Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

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Asia|Business|Economy

Indonesia launches 'Golden Visa' to lure foreign investors, boost economy

Indonesia launched a long-term visa scheme on Thursday intended to attract foreign investors, President Joko Widodo said, with amounts of up to $10 million giving them a 10-year

Indonesia launches 'Golden Visa' to lure foreign investors, boost economy
Arts

20 years after the publication of 'Purple Hibiscus,' a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's footsteps

African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.

20 years after the publication of 'Purple Hibiscus,' a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's footsteps
News

US offers legal status to migrant families separated under Trump, bars future separations

The U.S. will offer migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under then-President Donald Trump temporary legal status and other benefits while barring similar

US offers legal status to migrant families separated under Trump, bars future separations
Business|News|Political

Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department

Chicago’s new police chief says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for thousands of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation’s second-largest police department

Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department
News|Political|World

Takeaways from AP's reporting on Chinese migrants who traverse the Darién Gap to reach the US

The monthly number of Chinese migrants crossing through Panama's Darién Gap jungle has risen this year as more people from the world's most populous country look to immigrate to the U.S. The number has risen from 913 in January to 2,588 in September

Takeaways from AP's reporting on Chinese migrants who traverse the Darién Gap to reach the US
News|Political

Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule

The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to allow sweeping new restrictions on asylum to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border

Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
Environment|News|Political

Biden's movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security

The Biden administration’s plan to build new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas calls for a “movable” design that frustrates both environmentalists and advocates of stronger border enforcement

Biden's movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security
News

Judge won't halt US government destruction of Texas border razor wire fencing

A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Texas to block federal immigration authorities from destroying razor wire fencing that the state placed along the border with

Judge won't halt US government destruction of Texas border razor wire fencing
Business|Education|News|Political|World

A new study says about half of Nicaragua's population wants to emigrate

A new study says that about half of Nicaragua's population of 6.2 million want to leave their homeland because of a mix of economic decline and repression from President Daniel Ortega's government

A new study says about half of Nicaragua's population wants to emigrate
News|Political|World

The jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes a highway for migrants from around the world

The jungle between Colombia and Panama used to be impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America

The jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes a highway for migrants from around the world
News|Political

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants

Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators are struggling to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth in military aid for Ukraine and national security

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants
News|Political|World

Biden's push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on

President Joe Biden’s push to have Congress replenish wartime aid for Ukraine as part of a deal on border and immigration policy changes will almost certainly drag into next year

Biden's push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on
News|Political|World

A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here's how it is shaping up and what's at stake

Amid grueling negotiations between senators and the White House, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape

A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here's how it is shaping up and what's at stake
News|Political|World

Mexico's president is willing to help with border migrant crush but wants US to open talks with Cuba

Mexico's president says he is willing to help with a crush of migrants that led to the closure of border crossings with the United States

Mexico's president is willing to help with border migrant crush but wants US to open talks with Cuba
News|World

Their lives were torn apart by war in Africa. A family hopes a new US program will help them reunite

A new program that allows groups of U.S. citizens to name the specific refugees they would like to sponsor to come to America is giving a family in Texas hope of a reunification

Their lives were torn apart by war in Africa. A family hopes a new US program will help them reunite
World

Migrants from southern Mexico's dispersed caravan pin hopes on permits

Thousands of people from a 4,000-strong migrant caravan that has been crossing southern Mexico by foot since Christmas Eve dispersed on Tuesday as they

Migrants from southern Mexico's dispersed caravan pin hopes on permits
News|Political|World

The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement

Mexico has increased immigration enforcement in recent weeks

The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement
News|Political|World

Illegal border crossings from Mexico reach highest on record in December before January lull

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico reached an all-time high in December since monthly numbers have been released, exposing a growing vulnerability for President Joe Biden in his campaign for a second term

Illegal border crossings from Mexico reach highest on record in December before January lull
Business|News|Political

The Senate is headed for a crucial test vote on new border policies and Ukraine aid

Senate leaders are attempting to push forward a deal to pair new policies at the southern border with wartime aid for Ukraine and other American allies, but they will have to overcome heavy skepticism from Republicans

The Senate is headed for a crucial test vote on new border policies and Ukraine aid
World

Factbox-Biden administration, Texas battling over border policies on multiple fronts

Efforts by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stem a record number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has set off a series of legal battles with

Factbox-Biden administration, Texas battling over border policies on multiple fronts
News|Political|World

Brother of suspect in nursing student's killing had fake green card, feds say

Federal authorities say the brother of a man who is charged with killing a Georgia nursing student has been accused of presenting a fake green card to police

Brother of suspect in nursing student's killing had fake green card, feds say
News

Court documents shed new details in killing of nursing student at University of Georgia

The suspect in the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus used an object as a weapon in the crime, and he’s also accused of “disfiguring her skull."

Court documents shed new details in killing of nursing student at University of Georgia
News

Mourners to gather for the funeral of a slain Georgia nursing student who loved caring for others

Family, friends and classmates of a nursing student found slain on the University of Georgia campus plan to gather to say farewell

Mourners to gather for the funeral of a slain Georgia nursing student who loved caring for others
News

Man charged with attacking police in Times Square, vilified in Trump ad, was misidentified, DA says

A Venezuelan man who became the subject of national attention for allegedly kicking a police officer in Times Square, then flipping off news cameras on his way out of court, was cleared of wrongdoing on Friday

Man charged with attacking police in Times Square, vilified in Trump ad, was misidentified, DA says
News

US judge rejects state challenge to Biden migrant sponsorship program

A U.S. judge in Texas on Friday rejected a challenge by Republican-led states to a Biden administration program that allows hundreds of thousands of

US judge rejects state challenge to Biden migrant sponsorship program

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