SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide as soon as Thursday whether to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban, which temporarily suspended the nation's refugee program and immigration from…
In Myanmar is de bloedige onderdrukking van moslims van de Rohingya-minderheid veel ernstiger dan gedacht. Volgens twee VN-functionarissen zijn zeker duizend moslims gedood door Myanmarese legertroepen.
Close contacts at a high political level between Russia and China deepen strategic and political trust between the two countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Thursday.
A 73-year-old woman has separated from her husband of over 20 years after he voiced support for Donald Trump in the run-up to the US presidential polls.
WHAT awkward timing. On February 9th Germany reported the world’s largest current-account surplus, of about €270bn (almost $300bn), beating even China’s. Meanwhile, the country with the world’s biggest deficit remains America, which under its new president, Donald Trump, is browbeating friend and foe alike in the name of putting “America first”. Mr Trump’s economic adviser, Peter Navarro, has even accused Germany of currency manipulation. By his logic, Germany “exploits” America and others because it uses the euro... Читать дальше...
Square peace agreement, round war
FROM her roadside stall in eastern Ukraine, Svetlana Tsymbal watches the cars creep past the Mayorsk checkpoint. This used to be a peaceful provincial highway. Now it is a border crossing at the front line of a conflict that has left some 10,000 people dead. Parents return home “to the other side” after visiting children. Pensioners cross to receive payments on Ukrainian-held territory. Traders lug supplies and sometimes contraband back and forth. The road is lined with mines. Читать дальше...
Nobody wanted to see Brett Dier leave “Jane the Virgin,” but the sad fate of his character Michael Cordero was already in the cards. In Chapter Fifty-Four, Michael breathed his last after his gunshot wound took a turn for the worse. His wife, Jane Gloriana Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez), was devastated. Fans were pretty devastated, too, and one even asked Dier on Twitter what he’ll be doing now that he’s done with “Jane the Virgin.”
The plethora of options is making it far more difficult to repeal a law the GOP has spent six years trying to kill.
The country’s trade surplus rose to $270.5-billion
The Syrian conflict settlement talks expected later this month should be conducted directly between the government and the opposition and include the Kurds, Russian envoy to UN Office in Geneva Alexei Borodavkin told reporters.
The first daughter schmoozed her way around the hotel's restaurant guided by new White House economic counselor Dina Powell.
The Philippines is showing interest to purchasing Russian arms, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) military deployment in the Baltics poses a threat to Russia and does not suggest that the buildup will end there, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
A top Al-Qaeda leader, who was in charge of the terrorist network’s operations in Afghanistan in 1980s and 1990s, was killed in an airstrike conducted by the US forces near Idlib in Syria. The Al-Qaeda leader has been identified as Abu Hani al-Masri who also had close ties with the network’s founder Osama bin Laden Read the full article...
(AP) — Jefferson County education officials have passed a resolution to make the state's largest school district a "safe haven" for undocumented students and their families. The resolution says the school district will resist requests from federal immigration officials to share data or resources — unless compelled by a valid court order — that could help identify students or families who are potentially undocumented.
Capcom’s “Resident Evil 7: Biohazard” videogame puts the focus back on horror after two decades in which the franchise, which has sold more than 71 million units, increasingly ditched scares for action. Mark Kelly reports. Image: Capcom
PHOENIX — Police made several arrests as protesters blocked enforcement vans from leaving a U.S. immigration office in Phoenix, fearing that a mother of two was headed for deportation. The protest surged late Wednesday at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility after Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos was taken into custody during a routine check-in with
The owners of a lake-side lodge in Bethel, New York have taken an unorthodox approach to "selling" for their home.
The immigration order has created many legal challenges for those dealing with refugee cases. National security law professor and former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal discusses with Rachel Martin.
Als iemand al vijf jaar vermist is, is de kans over het algemeen klein dat hij nog terugkomt. Maar de 39-jarige Canadese Anton Pilipa keerde wel terug. In 2012 raakte hij vermist, nu is hij ruim tienduizend kilometer verderop gevonden. Die afstand zou hij op blote voeten hebben gelopen, schrijft de Britse krant Metro.
FLORENCE, Ala. — Authorities say a northern Alabama man tried to get money from his grandmother by faking his own kidnapping. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office investigator Lt. Brad Potts tells news outlets 23-year-old Preston Kelley texted his grandmother a photo Monday that appeared to show him bound and beaten in a wooded area in Tennessee.
Party officials are having a painful discussion about the state and local losses that occurred on his watch.
The idea of eliminating big bank notes is gaining traction in advanced economies, as governments look for ways to disrupt $2 trillion in illegal money flowing through the global economy every year.
Turks will vote in April on constitutional changes to eliminate the post of prime minister and shift his powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Critics warn the changes will lead to one-man rule.