Tag: president
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Supreme Court spurns abortion restrictions in two more states
Reverberations from the U.S. Supreme Court's major ruling backing abortion rights were felt on Tuesday as the justices rejected bids by Mississippi and Wisconsin to revive restrictions on abortion doctors matching those struck down in Texas on Monday. The laws in Mississippi and Wisconsin required doctors to have “admitting privileges,” a type of difficult-to-obtain formal…
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Immigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch, with major rulings due by the end of the month on President Barack Obama's unilateral immigration plan, racial preferences in university admissions and a restrictive Texas abortion law. Producing decisive rulings has been complicated by the fact that the court has been down one justice…
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Thailand’s king continues treatment for ‘water on the brain’: palace
Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for “water on the brain”, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Sunday. The king has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital. The king, who celebrated 70 years of…
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Russian doping whistleblower given Olympics hope
By Mark Trevelyan VIENNA (Reuters) – Yulia Stepanova, the Russian former drugs cheat whose whistle blowing revelations helped expose the massive doping problem in her country, could be allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics as an independent athlete, the IAAF said on Friday. Stepanova, an 800 meters runner described as “a courageous athlete” by…
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Nigeria’s Buhari to take 10-day holiday and see London doctor over ear infection: statement
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is to take a 10-day holiday during which he will travel to London and see a doctor regarding a persistent ear infection, his spokesman said on Sunday. Both Nigerian doctors recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution,” said spokesman Femi Adesina. The statement also said the president would travel to London…
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Brazil’s Temer says sacrifices needed to end ‘bloated’ state
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil's interim President Michel Temer said on Wednesday that his government will not cut spending on health and education, although sacrifices are needed to balance public accounts and restore economic growth. “There is no longer any room in Brazil for a bloated and inefficient state,” Temer said in a speech in which…
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What does the world know about rescued Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali?
The rescue of one of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram from a secondary school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria two years has thrown global attention onto Amina Ali. President Muhammadu Buhari vowed at a news conference on Thursday that Ali would continue her education and condemned the brutality…
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Frozen food recall covers hundreds of items from many stores
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for…
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Killings, kidnappings and burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work
By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – You're an aid worker speeding back to base after a long, cold day questioning people who have fled fighting about what they need to survive. It's perhaps the toughest dilemma aid workers face during their brief stint in war-torn “Badistan” – in reality, a training camp in…