Tag: politics

Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high wealth tax dodgers

WASHINGTON -- The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has...

Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery

LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in...

WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak

DAKAR, Senegal -- The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan...

Mexico's plan to make judges stand for election is indeed aimed at foreign firms, president says

MEXICO CITY -- Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed overhaul of Mexico’s judiciary, that would make judges stand...

South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal

JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's justice minister on Friday denied corruption allegations against her related to a mutual bank scandal in which thousands of...

Resources are out there for LGBTQ+ travelers looking to stay safe

NEW YORK -- Do LGBTQ+ tourists have a green book-like system for staying safe while traveling in these politically precarious times? They don't...