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Beyond those associated with Russian sport, it was hard to find anybody in the global athletic community pleased with World-Anti Doping Agency's (WADA) decision Thursday to reinstate Russia. The decision, delivered from a luxury resort in the Seychelles, Africa was problematic on many levels. After Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren outlined a brazen state-sponsored doping regime […]
OTTAWA — Canadian athletes are not mincing their words when it comes to the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision to reinstate Russia's drug-testing program after a nearly three-year suspension over its widespread, state-sponsored doping scheme. "I'm profoundly disappointed," Canadian Olympian Beckie Scott said Thursday of RUSADA's reinstatement. "I feel this was an opportunity for WADA and they have […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency reinstated Russia on Thursday despite a wave of protests, ending the nearly three-year suspension of the country's drug-testing program because of a state-sponsored doping scheme. WADA's decision after a vote of its 12-member executive committee was called "the greatest treachery against clean athletes in Olympic history" by the lawyer of the […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that a question about citizenship status will be reinstated on the 2020 Census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act. The decision by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross follows a request by the Justice Department to add the question, according to the statement.See the rest of […]
Enlarge / Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. (credit: Getty Images | Win McNamee) US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will force a vote on a bill that would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. Legislation to reverse the repeal “doesn’t need the support of the majority leader,” Schumer said during […]
Published time: 28 Nov, 2017 19:12 Hawaii’s decommissioned nuclear attack sirens will get another chance to warn Americans of impending atomic doom. After collecting dust for three decades, the warning system has been reinstated amid growing fears of war with North Korea. The state’s emergency management officials announced that the vintage air-raid sirens will be […]
Published time: 1 Aug, 2017 05:00 A federal court has granted a request from environmental groups that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start enforcing methane pollution rules that were drafted under former President Barack Obama. In an order issued Monday, a majority of the full US Court of Appeals for the District […]
Coach Warren Gatland dropped a strong hint yesterday that the pair, who were restricted to second-half substitute roles in the 30-15 defeat against the All Blacks at Eden Park will step up in the search for extra forward firepower. And wing George North will have the opportunity to win back his place too after being […]
REUTERS/Kate Munsch The Trump administration on Thursday night asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to the US from six Muslim-majority countries while it appeals a lower court ruling that upheld a nationwide block on the ban last month. The Justice Department’s petition asks the high court’s nine-judge […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he would approve the reinstatement of capital punishment in Turkey “without any hesitation” as he drummed up support for the upcoming constitutional referendum. “I believe, God willing, that after the April 16 vote, the parliament will do the necessary thing concerning your demands for capital punishment. As for […]
