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Measure to repeal Nebraska’s private school funding law should appear on the ballot, court rules
A ballot measure seeking to repeal a new conservative-backed law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition should appear on the state's November ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court found that the ballot measure does not illegally target a government...
Nebraska's top election official might try to remove a ballot measure to repeal school funding law
The Nebraska Supreme Court appears set to decide if voters get to determine whether to reject a new law pushed through largely by Republican lawmakers to provide taxpayer money for private school tuition. But depending on how they rule, the Nebraska Secretary of State could unilaterally deprive...
East Timor looks to the pope's visit as a reward after 20 years of fragile stability
DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic country, hard on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the referendum on independence from Indonesia. Francis is due to arrive Monday in...
What's at stake in Sri Lanka's first presidential vote since its economic meltdown?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former President Gotabaya...
East Timor celebrates 25th anniversary of UN-backed vote for independence
DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor on Friday celebrated the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, which invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975. Crowds cheered as their leaders and state guests, including...
Ecuador starts dismantling Yasuni National Park oil block two days before court deadline
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador's government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday's court-imposed deadline for completion looms. The Ministry for Energy and Mines said in a statement Wednesday...
Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — It's been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country's share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start shutting down operations. For supporters of the shutdown, that's not even the worst part: the...
Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest over failed secession bid
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. ...
Bolivia's president promises public votes on fuel subsidies and constitutionality of reelection
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's socialist President Luis Arce said Tuesday national referenda would be held soon on the removal of politically combustible fuel subsidies and on the constitutionality of presidential reelections, offering for the first time a concrete path out of the country's...
Flag contest: Mainers to vote on adopting a pine tree design paying homage to state's 1st flag
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, one that tracks closely with the state's first flag. The design by contest winner Adam Lemire of Gardiner features a soaring pine tree in two shades of green, and a blue star against an...
