“ We kind of started with the recovery of Fukushima, but that’s completely forgotten.... Two years after winning the bid, the government abandoned a sleek stadium design by a famous architect, Zaha Hadid, because of ballooning costs.... The organizers had to scrap their first logo after plagiarism accusations....

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 23( Reuters)-The South African rand was little changed in early trade on Monday, with analysts saying global drivers including the Israel-Hamas conflict and U.S. economic data were likely to set the tone for trading this week.At 0640 GMT, the rand traded at 19. 0475 against the dollar, near Friday's closing level of 19. 0325. Rand Merchant Bank said in a morning briefing that the exchange rate had looked comfortable around 19 rand to the dollar but that rising U.S. Treasury yie

Young. Young, a Republican, held the seat for 49 years before he died in March at 88 years old

Mike Braun is giving up to run for Indiana governor.... Carmichael announced his bid last month. Advertisement No well-known Democrats have made moves to start campaigns in the Republican-dominated state.... Jim Banks has secured high-profile support as the only prominent GOP candidate in the Senate race....

The mayor of Long Beach, California launched a campaign for a U.S. House seat in Southern

Pat Roberts has become a cause for concern within the GOP establishment.... He has also done several interviews with local radio and newspapers in the past few months.... Gordon Sondland, Trump's ambassador to the EU, testified Wednesday that he had kept Pompeo" in the loop" about" activities" connected to the effort to get Ukraine to announce an investigation into Trump's main political rival....

KUCHING: Multi-cornered fights are almost certain in all 82 seats when nominations open for the

Stivers resigned in May to lead the Ohio Chamber of Commerce after holding the seat for a decade

SHAH ALAM: Perikatan Nasional will contest all 56 state seats in the upcoming Johor election, said

BEIRUT( Reuters)-Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon's first parliamentary election since the country