How confusion around Biden policies birthed a new refugee camp on the U.S. border
A red pickup truck pulls up next to a migrant tent encampment in the Mexican city of Tijuana, its bed filled with loaves of bread and clothes. Men, women and children run to meet it. “A line! Form a line!” someone yells. A woman in a long skirt climbs into the truckbed and begins to […]
Hong Kong passes immigration bill, raising alarm over ‘exit bans’
Hong Kong’s legislature passed on Wednesday a controversial immigration bill, which lawyers, diplomats and right groups fear will give authorities unlimited powers to prevent residents and others from entering or leaving the Chinese-ruled city. The government has dismissed those fears as “complete nonsense,” saying the legislation, which will come into effect on Aug. 1, merely […]
Ramadan decorations up in Jerusalem as Palestinians prepare for Muslim holy month
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Colourful lanterns and ornate Ramadan decorations filled the streets of Jerusalem on Monday as Palestinians prepared for a holy month freer of COVID-19 restrictions than at the height of the pandemic.
