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(Bloomberg) -- Senator Ted Cruz is delaying William Burns’s confirmation as CIA director to demand that the Biden administration do more to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as Republicans seek to ramp up pressure now that construction has resumed.

(Bloomberg) -- The new Libyan unity government will restore an oil and gas portfolio as one of 27 ministries to administer the war-ravaged OPEC member until December elections, according to the office of the prime minister-designate.

(Bloomberg) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees in Myanmar, while the United Nation’s Security Council is reviewing measures to take in response to the military coup in the Southeast Asian country.

The Stakes in This Israeli Election Just Got Bigger Mar 08 2021, 4:06 PM March 06 2021, 2:32 PM March 08 2021, 4:06 PM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- In an 8-to-1 ruling last week, Israel’s Supreme Court decided that conversions to Judaism carried out in Israel by non-Orthodox Jewish denominations are legal. The controversial case had been before the court for 15 years, waiting for the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to pass a clarifying law on the matter. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- In an 8-to-1...

Then there is the so-called “burrowing” of political appointees converted during Trump’s final weeks in office to career civil service positions, making them hard to dismiss. At least two-dozen such employees are in positions, according to Accountable.US. The group cited Mark Brown, who, as the Education Department’s head of Federal Student Aid, came under fire from progressives. Under Brown, the department was sued for continuing to garnish wages from student loan borrowers...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- For a second consecutive week, tens of thousands of Russians have taken to the streets to protest the imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

23 in run as KP Assembly set to elect 12 senators today National March 3, 2021 PESHAWAR: Speculations and hobnobbing is at its peak as the members of provincial assembly vote today to elect members of the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. As many as 23 candidates are in the run for the 12 seats of the Senate from the province after two contenders retired from the race on Tuesday. The polling will be held in the hall of the provincial assembly in Peshawar. An official of the Election Commission ...

By The Editorial Board Feb. 28, 2021 6:00 pm ET Election laws have become a dangerous political flashpoint, as Americans recently learned the hard way. On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear a potentially landmark case (Brnovich v. DNC) that offers an opportunity to restore the Voting Rights Act to its original purpose. At issue is Arizona’s requirement that voters cast ballots on election day in their assigned precinct and its ban on ballot harvesting by outside groups. A majority of states r...

February 27, 2021 LAHORE: Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has congratulated those who have been elected unopposed from the Punjab province and said that the election of senators in proportion to the representation by political parties is a welcome development, which will help strengthen democratic activities and parliamentary system. In his tweet, Abdul Aleem Khan expressed confidence that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf would also win its Senate seats in other provinces, like in Punjab, as p...

CPAC Isn’t ‘Entirety’ of Republicans, Cassidy Says The cast of characters at CPAC “is not the entirety of the Republican Party,” Bill Cassidy, one of seven GOP senators who voted to uphold Trump’s impeachment conviction this month, said on CNN. The Louisiana lawmaker was among the prominent Republicans who didn’t attend this weekend’s meeting, either by choice or because they weren’t invited. “Political organizations and campaigns are about w...