The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a new Trump Administration rule regarding immigration in the United States. This new rule prevents many people at the US-Mexican border from claiming asylum. The current White House policy aims to deny asylum to anyone who is passing through a safe country that is on the way to the US-Mexican border. The U.S. government… Read more »
The Supreme Court has allowed a new Trump administration rule, preventing most people at the US-Mexico border from claiming asylum, to temporarily take effect. Current White House policy aims to deny asylum to anyone who passes through a safe country on the way to the US without seeking protection there first. The vast majority of migrants at the border come from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, meaning in most cases they will be… Read more »
Forensic scientists in Mexico have managed to piece together 44 bodies buried in a well in Jalisco state. Discovered just outside the city of Guadalajara, the human remains were hidden in 119 black bags. The remains were discovered earlier in September when local residents began complaining about the smell. Jalisco is the heartland of one of Mexico’s most violent drug… Read more »
A swath of East Texas remained under a flash flood watch early Friday as the remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda drifted north after killing at least two people. Rainfall intensity began to weaken late Thursday, the National Weather Service said, ending a day of about 1,700 combined rescues and evacuations in Harris County alone. Some of the county’s 4.7 million residents, which includes… Read more »
MPs in Austria have dealt a blow to the EU’s landmark trade deal with South America’s economic bloc, by demanding a government veto on the deal. The draft free trade agreement took 20 years to complete and the EU has described it as its biggest so far. France and Ireland have already warned they will reject the deal if Brazil… Read more »