Tag: National governments
Dutch coalition building must reboot after Rutte rebuke
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte needs a political reboot only two weeks after a major election victory because new questions...
Ex-Olympic silver medalist Baggaley guilty of drug importing
<p>BRISBANE, Australia — Former two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle 200...
New Slovak govt sworn in to end crisis over Russian vaccine
<p>BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president on Thursday swore in a new coalition government to end a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to...
UK: Black adviser quits government in wake of racism report
<p>LONDON — The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report...
Dutch PM Rutte fights for his political life in tough debate
<p>THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was fighting for his political life Thursday in a bitter parliamentary debate about the...
CAS to hear retrial of Sun Yang’s doping case in May
<p>GENEVA — The retrial of Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will be held by sport's highest court next month after his initial eight-year ban...
Capitol stormer who wore ‘I Was There’ shirt to stay in jail
<p>A federal judge refused Thursday to set bail for a Texas man who was wearing a T-shirt that said, “I Was There, Washington D.C.,...
Hearing set in lawsuit over Virginia state senator’s censure
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thursday about whether to dismiss a lawsuit from firebrand Virginia conservative Amanda Chase...
Ex-Olympic silver medalist Baggaley guilty of drug importing
BRISBANE, Australia — Former two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle 200...
New Slovak govt sworn in to end crisis over Russian vaccine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president on Thursday swore in a new coalition government to end a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to...