By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration is devising a strategy for the possible arrival of tens of thousands more migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border after the anticipated end of COVID-19 restrictions next month, scrambling to find holding centers, speed deportations and increase processing of […]
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By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO, April 28 (Reuters) – While Chile’s plan to take control of its lithium industry has caused global shockwaves, state-led production of the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries is seen by analysts as likely years away given technical and political challenges. President Gabriel Boric last week said he would move […]
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TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) – Japan will invite some emerging nations to an outreach meeting at the Group of Seven advanced countries Japan chairs next month in the city of Niigata, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday. The countries whose finance leaders will be invited to attend the outreach meeting include India, Indonesia, South […]
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By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY, April 27 (Reuters) – More than nine in 10 Haitians seeking asylum in Mexico lack the resources to cover basic necessities such as food, shelter and medical care, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid group said on Thursday. Tens of thousands of Haitians have been displaced in recent months as […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A man who killed the Dominican Republic Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera has been sentenced to 30 years in jail. Miguel Cruz opened fire on Orlando Jorge Mera in the office of the latter on 6 June 2022. The two men were childhood friends who had fallen out over the […]
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By Will Grant in Mexico & Kathryn Armstrong in London BBC News The US has announced plans to open new migrant processing centres in Colombia and Guatemala as part of efforts to reduce undocumented immigration. The regional facilities will process thousands of claims a month, with pathways for legal migration expanded. The number of deportations […]
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The ceremony to swear in the Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Natalio D. Wheatley, and Ministers of Government took place on Tuesday, April 25, one day after the 2023 General Election, which observers described as “well-administered”. His Excellency the Governor Mr. John J. Rankin CMG swore in the members of the new Government after […]
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Today’s Top News A satellite image shows Novofedorivka with annotated trenching operations, in Zaporizhzhia region, April 11, 2023. Capella Space/Handout via REUTERS Russia digs in When Ukraine’s military paused to regroup towards the end of 2022, extensive Russian fortifications designed to slow any Ukrainian advances started to spring up along, behind and sometimes far removed […]
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Gang violence in crisis-torn Haiti is expanding at “an alarming rate” in areas previously considered quite safe, the UN’s envoy to the country told a Security Council meeting Wednesday. Maria Isabel Salvador said that since her predecessor last briefed the 15-member council in January there had been a “shocking […]
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By Richard Roth and Hira Humayun, CNN s CNN — Haiti’s crime rate has more than doubled since last year, as the Caribbean island nation faces widespread insecurity and gang violence, new data has revealed. More than 1,600 incidents including homicide, rape, kidnapping, and lynchings were reported in the first quarter of 2023, up from […]
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