Tag: National governments
After election, talks underway to form new Dutch coalition
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — What is expected to be a complex process to form a new Dutch government got underway Monday with leaders of...
Cabinet formation talks in Lebanon collapse amid crisis
BEIRUT — Talks on the formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon collapsed Monday, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab...
Head of Slovakia party resigns over crisis around Sputnik V
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The leader of one of the parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition resigned his government post Monday to help open the way...
Man freed after wrongful imprisonment marries in Mississippi
GRENADA, Miss. — A Mississippi man who was wrongfully imprisoned for more than two decades and spent years on death row has wed his...
High court won’t hear fishermen case against ocean monument
PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it will not consider a fishing group's attempt to challenge the creation of a...
Honduran drug trafficker convicted in US trial
NEW YORK — A Honduran man was convicted of drug trafficking in U.S. federal court Monday in a trial that also raised allegations against...
For a third time, judge rejects bail for Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK — For a third time, a judge rejected a bail package Monday aimed at freeing Ghislaine Maxwell as the ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey...
Court: U Iowa officials liable for targeting Christian group
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa administrators can be held liable for monetary damages for improperly barring a Christian student group that rejects...
Tennessee bill to ban transgender athletes heads to governor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's Republican-led Statehouse gave final legislative approval Monday to a measure to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports, a...
In Myanmar’s hinterland, army uproots ethnic Karen villagers
BANGKOK — In the jungles of southeast Myanmar, the army was shooting and otherwise tyrannizing civilians long before last month’s military coup.
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