Category Archives: Politics
Czech president Milos Zeman vows to block same-sex marriages
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman said Tuesday that he is ready to veto, if it's approved by parliament, proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples in the country the right to hold civil weddings.
Clashes among New York Democrats after redistricting redo
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of New York's longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state's congressional maps, scrambling the favorable landscape Democrats hoped to set for themselves this election year.
Past UK Conservative leaders who faced leadership challenges
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have survived a no-confidence vote, but his grip on power is far from secure. Many compare his
US woman pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a case that a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the United States.
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said...
Lost emails and unexplained delays: Mass shooting inquiry uncovers new RCMP snags
HALIFAX — An RCMP officer said Tuesday she worked as fast as she could to warn the public on social media about a killer on the loose in Nova Scotia on April 19, 2020, but there was a crucial delay
UK Boris Johnson’s ups and downs: key events in his career
LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson 2001-2008: Sits in the House of Commons representing the constituency of Henley.
French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID
PARIS (AP) — Health workers protested Tuesday around France to demand more hiring and better salaries in public hospitals, after years of cost cuts that left medics submerged when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and are now forcing emergency rooms to
One plug and done: EU to require common way to charge phones
LONDON (AP) — Forget rummaging through the junk drawer. Soon, Europeans will only need to reach for one cable to charge their smartphones and other devices. European
US-backed Syrian Kurds to turn to Damascus if Turkey attacks
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria said Tuesday that they will turn to the government in Damascus for support should Turkey go ahead with its threat to launch a new incursion into the war-torn country.
