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Supreme Court allows Trump to deny asylum to Central Americans
The US Supreme Court yesterday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies. The court
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Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has ‘broken’ border courts
On the day she was set to see a US immigration judge in San Diego last month, Katia took every precaution. After waiting two months in Mexico to press her case for US asylum, the 20-year-old student from Nicaragua arrived
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“Trump’s decision will cause more American deaths”
KABUL/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants, in a stunning reversal of efforts to
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Trump cancelled peace talks with Taliban due to attacks
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he canceled peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders after the insurgent group claimed responsibility last week for an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people. Trump said
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Pentagon to European allies: Pick up your own tabs
LONDON: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that European nations should consider funding projects in their countries after the Pentagon diverted money to pay for a border wall with Mexico. The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from
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Trade war: Chinese firms build up domestic brands
SHENZHEN, China/SHANGHAI: For over a decade, manufacturer Matsutek plied away at building its business with big Western brands, supplying firms such as Philips and Honeywell with products made in its Chinese factories for the US and other overseas markets. That
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Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to fund Trump’s border wall
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said yesterday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centres for military families, as it diverts US$3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump’s wall along the US border with Mexico. Schools
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Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan would risk civil war
The majority of America’s ambassadors to Afghanistan since the removal of the Taliban government have condemned the US approach to negotiating a troop withdrawal, warning it risked a return to “total civil war”. Writing the day after a draft agreement
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Democrats to probe Trump on hush-money payments
WASHINGTON: US congressional Democrats are planning to investigate allegations of President Donald Trump’s involvement in hush-money payments to women who say they had affairs with him, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is preparing to
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US-Taliban deal would see 5,400 troops withdraw
The US would withdraw 5,400 troops from Afghanistan within 20 weeks as part of a deal “in principle” with Taliban militants, Washington’s top negotiator has said. Zalmay Khalilzad revealed details of the long-awaited deal for the first time in a
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