18 Feb 2020

Warren, Markey demand Border Patrol ‘reverse course’ on deploying SWAT teams to sanctuary cities

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Massachusetts Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey demanded over the weekend that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “reverse course” on its decision to send specially trained agents to sanctuary cities to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) capture illegal immigrants in those locales. CBP announced Friday … Read More
18 Feb 2020

Live Updates: Over 150 Million Chinese Are Under Coronavirus Lockdown

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More than 10 percent of the country’s population faces restrictions on how often they can leave their homes. Here’s what you need to know: –Half of China’s population is facing new travel restrictions. –Japan says 500 people will be released … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 14 February 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, First the good news.  NASA predicts the large asteroid they’ve been watching will miss the earth. On the other hand, the locust plague in East Africa is being described in Biblical terms.   Billions of locusts have swarmed … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Orbán tells Pellegrini: ‘It’s forbidden to say so in Europe, but migration is an organized invasion’

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini inspected the Hungarian-Serbian border on Thursday, one of the main obstacles for migrants attempting to enter Europe via the Balkans immigration route to Europe, with Slovakia renewing its commitment … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Coronavirus: No change in outbreak despite China spike, WHO says

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Vietnam has put 10,000 people in quarantine after six cases were found in villages north of Hanoi – Reuters Coronavirus cases are not rising dramatically outside China despite a spike in Hubei province, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The … Read More
14 Feb 2020

A refugee camp grows on the US-Mexico border

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In Mexico’s Matamoros, thousands of asylum seekers wait in an encampment for their asylum cases to be heard in the US. Matamoros, Mexico – Preparing for lunch hour, Maria* adds firewood to her wide mud stove shaded by a tarp shelter amid … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Coronavirus cases rise to more than 64,000 globally

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What we’re covering here Infections top 64,000: Mainland China has recorded 5,090 more cases of the novel coronavirus, under its new broader definition, bringing the global total to 64,435. The death toll from the coronavirus has now risen to at least 1,383. Death toll … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Strong earthquake hits off northeast Japan, no tsunami threat

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A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands off northeastern Japan, seismologists and residents say. Shaking was felt in parts of Hokkaido island but officials said there was no threat of a tsunami. The earthquake, which struck at 7:33 … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Commission: Yemen is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis

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A displaced woman (C) sits among her children outside a temporary shelter in Sanaa, Yemen, 7 February 2020. [Yahiya Arhab/EPA/EFE] Obstruction by the rebel Huthi authorities in northern Yemen has put the world’s biggest humanitarian lifeline at risk, threatening millions … Read More
14 Feb 2020

Can diplomacy prevent Turkey-Russia clash in Syria?

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If not for the coronavirus outbreak and the US Democratic primaries, the latest phase of the Syrian war would have been the first item on international news bulletins. What with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning Syria that Turkey will … Read More

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