A vote by Utah lawmakers to bring back executions by firing squad is the most dramatic illustration yet of the nationwide frustration over bungled executions and shortages of lethal-injection drugs.…
I’ve just finished reading a report to the State Services Commission, by the former chief executive of the Auckland Council, Doug McKay. The McKay report was completed late last year,…
Three tobacco companies have now threatened legal action over Ireland’s new plain packaging tobacco laws. Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris and Imperial Tobacco have all written to the government through…
Chinese officials have confirmed that the country is currently building a second aircraft carrier, according to a number of Chinese and Taiwanese media sources. The former political commissar of the…