Tag: Government and politics
UN agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya
<p>UNITED NATIONS — International monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced...
How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware
BOSTON — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data...
Colorado GOP lawmaker: Slavery policy didn’t impugn humanity
DENVER — Democrats in Colorado have condemned a Republican lawmaker for joking about lynching before saying a 18th century policy designating a slave as...
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown
<p>HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including 82-year-old veteran activist Martin Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected...
As America embraces voting early, GOP moves to restrict it
<p>Nearly seven of every 10 voters cast their ballots before Election Day in 2020. Republicans are moving to make it harder for that to...
AP FACT CHECK: Biden hails record job growth, skips caveats
<p>WASHINGTON — Taking a page from his predecessor's boastful ways, President Joe Biden is claiming credit for two months of record job creation as...
Pakistan blocks social media access amid anti-France rallies
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed...
House GOP takes cash from casino mogul accused of misconduct
WASHINGTON — A major House Republican fundraising committee overseen by GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy received over $770,000 from Steve Wynn, a Las Vegas...
US broadcaster asks European court to block Russian fines
<p>MOSCOW — U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is asking the European Court of Human Rights to block Russia from enforcing penalties that could cost...
Facebook panel’s Trump ruling delayed as comments flood in
<p>LONDON — Facebook's quasi-independent Oversight Board said Friday it will take longer than expected to decide on whether or not the suspension of former...