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Caretaker PM Rutte seen as winning most seats in Dutch vote

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch voters pushed Prime Minister Mark Rutte toward a fourth term in office in Wednesday’s general election that bolstered his conservative party’s position as the biggest in parliament and boosted a key ally into second place, an exit poll suggested. With Rutte’s bloc and other mainstream parties thriving, the far-right failed… Read More »

Conservatives target centrist Democrats on Becerra vote

Conservative policy groups are pressuring centrist-leaning Senate Democrats to nix the nomination of Xavier Becerra to head the Department of Health and Human Services. “Sens. Mark Kelly, Kyrsten Sinema, and Joe Manchin are critical senators in opposing the extreme agenda of Biden’s HHS nominee,” said Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action for America. “Mr.… Read More »

GPs vote to reduce patient home visits

GPs have voted to reduce visits to patients’ homes, saying they “no longer have the capacity” to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of English local medical committees in London on Friday. It means British Medical Association (BMA) representatives will lobby NHS England to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. However,… Read More »

New Zealanders to vote on legalizing recreational cannabis in 2020

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealanders will decide whether to legalize cannabis for recreational use in a referendum held during the 2020 general election, the country’s justice minister said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Cookies shaped like marijuana leafs are pictured at the Cannabis Carnivalus 4/20 event in Seattle, Washington April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Redmond The referendum… Read More »