US, Mexico reach deal to stop Honduran caravan at Mexico’s southern border

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The U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement aimed at keeping the 4,000-person migrant caravan from reaching America. The plan was developed over many months and included a request from Mexico that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees establish … Read More

Japan, U.S., S. Korea eye strict enforcement of N. Korea sanctions

posted in: Far East, News

The defense ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Friday they will jointly work to ensure U.N. sanctions against North Korea are strictly enforced, including blocking ship-to-ship transfers of goods. Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters … Read More

Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican police, waits on bridge at Guatemalan-Mexican border

Tapachula, Mexico (CNN )Honduran migrants in a massive caravan surged across a bridge leading to Mexico on Friday before they were halted in a chaotic confrontation with a phalanx of Mexican police in riot gear. Chanting and cheering migrants pushed … Read More

Russia: NATO should be ‘wise enough’ to avoid war

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Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview published Thursday that he hopes NATO can avoid a large, global war, but said he’s worried that NATO has left Russia out of these sorts of discussions. “I believe everyone will be wise … Read More

College offers course on reading Bible ‘through queer theory’ — it falls under ‘Religious Studies’

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A new course at a liberal studies college in California offers an examination of the Bible through a “queer” lens. (Image source: YouTube screenshot) A California college is offering a course for the 2019 semester called “Queer Theory and the … Read More

First tariffs, and now a move to isolate China in global trade. Can the US succeed?

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George Magnus says America’s new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada contains two provisions – limiting currency manipulation and trade with a ‘non-market economy’ – drafted with China in mind, and could be used as a template for future accords. … Read More

Ukraine, Russia ramp up confrontation

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The US has increased its military support for Ukraine, which sends a message to Moscow. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports. In Europe, a shadow conflict is capturing headlines: The Salisbury poisonings and the unmasking of alleged Russian agents in the Netherlands … Read More

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