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HHS Reportedly Considers Housing Immigrant Children On Military Bases
The bases would be reportedly used as shelters for minors whoa arrive at the border without an adult or who have been separated from their families by the government. Although Trump administration officials have not released statistics, The New York Times found that between October 2017 and April 2018, over 700 undocumented children who entered the United States were subsequently separated from ... [Full Article...]
Paraguay to open Jerusalem embassy next week | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Former US secretary of state Rex Tillerson takes a veiled shot at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, warning that a growing national crisis of ethics and integrity has put American democracy at risk. The protesters were killed as the US opened its new embassy in Jerusalem. The wave of protests coincide with Palestinian's annual Nakba Day, or "Day of Catastrophe", commemorating the expulsion... [Full Article...]
South Africa recalls ambassador to Israel after killing of protesters
The relocation on Monday of the USA embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem inflamed the seven weeks of protests leading up to Nakba Day in the Gaza Strip, resulting in Israeli forces killing at least 60 Palestinian protestors and injuring more than 2,700. [Full Article...]
Rosneft Says South China Sea Drilling Is Within Vietnam Waters
The Philippines successfully contested China's claims in global court, but China simply ignored the ruling and has bribed or bullied most other Asian nations into following suit. "Offshore license areas of Rosneft on the South China Sea are situated within the territorial waters of Vietnam", Rosneft said in its statement . Last Sunday, police at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central p... [Full Article...]
Person struck, killed by patrol vehicle in St. Peters
The owner of the auto and the man who was struck and killed is the same person. The officer is a 36-year-old with 12 years of law enforcement service. The crash remains under investigation. PETERS, MO- A man was killed after he was struck by a St. Charles County Police Department patrol vehicle on Interstate 70 Wednesday night. [Full Article...]
Air Force goes full 'Yanny or Laurel' in tweet, but message backfires
During the offensive, A-10s were only used as a show of force. Some 28 Taliban fighters were killed , according to the Air Force Times , and the rest were forced to retreat to the rural areas surrounding the city. At a news conference Thursday, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said that she had not seen the Air Force's tweet, but that it "shouldn't be forgotten in any of this" that Afghans are ... [Full Article...]
Ukrainian Filmmaker Starts Hunger Strike In Russian Prison
According to the media outlet, Sentsov has told his lawyer he had been preparing for this step for two months, refusing to take food brought for him from outside and "physically preparing the body". Sixty-four Ukrainian political prisoners are now jailed in Russian Federation and in the annexed Crimea. The prominent Russian human rights group Memorial has recognized Sentsov as a political prison... [Full Article...]
Company With Qatari Ties May Save Floundering Kushner Flagship Property
During the presidential campaign, Jared Kushner and his father, Charlie Kushner, had talked with Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani, who'd previously served as Qatar's prime minister as well as head of the QIA, about investing in the tower. [Full Article...]