Tag: Government and politics
UK police receive letter from UAE princess urging probe
<p>LONDON — Police in eastern England say they have received a long-delayed letter from an Emirati princess asking them to investigate the disappearance of...
German police charged over Nazi chats, possessing explosives
BERLIN — Prosecutors in Germany have accused two brothers who worked as police officers in the central state of Hesse of spreading racist views...
Hold it! Belgian govt warns against using its own free masks
BRUSSELS — Ten months after promising free cloth facemasks to protect all Belgians from COVID-19, the country's government is having second thoughts — warning...
Russia hosts new Kyrgyzstan leader on his 1st foreign trip
<p>MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted the newly elected president of Kyrgyzstan, voicing hope for political stability in the Central Asian...
White nationalist gets prison over rape threat, extortion
CONCORD, N.H — A self-proclaimed white nationalist was sentenced Wednesday to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison for threatening to rape the wife of...
Ex-congressman ordered to pay $456k for election violations
MIAMI — A federal judge ordered a former Florida Republican congressman on Tuesday to pay $456,000 for secretly funneling thousands of dollars to a...
Greece mulls legal reforms amid high-profile sex abuse case
<p>ATHENS, Greece — The former director of Greece’s National Theatre appeared Wednesday before a public prosecutor to respond to child abuse allegations in a...
Brazil’s Petrobras calls meeting to elect Bolsonaro ally
RIO DE JANEIRO — Board members of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras on Tuesday paved the way for approval of a retired general with no...
Federal judge says California can enforce net neutrality law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the...
Shea: Racism a ‘stain on law enforcement’s history’
NEW YORK — New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea on Tuesday acknowledged the NYPD's “historical role at times in the mistreatment of communities...