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Foreign Secretary Zac Goldsmith has announced his resignation over what he described as the government’s “apathy” towards the environment. Here is his resignation letter in full: Dear Prime Minister, I got into politics mostly because of my love and concern for the natural environment. We depend on nature for everything, and we are degrading the natural world at an astonishing rate. Logically, there is nothing more important. So when you asked me to stay on as international environment minister, of course I agreed. I did this with the aim of monitoring the progress we had seen in recent years in…

The usually very active Facebook account of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to have been deleted on Friday, a day after the supervisory board of Meta, Facebook’s parent company, recommended that he be suspended from the platform for threatening to violence against political opponents. The showdown pits the social media giant against one of Asia’s oldest autocrats. Mr Hun Sen, 70, has ruled Cambodia since 1985 and has maintained power in part by silencing his critics. It is a staunch ally of China, a country whose support comes free of American-style admonitions about the value of human rights and…

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania’s politically divided legislature appeared Thursday to begin the state’s fiscal year without a set spending plan, with closed-door talks that drew optimism from Republicans but dismay from Democrats. For Shapiro, getting his first budget across the finish line is perhaps the biggest test yet of his political skills under the Capitol dome. Republicans have spoken positively of their discussions with Shapiro, but discussions with Shapiro’s fellow Democrats they have tensed — in part by Shapiro’s side with Republicans on a plan to send $100 million to private schools. Many Democratic lawmakers have muted their criticism…

Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights protect him from defamation claims by a New York columnist were rejected by a federal judge on Thursday. What you need to know A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss a New York columnist’s defamation claims against him because he is entitled to absolute presidential immunity. A. Kaplan said Thursday that writer E. Jean Carroll can continue her claims that Trump owes her at least $10 million in compensatory damages and substantially more in punitive damages for comments she made after she…

We reach out to Maine Public’s Political Pulse team for State House legislative updates and other political news. And we hear from Maine newspaper editors to analyze Maine’s top news in June. Panellists – Political pole: Steve Mistler, Chief Political Correspondent, Statutory Bureau Chief; Maine audience Kevin Miller, Maine Public Radio State House Correspondent Panelists: Review of the Month: Susan Young, Editorial Pages Editor, Bangor Daily News Ben Bragdon, Editorial Pages Editor, Kennebec Journal / Morning Sentinel Siobhán Brett, Opinion Editor, Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram [ad_2] Source link

June 30 (Reuters) – The Russian ruble fell to a more than 15-month low against the dollar and euro on Friday, weighed on concerns of domestic political risk after an aborted armed uprising over the weekend and without any support engine. By 10:00 GMT, the ruble was 0.8% weaker against the dollar at 88.25 after hitting 88.6775, its weakest since March 29, 2022. It lost 0.7% to trade at 95.78 against the euro after also hitting a 15-month low of 96.3225. It fell 0.6% against the yuan to 12.13, and earlier hit a more than 14-month low. “The ruble continues…

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A fatal deputy-involved shooting in Polk County is under investigation. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a suspect was killed in the Frostproof area early this morning. Deputies said the scene of the shooting is on TS Wilson Road at South Scenic Hwy (US-17). Read: Central Florida law enforcement informs community before license-less carry law goes into effect Judd plans to share more details this morning. Law enforcement did not provide further details. Read: New Central Florida Buc-ee to be world’s largest Channel 9 is working to gather more information and will provide updates on Eyewitness…

Mahalo for supporting the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! Pacific Resource Partnership, a nonprofit representing the state’s largest construction union, today launches its second annual Partners for Democracy program with a new group of 30 Hawaii residents focused on learning the fundamentals of campaigning politics, issues affecting public policy and community advocacy. Five of the 28 2022 graduates were elected to public office, including state Rep. Darius Kila (D, Honokai Hale-Nanakuli-Maili), who credits the PRP program and his fellow participants with inspiring his political career. “I just wanted to learn,” Kila said. “The best thing about the program was…