Court validates Mississippi's lifetime ban on felons voting
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies, saying the policy was not a cruel and unusual
July 18, 2024A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies, saying the policy was not a cruel and unusual
July 18, 2024Macron’s party wins parliamentary president role despite rebuke from voters
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July 18, 2024The United Arab Emirates' president and the head of Sudan's army have discussed an offer from Ethiopia's leader to mediate in Sudan's 15-month-old war, diplomatic sources said.
July 18, 2024Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's security chief has been released from jail a day after he was arrested on charges of gender violence.
July 18, 2024Oil prices settled over $2 lower on Friday at their lowest level since mid-June as investors eyed a possible ceasefire in Gaza, while a strengthened dollar
July 19, 2024Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that he would convey Japan's stance on foreign exchange at meetings of the Group of Twenty (G20) finance leaders to be held in Rio de
July 19, 2024For three decades, European leaders have come and gone, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus
July 19, 2024The nominal president of military-ruled Myanmar is suffering from serious illnesses, state media reported on Friday, in a rare statement on the health of a key junta figure just weeks
July 19, 2024Once a bustling hub, Nicosia International Airport has stood deserted for the past 50 years, a still enduring symbol of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus half a
July 19, 2024Begona Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, appeared before a judge on Friday but declined to answer questions about corruption and influence
July 19, 2024A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Volatility is resurfacing as a turbulent week for world markets and politics was met on Friday with a global tech outage that's
July 19, 2024Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health
July 19, 2024Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years during
July 19, 2024Nguyen Phu Trong, the Marxist-Leninist who led Vietnam for more than a decade overseeing rapid economic growth and more recently trod a fine
July 19, 2024Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday mostly named holdovers from the cabinet he sacked last week to a new government meant to respond to the
July 19, 2024Vietnam's President To Lam, who has taken on the duties of deceased Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, is a skilful behind-the-scenes
July 19, 2024Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi
July 19, 2024Student loan payments will be paused for 8 million borrowers after appeals court temporarily halts Biden’s repayment plan
July 19, 2024Brazil has reached agreement for consensus documents to be approved at the G20 finance meetings scheduled for next week in Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Lyrio, Brazil's ambassador at
July 19, 2024Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday he will run for another presidential term in Oct. 6 elections.
July 19, 2024The top four officers of the National Guard Bureau have left or are set to retire in about two weeks, and to date no nominations for their replacements have been confirmed by the Senate
July 19, 2024The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said on Friday that democracy in Guatemala "remains in danger," despite election winner Bernardo Arevalo
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July 19, 2024Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, disregarding international calls to release his country's political prisoners, suggested on Friday he would enlist them to clear up widespread
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