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LIMA, April 17 (Reuters) – Calls to remove the head of Peru’s electoral authority intensified on Friday as delays and alleged irregularities clouded the presidential vote count, with no clear challenger emerging to face conservative frontrunner Keiko Fujimori in a June runoff. Pressure has mounted on Peru’s National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) head, Piero …
A Massachusetts judge on Friday temporarily blocked a turbine manufacturer from pulling out of a major offshore wind farm project, saying it would be “fanciful” to imagine a new contractor could finish the installation. Vineyard Wind went to court last week after GE Renewables said it would be terminating its contracts for turbine services and …
PHOENIX (AP) — The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the local board that shares responsibility for overseeing the vote. The decision could have broad implications in one of the nation’s most prominent …
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police sergeant can stay out of jail while he appeals his manslaughter conviction for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect who then crashed his motorized scooter and died, a judge ruled Friday. The decision by a state appellate court judge came a week after …
SYDNEY, April 18 (Reuters) – A police operation is underway after a car struck group of people in Melbourne, Australian media reports said on Saturday, The Sydney Morning Herald reported that one pedestrian was killed and another seriously injured. Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Praveen Menon, Editing by …
MADRID, April 18 (Reuters) – U.S. pressure on dissenting Latin American leaders could lead to a “rebellion” against Washington’s influence, Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais published on Saturday. Petro, a former member of the leftist M-19 guerrilla, has frequently clashed with President Donald Trump, whose administration placed …
CAIRO (AP) — Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the U.S. said the move would not end its blockade. The country’s joint military command said on Saturday that it “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state … …
ANTALYA, April 18 (Reuters) – Egypt is working closely with Pakistan on a framework aimed at securing a lasting peace between the U.S. and Iran, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday. He said Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were coordinating a broader regional effort focused on preventing renewed escalation and laying the groundwork …
NEW YORK (AP) — Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers said Friday that they had reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners, averting a strike at the homes of an estimated 1.5 million people. The deal came just days before nearly 34,000 workers’ contract with …
