ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating. Some Republicans in Georgia want the new commission to discipline or remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for winning indictments of former President Donald Trump … Read more
A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing former Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP frontrunner, … Read more
Senegal’s highest court has effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year ByBABACAR DIONE Associated Press November 17, 2023, 1:28 PM FILE – Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Senegalese authorities say that opposition leader … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s ruling party on Saturday named its candidates for eight governorships and the mayorship of Mexico City. But after ruling out the most popular candidate for the capital, questions remain about whether the party can avoid desertions. For the moment, former capital police chief Omar García Harfuch — who won polls on … Read more
TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition lawmakers on Thursday caused commotion in Parliament, trying to disrupt a session in protest against what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists. Democratic lawmakers blocked left-wing Socialists of Prime Minister Edi Rama from taking their seats and stacked chairs on top of each other in the … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Poles faced a period of political uncertainty Monday after they voted in huge numbers in an election in which opposition parties appeared to gain a combined majority. But the ruling nationalist conservative party won more votes than any single party and said it would try to keep governing. The state electoral commission … Read more
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in Sunday’s runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had explicitly said that his goal was to win all 13 regions plus the cities of Athens, Thessaloniki … Read more
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Biden administration hasn’t ruled out new sanctions against Iran in relation to renewed conflict in the Middle East, but no decisions have been made. “I wouldn’t take anything off the table in terms of future possible actions, but I certainly don’t want to get ahead of where we … Read more
Former President Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, in Clinton Township, Michigan, to address auto workers, Sept. 27, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters The New York civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump and his company is back on track to begin Monday after an appeals panel lifted a temporary stay on the start … Read more
The Delhi Excessive Court docket has dominated that Google’s Advertisements Programme falls underneath the purview of the emblems act, which means the search large’s use of emblems as key phrases quantities to “use” underneath the act, in a serious choice that will redefine internet advertising’s authorized panorama. The choice (PDF), delivered by a division bench … Read more