Tag: Government and politics
White nationalist gets prison over rape threat, extortion
<p>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...
Number of women on UK corporate boards rises 50% in 5 years
LONDON — Women now hold more than a third of the seats on the boards of Britain’s biggest companies, meeting a government target set...
Russia hosts new Kyrgyzstan leader on his 1st foreign trip
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted the newly elected president of Kyrgyzstan, voicing hope for political stability in the Central Asian...
Greece mulls legal reforms amid high-profile sex abuse case
ATHENS, Greece — The former director of Greece’s National Theatre appeared Wednesday before a public prosecutor to respond to child abuse allegations in a...
Germany prepares way for its troops to stay in Afghanistan
<p>BERLIN — The German government is preparing the way for the country's troops in Afghanistan — the second-biggest contingent in a NATO force —...
Lawyer hired by Democratic AG defends Iowa’s GOP governor
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa's Democratic attorney general has installed the Republican governor’s lawyer into a high-level job in which he is aggressively defending...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro visits Amazon jungle state hit by floods
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been...
Incomplete polar bear survey halts Alaska oil search bid
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska Native corporation that was hoping to receive a federal permit to look for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife...
DEA: Opioids in Yavapai County are top Arizona drug threat
PHOENIX — The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has designated the opioid epidemic in Yavapai County as the greatest drug threat to public health and...
Number of women on UK corporate boards rises 50% in 5 years
<p>LONDON — Women now hold more than a third of the seats on the boards of Britain’s biggest companies, meeting a government target set...