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Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around US have advocates worried | World News

Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around US have advocates worried (Photo: AP) Inside a Virginia courthouse, three immigration agents in plainclothes – one masked – detained a man who had just had misdemeanour assault charges dismissed. They declined to show identification or a warrant to the man, and one threatened to prosecute horrified witnesses who […]

Canada Election 2025: Could Pierre Poilievre have won with Donald Trump’s podcast strategy? | World News

Pierre Poilievre should have cruised to victory. The Conservative leader had momentum, money, and a national movement against Justin Trudeau’s Liberal legacy. But instead of winning big, he lost his own seat in Carleton. And the reason might be found not in policy or polling—but in a microphone.In a post-CNN, post-CBC world, where voters trust […]

Love turns lethal: Female cop Rebecca Sayegh accused of attacking ex-boyfriend, threatening to burn house down | World News

There’s a saying in cop circles: “Control the scene, or the scene will control you.” But for Rebecca Sayegh — a nine-year veteran of the Toms River Police Department — the night of April 26 was anything but controlled. According to prosecutors, it was pure chaos.It was nearly midnight in the sleepy Bayville section of […]

Trump vs Ink: Do Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s tattoos prove he is an MS-13 member? | World News

Ábrego García, 29, came to the US from El Salvador illegally around 2011 President Donald Trump has pointed to four tattoos on Kilmar Abrego García’s knuckles — a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a cross, and a skull — as definitive proof that the Maryland man is an MS-13 gang member who should not be […]

North Korea and Russia begin building their first road link | World News

SEOUL: North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the construction of a bridge over a border river as a major development that will further expand their booming ties. Russia’s Tass news agency reported that the bridge would be 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) long and its construction […]

US reaching out to China for tariff talks: Beijing state media | World News

BEIJING: United States officials have reached out to their Chinese counterparts for talks on vast tariffs that have hammered markets and global supply chains, a Beijing-backed outlet said on Thursday citing sources.Punishing US tariffs that have reached 145 percent on many Chinese products came into force in April, while Beijing has responded with fresh 125 […]

Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis as rising costs send more families to food banks | World News

NEW YORK: The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in grants. Demand has only increased at the New York nonprofit since the city emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic insecurity. In a first for the pantry, […]

Cheap parcels from China will no longer be duty-free. Here’s what it means for buyers and sellers | World News

NEW YORK: Consumers can expect higher prices and delivery delays when the Trump administration ends a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday. The expiration of the so-called de minimis rule that has allowed as many as 4 million low-value parcels to come into the US every day – mostly from China – is […]

Africa’s Cardinal Turkson is continent’s papal frontrunner | World News

VATICAN CITY: Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly growing — and which some believe could be the birthplace of the next pope.The 76-year-old born into a humble family of 10 children is the first clergyman from the west African country to […]

Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave | World News

Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave (Credits: AP) The truck driver is cutting his lawn on a windy afternoon, in a town so quiet you can take afternoon walks down the middle of Main Street. Kevenson Jean is leaving the next day for another long […]