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Trump signs immigration order on asylum

Trump signs immigration order on asylum

-- 2018-11-09 20:59:02

US President Donald Trump has signed an immigration proclamation, an order that would help effectively ban migrants who cross the US border with Mexico illegally from qualifying for asylum. The US pr...

Road crash claims 10 lives in Mexico

Road crash claims 10 lives in Mexico

-- 2018-11-09 13:44:53

At least 10 people were killed and 17 others injured when about 10 cars were piled up late Wednesday on a Mexico City highway after a trailer truck's brakes failed, local authorities said Thursday....

Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions

Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions

-- 2018-11-09 10:58:21

Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the...

Trump administration moves to curb migrants' asylum claims

Trump administration moves to curb migrants' asylum claims

-- 2018-11-09 10:33:37

The Trump administration unveiled new rules on Thursday to sharply limit migrant asylum claims by barring individuals who cross the US southern border illegally from seeking asylum. Immigrant advocat...

White House bars CNN reporter

White House bars CNN reporter

-- 2018-11-08 21:16:46

The White House has suspended the credentials of CNN's chief White House correspondent hours after a testy exchange with President Donald Trump. Jim Acosta was asking a question at a news conference...

13 dead, including gunman, at shooting in California bar

13 dead, including gunman, at shooting in California bar

-- 2018-11-08 17:47:27

Thirteen people are dead after a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly “college night” Wednesday in Southern California, sending hundreds fleeing in terror...

Trump expects Kim summit early next year

Trump expects Kim summit early next year

-- 2018-11-08 12:36:48

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expects to meet again with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un early next year and that a meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Kor...

Trump ousts Sessions, vows to fight Democrats if they launch probes

Trump ousts Sessions, vows to fight Democrats if they launch probes

-- 2018-11-08 10:37:57

President Donald Trump forced out his attorney general on Wednesday and threatened to fight back if Democrats use their new majority in the US House of Representatives to launch investigations into hi...

Joe Biden leads potential 2020 Democratic field, poll shows

Joe Biden leads potential 2020 Democratic field, poll shows

Reuters 2018-11-07 14:47:59

Former US Vice President Joe Biden is the early leader for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos Election Day opinion poll found, in a field likely to quickly take shape as candidates...

US to impose chemical weapons sanctions on Russia

US to impose chemical weapons sanctions on Russia

-- 2018-11-07 12:32:53

The US State Department has said that it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons after a nerve agent attack on a...

Activists sue US states over EVM delays

Activists sue US states over EVM delays

-- 2018-11-07 11:54:55

Voting rights activists successfully sued Georgia and Texas asking them to extend voting hours in some counties after problems with voting machines led to delays and long lines thanks to a big turnout...

US Democrats take House in blow to Trump

US Democrats take House in blow to Trump

-- 2018-11-07 10:48:54

The US Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections, dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump. Taking control of the lower chamber of Congress for...

US to slap more chemical weapons-related sanctions on Russia

US to slap more chemical weapons-related sanctions on Russia

-- 2018-11-07 10:21:20

The US State Department said it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons after a nerve agent attack on a former R...

Texas newlyweds die in helicopter crash

Texas newlyweds die in helicopter crash

-- 2018-11-06 14:01:15

A young couple from Texas were killed when a helicopter carrying them away from their own wedding crashed late on Saturday night, according to officials. Will Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler were bot...

Pompeo to hold fresh talks with North Korean official Thursday

Pompeo to hold fresh talks with North Korean official Thursday

-- 2018-11-06 10:39:51

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold a new round of talks with a senior North Korean official in New York on Thursday, hoping to open the way for a second summit of the two countries’ lea...

First caravan migrants reach Mexico City

First caravan migrants reach Mexico City

-- 2018-11-05 12:15:10

The first migrants from a large convoy of people travelling through Mexico towards the United States have arrived in the capital, Mexico City. About 450 people, mostly men and boys, have been given t...

Three girl scouts, one adult die in US hit-and-run crash

Three girl scouts, one adult die in US hit-and-run crash

-- 2018-11-04 14:03:13

A pickup truck lurched off a road in western Wisconsin, located in the north-central United States and hit a group of girl scouts picking up trash in a ditch, leaving three girls and one adult dead an...

US to restore all Iran sanctions

US to restore all Iran sanctions

-- 2018-11-03 11:11:21

The Trump administration is to reinstate all US sanctions on Iran removed under the 2015 nuclear deal. The White House said it was "the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed on Iran" and targeted Ir...

US to reinstate all Iran sanctions

US to reinstate all Iran sanctions

-- 2018-11-02 22:16:33

The Trump administration is reinstating all US sanctions on Iran that were removed under the 2015 nuclear deal. The White House said it was "the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed on Iran" and ta...

Continental AG to build new plant in Mexico

Continental AG to build new plant in Mexico

-- 2018-11-02 14:07:33

German auto supplier Continental AG said on Thursday it would invest more than 52 million euros ($59 million) in a new plant in Mexico, reports Reuters. The company will start to build the plant, w...

Trump hardens stance on Mexico border

Trump hardens stance on Mexico border

-- 2018-11-01 12:37:27

US President Donald Trump said the United States could send as many as 15,000 troops to the border with Mexico, as he hardens his stance against a caravan of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in C...

Mexican town welcomes migrants

Mexican town welcomes migrants

-- 2018-10-31 15:36:23

An impoverished Mexican town nearly flattened by a 2017 earthquake welcomed thousands of tired and hungry Central Americans in a US-bound caravan this week in quiet defiance of US President Donald T...

Ecuador court rejects Assange’s lawsuit over embassy rules

Ecuador court rejects Assange’s lawsuit over embassy rules

-- 2018-10-30 13:49:28

A judge in Ecuador has ruled against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who had contested new rules imposed on him in the country's embassy in London. The judge said a requirement to pay for intern...

US sends 5200 troops to Mexico border as migrant caravan advances

US sends 5200 troops to Mexico border as migrant caravan advances

-- 2018-10-30 10:18:44

The United States said it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of...

Brazil elects firebrand Bolsonaro in major swing to the right

Brazil elects firebrand Bolsonaro in major swing to the right

-- 2018-10-29 17:35:55

Far-right firebrand former army captain Jair Bolsonaro has won Brazil’s presidential election in convincing fashion. Bolsonaro vowed after his Sunday night win to adhere to democratic principle...

Shallow quake jolts south of Argentina’s Ushuaia

Shallow quake jolts south of Argentina’s Ushuaia

-- 2018-10-29 15:24:23

A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck on Monday south of the resort town of Ushuaia in Argentina, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualt...

Brazil's Bolsonaro poised to win presidency

Brazil's Bolsonaro poised to win presidency

-- 2018-10-28 19:13:49

Brazilians fed up with corruption and rising crime are expected to elect former army captain turned politician Jair Bolsonaro as their president as voting begins on Sunday in a turbulent swing to the...

Brazil's Bolsonaro poised to win presidency in dramatic swing right

Brazil's Bolsonaro poised to win presidency in dramatic swing right

-- 2018-10-28 15:12:11

Brazilians fed up with political corruption and rising crime are expected to vote in former army captain turned politician Jair Bolsonaro as their president on Sunday in a turbulent swing to the right...

Gunman targeting Jews shoots dead 11 at US synagogue

Gunman targeting Jews shoots dead 11 at US synagogue

-- 2018-10-28 11:45:10

A gunman yelling, “All Jews must die,” stormed a synagogue at Pittsburgh in the US during Saturday services, killing 11 worshippers and wounding six other people including four police offi...

Khashoggi’s fiancee declines Trump invitation to White House

Khashoggi’s fiancee declines Trump invitation to White House

-- 2018-10-27 12:04:32

The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she has declined an invitation to the White House from US President Donald Trump, accusing him of not being sincere about investigating th...