Tag: Government and politics
Britain to push for speedier vaccines at G-7 leaders meeting
LONDON — Some of the world’s wealthiest countries are promising to share coronavirus vaccines with the poorest, but details of when and how many...
France, West African leaders discuss fighting extremism
PARIS — French and West African heads of state began a two-day summit Monday on the fight against Islamic extremists in Africa’s Sahel region,...
UK performers say post-Brexit visa rules spell disaster
LONDON — Leading British actors including Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Julie Walters warned the government on Tuesday that the U.K. culture sector faces...
International court finds Jamaica violated rights of gays
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An international tribunal has found that Jamaica’s government violated the rights of a gay man and a lesbian, according...
Congo president names new prime minister, increases control
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s president has appointed a new prime minister, further strengthening his control of the government over which his predecessor used to...
Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes
ROME — Pope Francis has made another set of changes to the Vatican City State’s legal code, which has come under heightened scrutiny and...
Freshman US Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s mother dies of COVID-19
YONKERS, N.Y. — Freshman U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who defeated veteran New York lawmaker Eliot Engel in last year's Democratic primary, announced on Twitter...
Congressman hopes politics align on divisive Northwest dams
SPOKANE, Wash. — Nearly two decades ago, Republican President George W. Bush stood on a bank of the Snake River near Pasco, Washington, and...
GameStop’s saga may be over; its effect on Wall Street isn’t
NEW YORK — The frenzy around GameStop’s stock may have quieted down, but the outsized influence small investors had in the saga is likely...
Statue of US chief justice who oversaw Plessy to be moved
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine county board voted to move the statue of Melville Fuller, who was an Augusta native and served as the...
