Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path...
Indonesia quake death toll now over 80
JAKARTA – A powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island last week has killed at least 81 people and displaced more than 19,000, the country’s...
US-bound migrant caravan beaten back in Guatemala
A CARAVAN of US-bound Central American migrants has been met with truncheons and tear gas in Guatemala, where security forces blocked their path.
Thousands of...
China says latest COVID outbreak caused by imported cases
SHANGHAI – China’s recent COVID-19 outbreaks in the northeast have come from travelers entering the country or contaminated frozen food imports, the National Health...
Biden to sign executive orders on Day 1
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden’s top aide said Saturday the incoming president would sign about a dozen executive orders on his first day in office,...
Up to 8K migrants enter Guatemala from Honduras
SOME 8,000 people left Honduras on foot Friday in the latest migrant caravan hoping to find a welcome, and a better life, in the...
Abortion becomes legal in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion.
President Alberto Fernandez signed a...
US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection
TERRE HAUTE – The US government executed a drug trafficker Thursday for his involvement in a series of slayings in Virginia’s capital city in...
Researchers detect H5N8 strain of bird flu in Hong Kong for 1st time
HONG Kong authorities have stepped up their vigilance against bird flu after a highly pathogenic strain was detected in the city for the first...
What’s next on impeachment?
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate will not begin until next week, outgoing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.
“Even...