Tag: Government policy
Mysterious air base being built on volcanic island off Yemen
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the...
Iran, world powers resume talks on US return to nuclear deal
VIENNA — World powers were set to open a fifth round of talks Tuesday with Iran aimed at bringing the United States back into...
Withdrawal of pandemic welfare fuels poverty in Brazil
SAO PAULO — The pandemic shantytown sprang up virtually overnight when people began using scavenged wooden boards to build shacks on a plot of...
Boris Johnson’s former ally Cummings slams UK virus response
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being accused of overseeing a chaotic government whose failure to act quickly against the coronavirus caused...
Watchdog: US forced deported parents to leave kids behind
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the...
Former banker Guillermo Lasso becomes president in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador — Former banker Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as president of Ecuador on Monday, saying he will escalate efforts to vaccinate people...
Migrants with children sleep rough in Bosnia border village
BOSANSKA BOJNA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Dozens of migrant families with small children have been sleeping rough in a village by Bosnia’s border with Croatia while...
South Korea’s Moon to nudge Biden on North Korea diplomacy
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is hoping Friday's White House meeting with President Joe Biden will lead to renewed diplomatic urgency by the U.S....
Violence tests Biden’s pullback from Middle East hotspots
Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from...
EU court tells Poland to halt lignite mine on Czech border
WARSAW, Poland — European Union’s top court on Friday ordered Poland to immediately stop extracting brown coal at the Turow mine, which is on...
