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Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise
HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member Finland on Wednesday closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia after the government decided to seal the entire border with its eastern neighbor amid rising political tensions. The Cabinet of Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo decided to...
Honduran opposition party leader flees arrest after being stopped in airport before traveling to US
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras’ main opposition party fled an international airport Tuesday breaking through a parking gate with his pickup truck after immigration agents stopped him for carrying two passports before he boarded a flight to the United States, authorities...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 27 The Washington Post on a new border deal Republicans have one thing right about the border: The Biden administration’s strategy to keep asylum seekers from flocking to the United...
Central European interior ministers agree to step up fight against illegal migration at EU borders
SZEGED, Hungary (AP) — Interior ministers from six European Union countries on Monday said their nations had agreed to step up efforts to protect the bloc from illegal immigration and target groups of human smugglers that operate on its borders. The ministers from the V4 group of...
US closes border crossing to vehicles and limits traffic at another in response to illegal entries
PHOENIX (AP) — A Texas border crossing was closed to vehicles Monday, and traffic at an Arizona crossing was limited to shift more resources to illegal entries, U.S. authorities said in the latest sign of how fast-changing migration routes are challenging the government to keep up. ...
2 men exonerated for 1990s NYC murders after reinvestigations find unreliable witness testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who served decades in prison for separate murders in New York City were exonerated on Monday after reinvestigations found that they had been convicted based on unreliable witness testimony. Jabar Walker, 49, walked free after he was cleared of a 1995 double...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. November 26, 2023. Editorial: High-speed rail: Should Dallas to Fort Worth be Texas’ first route? We should be talking about NCTCOG’s early stages high-speed rail project between Dallas and Fort Worth. As congestion and accidents plague our...
Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed. In Chicago, a provider of mental health services to people in the country illegally pivoted to new arrivals sleeping at a police station across the street. In...
Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here's why that makes a deal so tough
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress returns to session this week, lawmakers will be trying to forge an agreement on sending a new round of wartime assistance to Ukraine. But to succeed, they will have to find agreement on an issue that has confounded them for decades. Republicans in both...
The debate over Ukraine aid was already complicated. Then it became tangled up in US border security
WASHINGTON (AP) — As war and winter collide, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged during a recent visit to Washington that the days ahead “will be tough” as his country battles Russia while U.S. support from Congress hangs in the balance. ...
