Tag: Government and politics
In a blow to Ryanair, EU court approves state help measures
<p>BRUSSELS — A top court has ruled that measures introduced by France and Sweden to help some airlines weather the fallout of coronavirus restrictions...
South Carolina considers breaking up public health agency
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's public health workers have been tasked with keeping the state safe for 143 years, ever since lawmakers created a...
UK to return medals to vets discharged because of sexuality
LONDON — The British military will allow former service personnel who were stripped of medals because of their sexuality to apply to have them...
UN chief: CAR peacekeeping force needs 3,700 reinforcements
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is recommending an increase of nearly 3,700 military and police to bolster the U.N. peacekeeping force in Central...
Olympic boxing qualification events canceled, postponed
<p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A global boxing qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics has been canceled and a European event was postponed from April to...
French Caribbean fights to keep pesticide case alive
<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the...
New enrollment window opens for health insurance shoppers
Health insurance shoppers stuck in a bad plan or unable to find coverage have a new option for help.
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Suspected Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian cars
JERUSALEM — Suspected Israeli settlers vandalized several vehicles belonging to Palestinian workers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in broad daylight in an...
Delayed Legion of Christ extortion trial goes ahead in Italy
ROME — A judge in Milan has ruled that trial can go ahead in a case in which priests and lawyers of the Legion...
International court finds Jamaica violated rights of gays
<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An international tribunal has found that Jamaica’s government violated the rights of a gay man and a lesbian, according...