived on buses sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican who has tried to shift the burden of receiving them to Democratic strongholds. New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at U.S.-Mexico border to 'consider another city' 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Herzog’s visit comes weeks after Israeli forces carried out one of their most intensive operations in the occupied West Bank in two decades, with a two-day air and ground offensive in Jenin, a militant stronghold. Israeli president says his speech to Congress highlights an ‘unbreakable bond’ despite U.S. unease 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The state is known as a Democratic stronghold, but Republicans retain pockets of political strength in some Southern California suburbs and vast rural stretches, including the Central Valley. California GOP mayor announces US House campaign, setting up another competitive congressional race 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan and is a former stronghold of the militant Pakistani Taliban group, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. Suicide bomber targets truck carrying troops in northwestern Pakistan, wounding 8 people 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z But a shadow cabinet ally of Sir Keir's denied that he had attempted to throw potential voters in former Labour strongholds in the Midlands and northern England - known as the "red wall" - some red meat. Two-child benefit cap: Keir Starmer to face challenge from Labour policy body 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The Russians, he says, have many strongholds: "Therefore, our advances are really not going as fast as we would like." Ukraine war: Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, the man behind Kyiv's renewed offensive 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Yemen’s conflict began when the Houthis swept down from their northern stronghold and chased the internationally recognized government from the capital of Sanaa. Yemen’s rivals are not only clashing on the ground but battling economically for revenue from ports 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The clashes have intensified as the army has tried to block the paramilitary group’s supply routes coming from its stronghold in Darfur, in western Sudan. Sudanese City Becomes Center of ‘New Phase’ of War 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Russian warplanes still carry out attacks against the last major rebel stronghold in Syria’s northwest. Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria, US military says 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Syrian government troops often used cluster munitions — supplied by Russia — against opposition strongholds during that country’s civil war, frequently hitting civilian targets and infrastructure. Why the US is willing to send Ukraine cluster munitions now 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z This week’s deadly Israeli raid of a West Bank militant stronghold and previous eruptions of violence also underscore the limits of international efforts to contain the conflict. An EU mission in Gaza once represented hope. Today, it is a symbol of a sputtering Western vision 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Fulton County, which includes most of the city of Atlanta, is a Democratic stronghold. Republicans sue over rejection of party nominee to election board in Georgia’s most populous county 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The army has sought to undermine those operations, conducting ground offensives and intense air raids on paramilitary strongholds, including near the state broadcasting compound in Omdurman. Sudanese City Becomes Center of ‘New Phase’ of War 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose autonomy government administers parts of the West Bank, has rejected violence against Israelis, but has effectively lost control over several strongholds of gunmen. Palestinians inspect damage after Israel ends raid of West Bank camp and warns it was not a one-off 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Jenin, long a militant stronghold, has been at the center of escalating tensions and violence in the year leading up to the incursion on Monday morning. Israel’s Military Says It Withdrew From West Bank City After Deadly Raid 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Background: Jenin, long a militant stronghold, has been at the center of escalating tensions and violence in the year leading up to the incursion. Your Wednesday Briefing: Putin, Xi, Modi Meet in Virtual Summit 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Israel says the operation aimed to destroy infrastructure and weapons of militant groups at the camp, where some 14,000 people live in cramped alleyways that have long been a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups. In Jenin, a family mourns teenage son as militants hail 'martyr' 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Jenin has become a stronghold of a new generation of Palestinian militants who have become deeply frustrated by the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority's aging leadership and the restrictions of the Israeli occupation. Jenin: UN agencies voice alarm as major Israeli operation continues 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Elected officials in Los Angeles — a Democratic stronghold where labor unions have, over decades, amassed significant political might — have also been eager to show their support for the striking workers. Your Room Is Ready. Don’t Mind the Picket Line. 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Columns of black smoke periodically punctuated the skyline over the camp in the northern West Bank city, long a Palestinian militant stronghold. Israel presses on with hunt for West Bank militants. The death toll rises to 10 and civilians flee 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s more limited in scope, with Israeli military operations focused on several strongholds of Palestinian militants. A year of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians just escalated. Is this an uprising? 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Islamic Jihad, a militant group with a large presence in Jenin, threatened to launch attacks from its Gaza Strip stronghold if the fighting dragged on. Israel targets West Bank militant stronghold with drones and troops, killing 8 Palestinians 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z "We will not standby idle while terrorists continue to harm civilians using Jenin Camp as a hideout," they said, adding that the camp was a "terrorist stronghold". Israeli strikes on Palestinian Jenin camp in West Bank 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z California has long been a labor stronghold, with Democrats in control of state government and most large cities. From the Docks to Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Workers Are Feeling Emboldened 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The camp has re-emerged as a stronghold of Palestinian militancy two decades after Israel invaded the camp with tanks and helicopters, flattening homes. Israeli killing of 15-year-old Palestinian girl in West Bank casts light on civilian casualties 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Republican strongholds, including Utah and Missouri, have or are considering commissioning studies into the drugs, partly inspired by veterans’ who have used psilocybin to help with PTSD. Biden’s brother says the president is ‘very open-minded’ about psychedelics for medical treatment 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Last week witnesses and rescuers said that Russian jets bombed villages and towns near Idlib, killing at least nine civilians and wounding dozens in a major flare-up of violence in the country's last opposition stronghold. Russia says it hit several targets around Syria's Idlib with precision weapons 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Idlib is the last remaining opposition stronghold and is home to 2.9 million displaced people, many of whom are living in dire conditions in camps. Syria war: Nine killed as Russia air strike hits Idlib market 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z ND won in all but one of the country’s 59 electoral regions, capturing traditional Socialist and left-wing strongholds, some for the first time. Pro-reform Mitsotakis wins second term in Greek election that sees surge by small far-right parties 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z New Democracy routed left-wing opponents in May, crucially winning Socialist strongholds on the island of Crete and lower-income areas surrounding Athens, some for the first time. Greeks vote in 2nd general election in 5 weeks, with conservative party favored to win majority 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z It attracted some liberals to more affordable homes within the orbit of the Democratic stronghold of Nashville, while also drawing in conservatives seeking to escape progressive mandates and policies. This City Had Quietly Celebrated Pride Before. In 2023, That Was Not an Option. 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The moves threatened to further raise tensions after days of deadly fighting in the West Bank that included a daylong Israeli military raid in a Palestinian militant stronghold and Tuesday’s mass shooting. Israeli airstrike hits car in northern West Bank, escalating crackdown on Palestinian militants 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The strategy, so far, has worked: New Democracy routed left-wing opponents in May, crucially winning Socialist strongholds on the island of Crete and lower-income areas surrounding Athens, some for the first time. Greek elections a one-horse race after conservatives topple left-wing strongholds 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The shooting came a day after seven Palestinians were killed in a daylong battle against Israeli troops in the militant stronghold of Jenin. Israel beefs up troop presence in West Bank after Palestinian attack that killed 4 civilians 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Republican strongholds, including Utah and Missouri, have or are considering commissioning studies into the drugs, partly inspired by veterans’ poignant stories. Aaron Rodgers is set to speak at a psychedelics conference 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Widespread political collapse led to its decline centuries before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, whose military campaigns saw the last stronghold fall in the late 17th century. Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Tuesday’s shooting in the settlement of Eli came a day after seven Palestinians were killed in a battle against Israeli troops in the militant stronghold of Jenin. Israeli airstrike hits car in northern West Bank, escalating crackdown on Palestinian militants 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Conservatives won back votes in a traditional stronghold, but made no significant gains against Liberals in other places. Canada's Liberals tout performance over rival in vote for four parliamentary seats 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden is banking on the Democratic stronghold of California to help buoy his campaign coffers, with four fundraisers planned in the state this week alone. Biden touts ‘historic’ climate spending as he courts California donors 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Texas and Arizona leaders have bused thousands of migrants to Democratic strongholds since last year. California officials urged to help migrants flown to Sacramento secure visas for crime victims 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Crucially, he had won seats in former Labour strongholds across the North of England, what came to be know as the Red Wall. Boris Johnson: Final curtain on a colourful career? 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Leaders in the receiving cities — all Democratic strongholds — have complained bitterly about the busing, insisting that the thousands of migrants they are getting are overwhelming their services. Texas sends first bus of migrants to Los Angeles 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Bud Light still has a stronghold over the American beer market. Bud Light Is No Longer America’s Top-Selling Beer After Boycott 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Republicans have made steady inroads in this former Democratic stronghold in recent years, culminating in the GOP carrying Miami-Dade County in last year’s midterm elections. In Miami, Trump’s ardent backers are a sign of the city’s rightward shift 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Spindell, who served as a fake elector for Trump in 2020, came under fire earlier this year for bragging about decreased turnout among Black and Hispanic voters in the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee. Wisconsin’s top elections official for 2024 uncertain as incumbent’s term nears end 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The once-solidly Republican stronghold has grown more Democratic as Los Angeles residents moved there seeking affordable housing. Democrats' plan to take control of Congress could depend on Southern California 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The lawsuit contends Democratic lawmakers illegally divided up the southeastern corner of the state - an oil-producing Republican stronghold - into three districts “for raw political gain.” New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Such places are frequently targeted by al-Shabab insurgents, who have been fighting Somalia's government for more than a decade and retain a stronghold on parts of the country. Pearl Beach hotel: Islamists kill nine in Somalia attack 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Florida, a state that Trump won twice, could provide a jury that is friendlier to him than a Democratic stronghold like Washington. Another Indictment 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Milwaukee, the state’s largest city and a Democratic stronghold, faces an underfunded pension system. Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The region is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban. Pakistani Taliban target police in northwestern province, kill 2 officers and guard at a local bank 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z He tells us farmers in Helmand, a Taliban stronghold, have all but complied with the ban. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It augured a major partisan shift throughout the West, which over the last 20 years has become a Democratic stronghold, stretching from the Pacific coast, across the desert Southwest into the Rocky Mountains. How California, land of Nixon and Reagan, turned blue and changed American politics 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z But in gubernatorial elections Sunday, what was long seen as unthinkable is now widely expected: The party will lose one of its last strongholds. One party has governed Mexico's biggest state for a century. It looks as if that is about to change 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Some of the states that pursued ambitious partisan agendas had long been single-party strongholds. In a Contentious Lawmaking Season, Red States Got Redder and Blue Ones Bluer 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Harris County, the state’s most populous county, has become a reliable Democratic stronghold. With New Voting Bills, Texas Legislature Targets Elections in Democratic Stronghold 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z She held another major rally in NDP stronghold and Alberta capital Edmonton on Sunday. Alberta heads to the polls with Canada's green agenda in balance 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Kansas City, a Democratic stronghold in a largely Republican state, is currently the only city in Missouri that does not control its police department. Missouri attorney general urges Kansas City police to enforce transgender care restrictions law 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He even won Miami-Dade County, a longtime Democratic stronghold packed with voters of color. What to know about Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor set to seek presidency 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Voters quickly took matters into their own hands, approving ballot measures to ensure abortion remains safe and legal in a half dozen states, including such conservative strongholds as Kansas, Kentucky and Montana. Column: Lawmakers in states are handcuffing voters and ignoring election results 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Both San Martín and Bolívar led forces into Peru, the last royalist stronghold, where royalist troops were forced to accept amnesty. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Beginning in the tenth century, the Fatimids started capturing Muslim strongholds throughout the Maghreb. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The elections board in Georgia’s most populous county, a Democratic stronghold targeted by former President Donald Trump after his narrow 2020 loss in the state, will soon have new leadership. New chair appointed to head elections board in Georgia’s Fulton County 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Rugby league, whose stronghold is in Australia, New Zealand and Britain, is separate from rugby union, which is the version of the sport played in the Olympics. Qatar expresses interest in hosting Rugby League World Cup, organizers say 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z There are demographic factors at play as well, as younger voters relocate from London, a Labour stronghold, forced out by high property prices. Trounced, Conservatives Feel Voters’ Wrath in English Heartlands 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In the same year as Columbus’s momentous voyage, Spain defeated the last Muslim stronghold on the Iberian Peninsula and expelled Jewish people from the land. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Using Egypt as a forward position, they then launched successive invasions across the region until the final Byzantine strongholds of North Africa including Carthage fell. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Swat Valley was the stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, until 2019 when security forces cleared the region of militants after military operations. Police officer opens fire at bus at girls’ school in Pakistan, killing 1, injuring 5 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The case is among several still alive in Arizona courts six months after an election that saw Democrats win the top races in the former Republican stronghold. Unsuccessful Republican candidate in Arizona attorney general race pushes for new trial 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The move helped make the new First District a Republican stronghold. Supreme Court to Consider South Carolina Voting Map Ruled a Racial Gerrymander 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z They succeeded for many years and repeatedly forced the British to retreat to their coastal strongholds. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z He had earlier angrily accused the government of seeking to "block the will of the people", by launching repeated challenges in opposition strongholds. Turkey's fevered presidential race set for run-off 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Although Hamas has helped stir recent violence in the West Bank and Lebanon, its leaders have recently shown that they do not want to involve their stronghold in Gaza in those campaigns. Brief Rocket Fire Disrupts Gaza Cease-Fire. How Long Can the Truce Last? 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The impressive win in Karnataka, the BJP's only stronghold in the south and where Modi invested personally in campaigning, was touted by Congress officials as the beginning of its comeback nationally. Analysis: India's opposition Congress gains key foothold with state election win 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The conservatives are polling in second place on 26-28%, meaning the SPD could win back its pole position in its traditional stronghold. Bremen election may boost Scholz's slumping Social Democrats 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Party strongholds across the country are ablaze with their respective party colours and slogans. Turkey decides on future with or without Erdogan 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Netblocks identified that the mobile networks affected had gone down in areas in Punjab - a Khan stronghold and Pakistan's most populous province. Pakistan shut down the internet - but that didn't stop the protests 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z There, he was alarmed by military attempts to weaken the RSF’s grip over its stronghold of Darfur. From allies to foes: How uneasy relations between Sudan army, separate force exploded into violence 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Schools and colleges remain closed in Khan’s regional strongholds. Why the arrest of Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan could push the country into chaos 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Via its stronghold in the lower northeast, Bhumjaithai has consistently won enough parliamentary seats to be key in determining who forms a government, giving it bargaining power for posts in cabinet and on committees. Factbox: Parties contesting Thailand's election 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The federal government Wednesday approved requests from two of Pakistan's four provinces - Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, both Khan strongholds - and the federal capital Islamabad to deploy troops to restore order. Pakistan arrests ex-PM Khan's party leaders as protests continue 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The likely approval of legislation that would let the Republican governor overturn elections in the most populous county, a Democratic stronghold. Figuring out Texas: From guns to immigration, here’s how one state’s challenges echo the country’s 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The scale of the unrest was hard to assess as it was scattered across different opposition strongholds. Guinean capital rocked by more anti-government protests 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Those 12 states include Democratic strongholds like California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. US support for nuclear power soars to highest level in a decade 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Lawmakers in Texas are pushing voting restrictions that only apply to Harris County, a Democratic stronghold that includes Houston. $5 Million in Damages 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Running in her first election, she has been campaigning in the vote-rich rural strongholds of her main opposition Pheu Thai party, promising populist policies like a big increase in the minimum wage. Factbox: Who are the main contenders for Thailand's next leader? 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s the stronghold of key BJP leaders who belong to the community. India’s ruling Hindu nationalists challenged in state vote 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The voices are a small snapshot of Antakya and the wider area of southern Turkey hit by the earthquake, a region home to nine million voters and traditionally an Erdogan stronghold. Analysis: Erdogan again? Amid rubble of Turkey's quake, voters demand to be heard 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Since 2021, the Liberal Democrats have targeted what they call "blue wall seats" - traditional Tory strongholds with more affluent, higher educated, anti-Brexit populations. Local election results 2023: Lib Dem gains in traditionally Tory areas 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The party has also taken seats from Labour in some of its strongholds. Local elections 2023: Green strategy of targeting rural Tories pays off 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The need for more funding is particularly acute in the state’s largest city, Milwaukee, which is a Democratic stronghold and has an underfunded pension system. Evers promises to veto GOP local aid increase plan 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Arriving for a rally in the port city of Izmir, an opposition stronghold, the opposition candidate is greeted by a sea of flag-waving supporters. Turkey election: Erdogan rival Kilicdaroglu promises peace and democracy 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z |
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