After decades of public debate and lengthy deliberations in parliament, adults in Germany will legally be able to smoke weed on the street beginning on April 1. That became possible after the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, gave a law partially legalizing cannabis the green light on Friday, and decided not to send the […]
China is set to increase defence spending by more than 7%, the second such boost in a row, after delegates at the annual rubber-stamp National People’s Congress in Beijing approved the boost on Monday. As the one-week conference drew to a close, some 2,900 delegates approved the annual budget, which this year also foresees an […]
Jan. 23—The Mower County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday morning approved $5,000 to be put toward hiring a consultant in helping the Mower County Jail install and learn to operate two scanners that will be an unobtrusive way to determine if contraband is being brought into the jail. The consultant, hired through, Quality Radiologic Consultants, […]