New frontline of US border policy? A Texas pecan farm
Eagle Pass, Texas, US Reuters The leafy trees on Magali and Hugo Urbina’s 141 hectare orchard next to the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, should be bursting with pecans this time of year. Instead, most are barren. The Heavenly Farms pecan orchard is seen in the background as dust rises over migrants wading […]
After immigrant deaths at border, calls to end US-Canada asylum pact grow louder
Toronto, CanadaReuters Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Canadian Public Safety Minister office in Toronto on Tuesday demanding an end of an asylum treaty between Canada and the United States after eight people died by drowning as they tried to cross into country. The deaths come less than two weeks after the Safe Third […]
Canada immigration: Why record asylum seekers are crossing border from US
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY and TED HESSON, of Reuters, report on how a sharp increase in asylum seekers entering Canada through unofficial crossings is intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reach an agreement with President Joe Biden to close off the entire land border to most asylum seekers…
US military says it is searching for remnants of Chinese spy balloon
Washington DC, US Reuters The US military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has further strained American-Chinese relations. The US Navy is working to recover the balloon and its payload and the Coast Guard is […]
Americans should “pay attention” to MLK’s legacy says Biden
Atlanta, US AP President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King, Jr’s, birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader’s life and legacy “show us the way and we should pay attention.” As the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday […]
US President Joe Biden honours Greek Orthodox priest, Catholic nun with Medal of Freedom
Washington DC, US RNS Rev Alexander Karloutsos has met with presidents since the Carter administration, speaking to the nation’s chief executives on, especially, the cause of religious freedom. But the Greek Orthodox priest’s latest trip to the White House was to hear President Joe Biden speak about him as one of 17 recipients of the […]
Russia holds drills in Belarus as West warns of “dangerous moment”
Brussels, Belgium/Moscow, RussiaReuters Britain said on Thursday the “most dangerous moment” in the West’s standoff with Moscow appeared imminent, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine. Ukraine also staged war games and the United States urged Americans in the country to leave immediately […]
Senator Chris Coons: This year’s National Prayer Breakfast in US is a “reset”
Washington DC, US RNS Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, an organiser of the National Prayer Breakfast in US which scheduled to take place on Thursday, believes this year’s iteration will be a “positive reset” for the controversial event and feature speeches from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking to Religion News Service […]
On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work
Atlanta, Georgia, USAP Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King, Jr, delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday. Martin Luther King Day is a moment when a mirror is held up to America, the […]
In the US, King family rally in Arizona for voting bills for MLK Day
Phoenix, Arizona, USAP As the nation prepares to mark the birthday of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilise support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. Martin Luther King III; his wife, Arndrea Waters King; and their daughter Yolanda Renee King, 13, took part […]