Tag: authority

Colombia election authority magistrates call for probe into Petro’s 2022 campaign

By Luis Jaime Acosta and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Two out of nine magistrates in Colombia’s National Electoral Council have requested an investigation be opened into Colombian President Gustavo Petro‘s 2022 campaign over alleged spending and financing violations, two sources said on Wednesday. Magistrates Benjamin Ortiz and Alvaro Hernan Prada also requested an investigation into […]

State halts work on expanded arrest authority for Chickaloon tribal officers

May 4—PALMER — Alaska’s top public safety official said Thursday that the state is halting plans to grant special law enforcement powers to Chickaloon tribal police officers. Officials from the Alaska Department of Public Safety in early April told a town hall meeting in Sutton that they were finalizing an agreement with Chickaloon Native Village […]

China’s rail authority applies to join OTIF

China has applied to become an associate member of the Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), the organisation that aims to influence international cooperation on cross-border rail activities. The OTIF said it had been cooperating with China for several years before this step, and after the Chinese National Railway Administration initiated contact in 2016.Associate […]

Israeli attacks kill 27 in Rafah, says Hamas-run health authority

At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the territory’s Hamas-controlled Health Ministry said on Monday. Authorities said 20 people in residential buildings in the border town were killed in various attacks during the night. Seven members of a family in Rafah […]

Federal Aviation Administration awards more than $3 million to the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority

Apr. 25—GRAND FORKS — The Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority will receive $2,918,323 for the reconstruction of 4,206 feet of airport runway. The reconstruction will help maintain the pavement’s structural integrity and minimize foreign object debris, according to a press release from U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration recently […]

Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority

Three district attorneys in Georgia have renewed their challenge of a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors, arguing it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. Their lawsuits filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta challenge Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, a body Republican lawmakers revived this year after originally creating it […]