Tag: National governments
EU top diplomats in Libya to support interim authorities
CAIRO — The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Germany arrived Thursday in Tripoli to show their support to Libya's newly elected transitional authorities,...
Canada’s Supreme Court says carbon price is constitutional
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon price is entirely constitutional.
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Romanian police protest cutbacks, poor conditions
BUCHAREST — Hundreds of police protested Thursday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest over cutbacks and poor working conditions.
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British judge: Vatican made ‘appalling’ claims in UK probe
ROME — A British judge has blasted Vatican prosecutors for making “appalling” misrepresentations to the court about their investigation into the Holy See’s investment...
South Africa’s ex-president should be jailed, argues lawyer
JOHANNESBURG — Lawyers for a commission investigating corruption in South Africa have asked the country’s highest court to jail former president Jacob Zuma for...
$500M fund to help Detroit neighborhoods, pay tax debt
DETROIT — A $500 million fund aimed at improving Detroit neighborhoods over the next decade is kicking off its efforts by spending $15 million...
Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths
<p>SAO PAULO — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing....
Critics of federal ban on firearms device win key decision
DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan should have blocked a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms to...
Slovak coalition party completes withdrawal from government
<p>BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A party in Slovakia’s ruling coalition completed its withdrawal from the government on Thursday amid a political crisis triggered by a...
EU top diplomats in Libya to support interim authorities
<p>CAIRO — The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Germany arrived Thursday in Tripoli to show their support to Libya's newly elected transitional authorities,...