Verdict reached in Jussie Smollett trial | Breaking News
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How Europe’s Border Agency Works With Libya to Turn Back Migrants
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Around 5 p.m. on Feb. 4, roughly 70 miles north of Libya, a white reconnaissance plane with a camera on its underside circled a raft that was carrying over a hundred desperate migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to … Read More
US to restart programme requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
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The Biden administration will restart a programme, begun by the previous administration, that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US immigration hearings, US and Mexican officials said on Thursday. President Joe Biden suspended the policy soon after his … Read More
Venezuela demands the end of sanctions and urges leaders to build a ‘new world’
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President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday said his country was the victim of a “fierce campaign” of permanent and systematic aggression through economic and financial sanctions coming from the United States and its allies. “Financial accounts are being chased, gold has … Read More
$1.79 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees and migrants
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The increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela have worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic, say UN rights experts. The number of Venezuelans worldwide who’ve gone on the run has now topped six million, with the vast majority hosted by … Read More
The ‘First Iran War’ is just around the corner
The Iranians are planning to strike Israel on six fronts, and the window to act to prevent a conflict is closing rapidly. (December 5, 2021 / JNS) As a Jew and an Israeli, current events are nothing short of bizarre. … Read More
Senate rejects Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses
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WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. The vote was 52-48. The … Read More
Biden Supreme Court commission votes to send president report taking ‘no position’ on court-packing
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Disagreements among the commission on court-packing mirror ‘the broader public debate,’ the report said. The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of approving their final report and sending it to President Biden’s desk. The vote … Read More
NATO chief says allies must prepare for the worst in Ukraine
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is warning that the U.S.-led military organization must prepare for the worst as concern mounts that Russia could be preparing to invade Ukraine RIGA, Latvia — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Tuesday that the … Read More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Bows Out After 16 Years
Merkel’s near-record tenure is ending at age 67 after becoming Germany’s first female chancellor in 2005. Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005. … Read More