Tag: Government and politics
Navalny’s doctor: Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’
<p>MOSCOW — A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, says his health...
Cuomo retreats from open news briefings that made him a star
ALBANY, N.Y. —
New York’s governor gained national attention last...
US orders diplomats to leave Chad as rebels near capital
WASHINGTON — The State Department on Saturday ordered non-essential diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Chad to leave the African nation due to potential...
Kauai police chief suspended without pay for mocking Asians
<p>LIHUE, Hawaii — The police commission on the Hawaii island of Kauai has suspended the police chief without pay for five days for making...
Immigration judge, subject of complaint by lawyers, retires
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco Immigration Court judge who was the subject of a complaint to the U.S. Justice Department involving hostile and...
Lawyers: DOJ defense in Trump defamation suit is ‘dangerous’
The U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist’s claim...
Facility for teen immigrant girls in Houston being closed
HOUSTON — A facility in Houston that housed girls who crossed U.S. border unaccompanied is being closed and the girls immediately moved, the U.S....
Italy judge weighs Salvini trial for 2019 migrant standoff
<p>ROME — A judge in Sicily on Saturday began weighing whether to put former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on trial for having refused to...
Hopelessness continues driving Hondurans to migrate
<p>OMOA, Honduras — At a converted seaside hotel, more than 200 Honduran migrants stepped off six buses, weary from travelling overnight across Guatemala after...
Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19...