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UK to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year
The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial plan.Rwanda has "in principle" agreed to accept 5,700 migrants already in the UK, the interior ministry revealed late Monday.
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Ecuador embassy raid crossed line, top UN court told
Ecuador's early April raid on Mexico's embassy to seize a former top Ecuadoran official crossed a line and set a dangerous precedent for global diplomatic relations, the UN's top court heard on Tuesday."There are lines in international law which should not be crossed," Mexico's representative told judges at the International Court of Justice.
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Top French university loses funding over pro-Palestinian protests
The Paris region authority sparked controversy Tuesday by temporarily suspending funding for Sciences Po, one of the country's most prestigious universities, after it was rocked by tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations.In an echo of tense demonstrations rocking many top US universities, students at Sciences Po have staged a number of protests, with some students furious over the Israel-Hamas war and ensuing humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza.
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Eurozone economy rebounds in first quarter, inflation stable in April
The eurozone economy emerged from recession with greater than expected growth in the first quarter of 2024 and inflation under control, official data showed Tuesday.But the figures showed the eurozone economy had slipped into a technical recession in the second half of last year after gross domestic product retreated by 0.1 percent in the last two quarters of 2023.
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Border Patrol Agents Joked About Killing Migrant Children, Records Show
The documents obtained by HuffPost also show — again — how agents freely used an anti-immigrant slur.
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When Will Reporters Stand Up To Donald Trump?
It's been 10 years since Trump's laughable charade over Barack Obama’s birth certificate, and the media still hasn't learned how to cover the presidential hopeful.
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HSBC announces surprise retirement of chief executive
Global bank HSBC announced Tuesday the shock departure of chief executive Neil Quinn, who will retire after overhauling the group in an "intense" five-year tenure weathering a Covid fallout, simmering geopolitics, and shareholder pressure to spin off Asia assets.Quinn led last year the effort to repel a bid by major shareholder Ping An to spin off its Asia assets, with the proposal eventually voted down by shareholders.
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