Tag: Government policy
UN chief proposes targets to lift South Sudan arms embargo
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for implementation of the 2018 peace agreement in South Sudan, disarmament of former combatants and establishment...
Grim view of global future offered in intelligence report
U.S. intelligence officials are painting a dark picture of the world's future, writing in a report released Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened...
Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric
DES MOINES, Iowa — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and...
Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it...
African leaders call for climate financing acceleration
DAKAR, Senegal — African leaders rallied Tuesday in a virtual summit calling for scaled-up actions and financing to combat the effects of climate change...
Texas, Louisiana sue US government over deportation holds
DALLAS — Texas and Louisiana sued the federal government Tuesday alleging immigration authorities have declined to take custody of people who have been convicted...
Auction of Japanese internment art pulled after protest
LOS ANGELES — The auction of a series of sketches purportedly drawn by an artist at the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar was canceled...
Federal low-income housing grant doubles in size this year
WASHINGTON — Thanks to a pandemic-fueled mortgage boom, states will get nearly $700 million in federal grants from a special program for low-income housing,...
EU approves $4.7 billion in state aid to carrier Air France
BRUSSELS — The European Union has approved $4.7 billion in government aid for national carrier Air France as it struggles through the economic impact...
Hertha fires goalkeeping coach Petry for xenophobic comments
BERLIN — Hertha Berlin has fired goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry for making homophobic and xenophobic comments in an interview published by Hungarian newspaper Magyar...