"Joining Forces"

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18 July 2025

Former Prime Minister and leader of CPN-Unified Socialist Jhalanath Khanal addresses the unification announcement event of two splinter communist parties in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 18, 2025. The CPN-Unified Socialist, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the CPN Unity National Campaign, led by Bamdev Gautam, announce their merger during a ceremony at City Hall in the capital, Kathmandu. With the merger, Bamdev Gautam, the campaign coordinator, formally joins the CPN-Unified Socialist, which forms after a split with CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist led by KP Sharma Oli following an intra-party rift. According to the merger agreement, Gautam, also a former Home Minister, receives the third most senior position in the Unified Socialist after party chair Madhav Kumar Nepal and senior leader Jhalanath Khanal. The Unified Socialist and the group led by Gautam split from the CPN-UML in 2021 and have been operating separately since. Over the past four years, both sides engage in formal and informal negotiations towards party reunification. In 2021, after breaking off from CPN-UML, the former Prime Ministers duo Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal form the CPN (Unified Socialist), while Gautam chooses not to join the new party. At that time, Gautam launches his own CPN Unity National Campaign, announcing he would work to bring all the communist forces under a single umbrella without joining any side, the CPN-UML, US, or the Maoist Center. Though multiple rounds of talks are initiated, agreements do not work out. The CPN-Unified Socialist, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the CPN Unity National Campaign, led by Bamdev Gautam, announce their merger during a ceremony at City Hall in the capital, Kathmandu. With the merger, Bamdev Gautam, the campaign coordinator, formally joins the CPN-Unified Socialist, which forms after a split with CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist led by KP Sharma Oli following an intra-party rift. According to the merger agreement, Gautam, also a former Home Minister

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

Police officers participate in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

In Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025, a police car is present during the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit. A total of 30 women and 76 men participate in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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22 March 2025

In Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025, a police car is present during the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit. A total of 30 women and 76 men participate in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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20 March 2025

Families of police officers attend the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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20 March 2025

Inspector Artur Bednarek, provincial police commander, participates in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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20 March 2025

Inspector Artur Bednarek, provincial police commander, participates in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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20 March 2025

Inspector Artur Bednarek, provincial police commander, participates in the swearing-in ceremony of a new group of recruits joining the ranks of the Malopolska Police at the parade ground of the Prevention Police Unit in Krakow, Poland, on March 20, 2025. A total of 30 women and 76 men take part in the oath-taking ceremony for the first group of officers admitted to the Malopolska Police in 2025. While the number of applications to the police increases, serious staffing issues persist, with the vacancy rate standing at 11.86% of the total workforce as of December 1, 2024.

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16 January 2025

US First Lady Jill Biden holds a Joining Forces event to celebrate the Biden-Harris Administration's work to support military and veteran families, caregivers, and survivors in Washington DC, USA, on January 16, 2025, at the East Room/White House.

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