SYDNEY (Reuters) – A candidate from Australia’s government claimed victory late on Saturday in a by-election in Victoria state seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s handling of cost-of-living pressures across the country. Candidate Jodie Belyea of the centre-left Labor Party … Read More Government
ADEN (Reuters) – The Cargo ship Rubymar, which was abandoned in the southern Red Sea after being targeted by Yemen’s Houthis on Feb. 18, has sunk, a statement by the internationally recognised Yemeni government said on Saturday. (Reporting by Mohammad Ghibari in Aden; Writing by Enas Alashray) Read More Government
ADEN (Reuters) – The Cargo ship Rubymar, which was abandoned in the southern Red Sea after being targeted by Yemen’s Houthis on Feb. 18, has sunk, a statement by the internationally recognised Yemeni government said on Saturday. (Reporting by Mohammad Ghibari in Aden; Writing by Enas Alashray) Read More Government
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has signed into law a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, the White House said on Friday. The bill was approved by the Democratic-majority U.S. Senate on Thursday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives backed … Read More Government
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has signed into law a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, the White House said on Friday. The bill was approved by the Democratic-majority U.S. Senate on Thursday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives backed … Read More Government
House lawmakers on Thursday voted to give themselves more time to work out negotiations over how to fund the government over the objections of nearly half of Republicans who don’t support the spending plan that’s taking shape. The bill, which passed 320-99, would push back a pair of funding … Read More Government
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s powerful Commission announced on Thursday that it will begin releasing billions of euros to Poland that were frozen over the previous government’s policies that the bloc said amounted to widespread backsliding on fundamental democratic principles. The move had … Read More Government
(Reuters) – Slovakia’s Constitutional Court has halted a part of the government’s overhaul of the criminal law that aimed to significantly reduce punishment for crimes such as corruption and fraud. The court, however, said in a statement on Thursday it rejected other complaints by the country’s … Read More Government
Tuvalu’s new government has reaffirmed its relations with Taiwan following last month’s election, according to a statement posted on social media platform X by a government minister. Read More Government
Congress has until the end of Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown – and with little progress to show as of Tuesday afternoon, the possibility is looking more and more likely. Congressional leaders gathered at the White House on Tuesday to work through remaining issues as lawmakers and the … Read More Government
