Washington DC, Oct. 28 (DPnet).–  The Washington Post withdraws endorsement from Kamala Harris. It will not endorse a candidate in the presidential race this cycle, breaking with a longtime tradition. 

Publisher Will Lewis, in a memo to staffers, wrote that they “are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.” The Washington Post follows the previous decision from the Los Angeles Times reversing their previous preferences.

Strasbourg, Oct.15-17.– The agenda of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities includes the protection of Ukraine’s cultural heritage, ageing communities, fostering circular economy at the grassroots level, common challenges to local democracy in Europe, the situation of regions with special status, the role of regions in Ukraine’s reconstruction, as well as efforts to expand the outreach of the Local Self-Government Charter to cities in non-member states (Kazakhstan, Mauritania, and Morocco) and 10 years of direct youth engagement in the work of the Congress are on the agenda of the session.

The Congress will also debate monitoring reports on the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Finland, Iceland, Latvia, and Malta, as well as on the observation of local elections in Türkiye on 31 March 2024.