The rollout of Britain’s controversial so-called smart motorways should be put on hold due to safety concerns, says a committee of MPs. A report by the Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC) published on Nov. 2 said that more data is needed on safety and economics. Smart motorways were developed to increase capacity without having to…
Pause Britain’s Rollout of Smart Motorways Over Safety, Says MPs Committee
US House Committee Moves to Block Rio Tinto’s Resolution Mine
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to include language in a wider budget reconciliation package that would block Rio Tinto Ltd from building its Resolution copper mine in Arizona. The San Carlos Apache tribe and other Native Americans say the mine would destroy sacred land where they hold religious ceremonies. Elected officials in…
MP Committee Announces Probe into UK’s Handling of Afghanistan Withdrawal
The UK’s handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the evacuation from Kabul will be scrutinised as part of a broader inquiry announced today by the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. The inquiry will not only probe for mis-steps by the Foreign Office, but also try to understand how the Taliban’s dramatic return to power may…
Jan. 6 Committee Democrats to Request Lawmaker Records
The Democrats running the Congressional Jan. 6 committee will seek records from multiple lawmakers as part of an inquiry into the Capitol riot. “We’ll look at everything that will give us information on what happened on January 6,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters on Aug. 23 when asked if the committee will be asking telecommunications…
Tajikistan Earthquake Kills Five: Emergency Committee
An earthquake in Tajikistan killed five people, the Tajik emergency situations committee said on Saturday, with the epicenter of the quake 165 kilometers (102 miles) northeast of the capital city of Dushanbe. The quake of magnitude 5.9 struck 27 km (17 miles) east of Rasht in Tajikistan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. It was…
Orange County Congresswoman Joins Committee to Oversee CCP’s Human Rights Violations
An Orange County congresswoman has been tapped to help U.S. Congress keep tabs on China’s international human rights standards compliance. Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-48) was recently appointed to a commission that tallies the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights abuses on its own citizens and people in other countries. “We really have to watch what China is doing,” Steel…
Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene’s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks
Several Republican lawmakers alleged a double standard in the Democrat push to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from two committee posts over her past comments and actions, while Democrat lawmaker Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) faced no such censure for her past incendiary remarks. The House on Thursday adopted a resolution along largely partisan lines…
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