Yang di-Pertuan Negara or simply Yang di-Pertuan is the name of the head of state of Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia.
2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was held between 21 February – 4 April 2020 to elect a leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn. On 13 December 2019, Corbyn announced that he would not lead the Labour Party into the next general election, following the party's poor performance in the December 2019 election.
It was won by Keir Starmer who received 56.2 per cent of the vote on the first round. It was held alongside the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election.
Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour Party leader in a 2015 leadership election and re-elected leader in 2016 after a challenge from Owen Smith. While Labour gained seats in the 2017 general election, the party lost 60 seats in the 2019 election, its worst result since the 1935 general election. Corbyn announced that he would resign after a "process of reflection".
The timetable for the election was set by the party's National Executive Committee on 6 January 2020.
The following individuals have been nominated as official candidates by the party:
The following individuals were discussed in the media as potential leadership candidates, but chose not to stand:
Candidates first need to be nominated by at least 10% (twenty-two) of current Labour MPs and MEPs, who make up the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP).
The candidates who have passed this threshold need nominations from at least 5% (thirty-three) CLPs, or at least three affiliates including at least two trades unions that together represent at least 5% of affiliated members.
The table below shows the current number of nominations achieved by each candidate.
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2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.
The result was announced on 24 September 2016. Jeremy Corbyn won the election with 313,209 votes, increasing his share of the vote from 59.5% to 61.8% compared with the result of the 2015 leadership election, and receiving some 62,000 more votes than in 2015.
Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord IV is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in "Justice League" #1 (May 1987) and was created by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire. He is a powerful businessman. Maxwell Lord was important in the formation of the Justice League International in the DC Universe. He is mainly seen as a villain to Wonder Woman.
Maxwell Lord appeared in an episode of "Smallville" played by Gil Bellows. He was also in the first season of the television series "Supergirl" played by Peter Facinelli. The character made his movie debut in "Wonder Woman 1984", played by Pedro Pascal.
2019 Samoa measles outbreak
The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. As of December 13, there were 5,080 confirmed cases of measles and 72 deaths, out of a Samoan population of 201,316. There have also been 10 reported cases in Fiji. It is expected that 70 people will die and up to 6,500 people will be infected.
A state of emergency was declared on November 17, ordering the closure of all schools, keeping children under 17 away from public events, and making vaccination mandatory.
On December 2, 2019, the government imposed a curfew and cancelled all Christmas celebrations and public gatherings. All unvaccinated families have been ordered to display a red flag or red cloth in front of their homes to warn others. On December 5th and 6th, the government shut down everything other than public utilities to move all civil servants over to the vaccination campaign.
Paul Schoeffler
Paul Schoeffler (born November 21, 1967) is a Irish stage, film, television and voice actor.Open Mind Productions
Open Mind Productions is a British television production company that was founded in 1989 by Roland Tongue and Chris Ellis. Tongue, who left the company at the end of 2011, was previously a film editor at the BBC, while Ellis was previously a teacher and script writer at Children's BBC.
The company has made programmes for children and educational TV, such as The Number Crew, Rat-A-Tat-Tat and Maths Mansion for Channel 4 and Numberjacks, and The Shiny Show for the BBC.
Giza Plateau
Giza Plateau is an ancient plateau in Giza. It has many ancient mysteries about it, and archeologists are still trying find its mystery. The plateau is the site of one of the most impressive ancient monuments around the world, the Pyramids of Giza. It also holds some of the most astonishing monuments in Egyptian history.The Giza Plateau is also home to many other ancient Egyptian monuments,including the tomb of Pharaoh Djet of the First Dynasty as well as that of Pharaoh Nynetjer of the Second Dynasty.The Giza Plateau has astonished tourists and travellers over the years.
Hemberg
Hemberg is a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Kirchberg, St. Gallen
Kirchberg is a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Kirchberg is the most north-western municipality in the "Wahlkreis" and in bordered in the west by canton Thurgau and in the east by the Thur river. It has of the village of Kirchberg on a high plateau in the center of the municipality, the village of Gähwil south of Kirchberg and the village of Bazenheid on a terrace above the Thur.
Bäbikon, Bazenheid, Bräägg, Bruberg, Dietschwil, Gähwil, Husen, Lamperswil, Müetligen, Müselbach, Nuetenwil, St. Iddaburg, Stelz, Oberbazenheid, Oetwil, Rupperswil, Schalkhusen, Underbazenheid and Under.
Sennwald
Sennwald is a municipality in Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Neckertal
Neckertal is a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg joined together to become Neckertal.
St. Peterzell
St. Peterzell was a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was an independent municipality until 1 January 2009, when it joined together with Brunnadern and Mogelsberg to become the municipality called Neckertal.
Lichtensteig
Lichtensteig is a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann is a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 when Alt St. Johann and Wildhaus joined together to become one new municipality.
Stein, St. Gallen
Stein was a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Nesslau-Krummenau and Stein joined together to become the new municipality called Nesslau.
Bütschwil
Bütschwil was a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Bütschwil and Ganterschwil joined together to become the new municipality called Bütschwil-Ganterschwil.
Brunnadern
Brunnadern was a municipality in Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was an independent municipality until 1 January 2009, when it joined together with Mogelsberg and St. Peterzell to become the municipality called Neckertal.
Ottawa County, Michigan
Ottawa County is a small county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 263,801 people live here. The county seat is Grand Haven.
It's four most populous cities are Grand Haven, Holland, Jenison and Hudsonville. The county was created in 1837, and its quite small.
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