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Mexico rushed to help migrants stranded by Trump’s decision to shut down the CBP app
The US administration has said that it will put in place a program to help Mexican migrants deported from the United States. The programme, MexicoEmbracesYou, will allow Mexicans to be part of existing social programs, such as pension benefits for senior citizens and people with disabilities, the administration said. Earlier, US President Donald Trump had…
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Biden is the first person to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long range weapons
Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelenskyy has said that the country requires the United States to end Russia’s war. “Russia launched 210 missiles and drones at Ukraine on Sunday,” Zelenskyy added. “We need to force Russia to end the war, instead of speaking to someone in Moscow,” Zelenskyy further said. The war began after Ukraine forces invaded…
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D-Day’s 80th anniversary contains reflections on war past and present
On D-Day, thousands of people from across Europe and beyond descended on a series of tiny seaside towns and beaches to commemorate the 1944. US President Joe Biden said the Allied forces of D-Day did their duty. “D-Day is a tiny reminder that the United States is a nation that fights for freedom and for…
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Strike kills U.S. troops in Jordan, Israel- hamas talks continue
The UN agency that aids Palestinians, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), will run out of money in February without the support of the United States and other major donors, UN Secretary General Antnio Guterres said. Nine of the 12 accused employees had been fired, one had been confirmed dead and two were being…
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Some Israeli farms have been abandoned since the Hamas attack
UN Security Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has said that Israel isn’t letting Hamas “regroup and launch attacks on Gaza”. This comes after the United States opposed UN Security Council resolutions that called for a cease-fire, arguing they’d allow Hamas to regroup. At least 136 workers from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have been killed…
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What more should the children of Gaza suffer?
Palestinian Health Minister Tawfiq Tirawi said that at least 40 children were killed in Israel’s offensive in Gaza. While Tirawi said that the death toll from the offensive was above 200, the Israeli Defence Forces said that several Palestinians were killed in cross-border fire. The United States has said it will provide “surging” military support…
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Russia has sentenced Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison
A Russian court on Monday sentenced human rights advocate Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for criticising Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. Kara-Murza was charged with “incitement of the mutiny” over his condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Earlier, the United States had imposed sanctions on a number of Russian individuals connected…
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Beijing promised to fight back and this time it has more to lose
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in the United States on her first official overseas visit since she took office in 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping will also visit Taiwan on September 11 during his two-day visit to the country. The US maintains an unofficial relationship with Taiwan and Tsai is therefore not an official…
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Biden is the first president to visit the southern border
The US government has released a new asylum rule that bars migrants who travelled through other countries to reach its border from applying for asylum. The new rule bars migrants who travelled through other countries to reach the US-Mexico border from applying for asylum in the United States. It was released by the White House…
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The Privacy Order of Biden gave some help to the EU-US data crisis
Data transfers between the European Union and the United States have been suspended for two years after the European Court of Justice ruled that data sent to the US risked being snooped upon by intelligence agencies, such as the US National Security Agency. The CCIA, a lobby group that represents tech companies, said they were…
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Biden is trying to inject new energy into the U.S. relationship with Africa.
US President Joe Biden has said his administration has been working hard to restore ties to Africa over the nearly two years since former President Donald Trump left office. Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the current administration has been working hard to restore ties to Africa. “Because when Africa succeeds, the United States…
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Hacktivism is back and it’s even more important than ever.
The United States’ Los Angeles International Airport was down for nearly an hour after it was targeted by a pro-Russian hacker group on Thursday. Responding to the attack, the airport said that it is “aware of the situation” but added that it has “no reports of any outages at any of its facilities”. The hacker…
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Thank You, President XI Jinping.
China and the United States are unlikely to have a disagreement over Taiwan in the coming years, Chris Li from the Asia-Pacific Initiative at Harvard University said. China’s strategy toward Taiwan hasn’t fundamentally changed, he added. However, there’s a perception that Beijing is more and more focused on no longer just deterring independence, Li further…