Government

Unwise decision-making often flows from a desire to do more than is needed.

Sometimes we get a signal, simple as that. The Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 on April 9 that California's COVID-related State restrictions targeting "in-home religious gatherings" are unconstitutional, reversing the US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. This is the fifth time in a year the High Court has slapped back attacks on religious liberty. This […]

On November 7, 2018, Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor and blogger, shared an article on his Facebook page, without comment. The article, published by…

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Millions of lives lost. Trillions of dollars in economic damage. Over 120 million more people pushed into extreme poverty. The human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is almost unimaginable – a once-in-a-century catastrophe.

The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned Myanmar is heading toward a "full blown conflict" with "clear echoes" of Syria in 2011, unless the international community steps in to stop the violence.

Myanmar has "clear echoes of Syria in 2011," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday. The military in Myanmar overthrow...

The family of a Chicago teenager fatally shot by a police officer last month has viewed video of the shooting, the city's Civilian Office of Police...

President Joe Biden's decision to pull US troops out of Afghanistan by September marks a pivotal moment after almost 20 years of war in the country and thousands of lives lost -- it also signals a coming shift in US focus and resources overseas.

We explain what vaccine passports are, how they work, where they've been implemented, and why some people object to them.

President Biden will miss the May 1 deadline of the Trump-Taliban deal and withdraw remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11.

Ni Kin became a permanent resident in 2002 at 70 years old, but she was unable to work after moving from Myanmar to Virginia due to mobility problems.

David Beasley, the American chief of the U.N.'s food agency, points to food insecurity in parts of Latin America as a key factor in surging immigration numbers at the southern U.S. border.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP attorneys represented Vizient, Inc. in its acquisition of Intalere from Intermountain Healthcare, which closed on March 31, 2021. Vizient is widely considered the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the United States.

The pandemic power struggle that's raged for a year between Pennsylvania's Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters'…

As private companies stretch to the stars, some on Earth are looking at how to protect labor rights in space.

The French town of Ville de Bitche had its official Facebook page removed in what the social media site said was an "error" apparently based on the name's proximity to an English insult.

The ordinance would prohibit Chicago employers from taking "any adverse action — including termination demotion, layoff or punitive schedule changes" — against employees who take time off to get vaccinated.

Het beste zou natuurlijk zijn als we de aanpak van de huidige crisis bijsturen om deze in betere banen te leiden.

China's internet regulator has launched a hotline for citizens to report online comments that defame the ruling Communist Party and its approved description of history ahead of the Party's upcoming 100th anniversary. The new hotline will enable internet users to stop the spread of "mistaken opinions" and create a "good public opinion atmosphere" to pave […]

Many CEOs are fighting President Joe Biden's planned corporate tax hike. CEOs surveyed by Business Roundtable say reversing Trump's 2017 cuts boosted...