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Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he was on his fourth day of isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers and chills of COVID-19. His request for mental health treatment had been put off, records show, and staff had forbidden Rayo from making his nightly call to …
JOHANNESBURG, May 27 (Reuters) – Ghanaian nationals queued at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport early on Wednesday to board one of the first flights home after waves of anti-immigrant protests in South Africa heightened safety concerns. The group of 300 people included women and children, in what authorities described as a voluntary repatriation process for …
LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) – Britain will sign a new defence and security treaty with Poland on Wednesday to combat threats, including from an increasingly aggressive Russia, part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s efforts to bolster ties with the rest of Europe. The deal, due to be signed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Starmer in …
VATICAN CITY, May 27 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Wednesday decried what he called a “sharp intensification” of the war in Ukraine, telling pilgrims at his weekly audience at the Vatican that he wanted to express closeness to civilians killed in recent attacks. “I am following with concern the war in Ukraine,” Leo, the first …
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court is giving former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil more time to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him. Khalil, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities last year because of his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia in the spring …
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams was downgraded to out by Oklahoma City Thunder for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night, after being listed as questionable throughout the day because of his ongoing issues with a strained left hamstring. Ajay Mitchell, who typically starts in Williams’ place, was ruled out earlier …
MADRID, May 27 (Reuters) – Police entered Spain’s ruling Socialist Party’s headquarters on Wednesday in search of information over a possible illegal payments scheme, Spanish media reported, at a time of various graft probes into Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s allies. A Guardia Civil spokesperson told Reuters officers had entered the premises of the PSOE, as …
HONG KONG, May 27 (Reuters) – China is willing to work with the Czech Republic to improve ties and revive a traditional friendship, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Czech counterpart Petr Macinka, state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday. Like most nations, the Czech Republic formally recognises only Beijing but in recent years it has grown …
MANILA, May 27 (Reuters) – A commission was launched in the Philippines on Wednesday led by a former International Criminal Court judge to investigate a bloody “war on drugs”, aiming to document alleged extrajudicial killings and compile evidence for potential legal cases. Police say about 6,200 drug suspects were killed while resisting arrest during anti-drug operations, …
SELIJA MILITARY BASE, Latvia, May 27 (Reuters) – Latvia is increasing anti-drone defences on its borders with Russia and Moscow-allied Belarus in response to drones flying into the NATO country, an army official told Reuters. Ukrainian drones have strayed into NATO Baltic countries’ airspace in recent weeks, sowing confusion and raising tensions with Russia at …