Monday, February 13, 2017

Senators launch effort to get self-driving on roads faster

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Senators launch effort to get self-driving on roads faster
Two key senators say they're launching a bipartisan effort to help speed up the deployment of self-driving cars on the nation's roads. It's the first major congressional attempt to address the new technology. ...
The Latest: PM gives Trump photo of Pierre Trudeau

The Latest: PM gives Trump photo of Pierre TrudeauThe Latest on meetings between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's and President Donald Trump. (all times EST): 12:35 p.m. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought a personal gift to President ...


Judge orders Kenyan doctors' union officials jailed over strike

A riot policeman stands guard as doctors chant slogans after their case to demand fulfilment of a 2013 agreement between their union and the government was heard employment and labour relations courts in Nairobi, KenyaBy Clement Uwiringiyimana NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan judge ordered on Monday that officials from the national doctors' union be sent to jail amid a strike at public hospitals that has turned into a test of President Uhuru Kenyatta's leadership before August elections. The opposition condemned the court's decision as an "extremely dangerous precedent." Doctors in public hospitals have been on strike since Dec. 5 over pay and working conditions [nL5N1E02A5] A series of corruption scandals, including an investigation into millions of dollars allegedly missing from the Health Ministry, has bolstered support for the doctors, even as Kenyan media have reported that patients have died during the strike. On Monday, she ordered union officials arrested.


Trial over Cameroon's Anglophone protests exposes national divide
By Sylvain Andzongo YAOUNDE (Reuters) - The trial of three English-speaking protesters facing the death penalty opened at a military court in Cameroon on Monday in a case that has exposed national divisions and stoked opposition to Francophone President Paul Biya. Since October, people in Cameroon's two western English-speaking regions have joined protests against what they say is their marginalisation by the French-speaking majority under Biya's 35-year rule. The three civil society figures and political activists -- Felix Agbor Balla, Fontem Aforteka'a Neba and Mancho Bibixy -- pleaded not guilty in a court in the capital Yaounde as dozens of security officials stood guard.
Native tribes to urge judge to block final link in Dakota pipeline

People protest under the statue of Lafayette against U.S. President Donald Trump's directive to permit the Dakota Access Pipeline during a demonstration at the White House in Washington.By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Native American tribes seeking a halt to construction of the final link in the Dakota Access Pipeline will argue in federal court on Monday that the project will prevent them from practicing religious ceremonies at a lake they say is surrounded by sacred ground. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week granted a final easement to Energy Transfer Partners LP, the company building the $3.8-billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), after President Donald Trump issued an order to advance the pipeline days after he took office in January.


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