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US President Donald Trump's administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card). The rule targets migrants who rely on public assistance, such as…
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Hong Kong International Airport has cancelled departing flights, as anti-government protests in its main terminal continue for a fourth day. Thousands are gathered at the airport - which is one of the world's busiest. In a statement,…
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The Nigerian naira weakened to 364 per dollar on Friday, from a quote of 363.50 the previous day as falling oil prices tightened liquidity on the currency market, traders said. A dollar shortage was initially caused by a slowdown of…
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French charities SOS Mediterranean and MSF rescued another 81 migrants off the coast of Libya on Sunday, who joined 130 others aboard the ship the Ocean Viking, an AFP reporter said. The young men, mostly Sudanese, who had left Libya…
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Canadian police are investigating after a cable car gondola was sabotaged in an apparent act of vandalism. Almost all of the 30 cars on the Sea-to-Sky gondola in Squamish, north of Vancouver, fell to the ground. Police believe someone…
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Israeli police and thousands of Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there. Palestinian medics said at least 14 people were wounded, one…
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Outside a guarded government office in Indian Kashmir's main city, an interminable queue forms every day for a near-priceless opportunity: a two-minute phone call to the outside world. Residents of Srinagar and the Kashmir Valley have…
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A female MP in Kenya has been kicked out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, for taking her baby into the chamber. Zulekha Hassan said she had "had an emergency" and had to take her baby to work. Parliamentary proceedings which…
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Pakistani PM Imran Khan has vowed to fight India's decision to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy, including at the UN Security Council. Mr Khan said the move was in breach of international law, adding that he feared ethnic…
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The British NGO Global Witness has alleged financial malfeasance against son of the president of the Republic of Congo, Christel Denis Sassou Nguesso. The group said it had discovered documents pointing to the siphoning of over $50…
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