Tag: Social issues
Poland sends its virus recovery plan to EU for approval
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government says it has sent European Union officials its spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects...
Pakistani journalists’ group vows to fight for press freedom
<p>ISLAMABAD — The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists...
Push against trans athletes in girls’ sports fails in Kansas
<p>TOPEKA, Kan. — Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-government-and-politics-321b19c681fe78be837bde945c0f6aa4">Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto</a> of a proposed ban on transgender...
Pakistani journalists’ group vows to fight for press freedom
ISLAMABAD — The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists...
Israel’s first transgender referee takes field as woman
HAIFA, Israel — Israeli soccer's first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting
<p>JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank overnight, setting brush fires and hurling stones, Palestinian officials and an...
Israel’s first transgender referee takes field as woman
<p>HAIFA, Israel — Israeli soccer's first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank overnight, setting brush fires and hurling stones, Palestinian officials and an...
Minnesota Legislature struggles for compromise on policing
MINNEAPOLIS — Negotiators in Minnesota’s divided Legislature on Monday kicked off what's sure to be a long and contentious debate over whether further police...
US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border
<p>SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration said Monday that four <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-us-news-ap-top-news-az-state-wire-ca-state-wire-c654e652a4674cf19304a4a4ff599feb">families that were separated at the Mexico border</a> during Donald Trump's presidency will...