OPPOSITION

The Lady Lake Town Commission will reconsider a plan from The Villages to bring apartment homes to Spanish Springs.

Grain Terminal-Opposition Opponents of a grain elevator proposed to be built along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge pray outside a courthouse in Edgard, La. Two sisters, Jo and Joy Banner, formed the Descendants Project and have been leading the opposition to the grain elevator. “This was a huge win.... a huge step in our process.”The ruling means that the Descendants Project can move forward with things like trying to depose figures in the company trying to build the grain elevator. The company has said the grain elevator would be clean and safe and provided jobs. The Descendants Project has essentially argued that the industrial zoning was the result of Millet's corruption and should be thrown out.

The opposition plans to bring a no-confidence vote against the Rajapaksa government and needs a simple majority of 113 legislators in the 225-seat house to succeed.

The resignations come as protesters faced off with police over rising living costs.

Pakistan's prime minister faces a vote of no confidence and could be out of office within days.

On Monday, March 7, many people voiced strong opposition to an offshore wind energy project in Ocean City, N.J. that could be a glimpse at the future of efforts to connect offshore power projects to the shoreline. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) (Wayne Parry)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (AP) — New Jersey officials will commission studies on the environmental impact of offshore wind energy projects on animals as large as whales and small as clams. The money will come from the Offshore Wind Research & Monitoring Initiative, which is run by the DEP and BPU using money donated by two of the largest offshore wind developers: Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Orsted’s Ocean Wind II. The two companies have committed about $26 million to ecological research and monitoring of offshore wind operations, according to the state. That's in addition to three offshore wind projects already approved by New Jersey regulators.

Venezuela Opposition Leader Opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Guaidó rose to international prominence in 2019 when he declared Maduro's presidency illegitimate and himself acting president, establishing a parallel government. He was recognized as leader by dozens of countries, including the United States, and led large protests in Caracas. “For us, doing politics today in Venezuela is like doing politics in any country 100 years ago,” Guaidó said. But Guaidó argued that that only applies for a small elite sector, with more than 90 percent of Venezuelans living in poverty.

Jack Doyle quits as communications chief shortly after No 10's policy head steps down over the PM's Savile comments.

Burundi Alleged Abuses FILE - Opposition candidate Agathon Rwasa attends the congress of the opposition Congres National pour la Liberte (National Freedom Council) party, in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi on Feb. 16, 2020. Her husband is one of at least 20 opposition members in Burundi who have been seized over the past year, Agathon Rwasa, leader of main opposition party CNL, told the AP. He died in December after being tortured, which Burundi’s National Human Rights Commission acknowledged, in an unusual move. The organization has been criticized by human rights groups for not denouncing violations. Many victims are perceived opposition members or suspected of working with armed groups,” Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch, told the AP.

Opposition leaders and human rights groups are warning that Burundi’s government has shown little if any improvement under President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who took office after the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza in 2020 with talk of reforms after years of deadly political crackdowns.

Ethiopia Political Detainees FILE - Opposition politician Jawar Mohammed speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Oct. 24, 2019. Ethiopia's government on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 announced an amnesty for some of the country's most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File) (Mulugeta Ayene)NAIROBI, Kenya — (AP) — Ethiopia’s government on Friday announced an amnesty for some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas. “The key to lasting unity is dialogue,” the government said in a statement on the amnesty. They were arrested in late 2020 when government forces captured most of the Tigray region shortly after war erupted between Tigray forces and Ethiopian ones.

Ethiopia’s government has announced an amnesty for some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas.

Should the VAT on domestic energy be cut to help with rising prices?

Space has been putting a display in the southern evening sky with several bright planets visible.

And how our institutions should foster them, according to Jan-Werner Müller.

After a fierce campaign, the election will decide the country's post-war future.

Belarus Opposition FILE - In this Monday April 26, 2021 file photo, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, accompanied by officials, attends a requiem rally on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in the town of Bragin, some 360 km (225 miles) south-east of Minsk, Belarus. The presidential press service said President Alexander Lukashenko personally ordered that a MiG-29 fighter jet accompany the Ryanair plane — traveling from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania — to the Minsk airport. The move by President Alexander Lukashenko came a day after the arrest of a prominent opposition journalist whose commercial flight was forcibly diverted to Belarus because of an alleged bomb threat. It also allows the Information Ministry to order a media outlet’s closure; previously media closures required a court decision. “This is the most repressive media law in Europe, which turns the work of journalists in Belarus into a minefield," said Andrei Bastunets, president of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.

Bobi Wine, during a Press conference in Kampala Uganda, Tuesday, Jan.12, 2021. Wine, who insisted Tuesday that his campaign is nonviolent, urged his supporters not to be intimidated by the security forces. Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, earlier on Tuesday joined other opposition figures in criticizing widespread violence by security forces. Those deaths form a critical part of Wine’s petition to the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged acts of torture, mutilation and murder of civilian protesters by security forces. That means potential confrontations with security forces.

Opposition to the president’s plan to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. is growing after the Paris attacks. One of the suspected terrorists apparently snuck into France through Greece, among the tide of migrants. Nancy Cordes reports on the possible threats and the politics.

Opposition to the Iran nuclear deal grows after revelations that Iran will be allowed to self-inspect a nuclear site. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer speaks to CBSN.