LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) – Nigel Farage’s Reform UK said on Tuesday it was proposing to deny visas to people from countries seeking amends for transatlantic slavery, a move swiftly condemned by the Caribbean reparations commission as a “legacy of toxic racism”. The anti-immigration and populist party Reform UK, which has only eight national lawmakers …
By David Shepardson and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Tuesday that customs officials could stop processing international travelers at major U.S. airports in “sanctuary cities” that have declined to cooperate with the Trump administration’s hardline immigration crackdown, a move that could severely impact U.S. trade and …
PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that he hoped U.S. President Trump would not go ahead with his latest threats against Iran. “One does not erase a civilisation…This ultimatum is not the first that President Trump has set since the war started,” Barrot told France 2 television. “Obviously …
BEIRUT, April 7 (Reuters) – Bombardment in southern Lebanon on Tuesday forced a convoy of humanitarian aid organized by the Vatican’s embassy for a besieged Christian town to turn back, a priest in the town told Reuters. Thousands of Christians in several southern Lebanese towns have stayed in their homes despite the escalating fighting between …
NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected UBS’ bid to modify a $1.25 billion settlement from 1999 of Holocaust-related litigation against Swiss banks by shielding it from claims based on new revelations about Nazi-linked accounts. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn, New York, said UBS was seeking an advisory …
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened that a “whole civilization will die” unless Iran agrees to a deal that involves reopening the Strait of Hormuz, dramatically escalating his rhetoric toward the Islamic republic and drawing condemnation from global leaders. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump posted on Truth …
Beginning Wednesday, most passengers on domestic and short-haul international routes will pay $10 more for their first and second checked bags, and $50 more to check a third. That brings the fees to $45 for the first bag, $55 for the second and $200 for the third, according to Delta. “These updates are part of …
Democrat Shawn Harris on his campaign to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat – CBS News Watch CBS News Voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide whether Republican Clay Fuller or Democrat Shawn Harris will replace former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Harris spoke with CBS News …
Vance phones Trump while giving speech in Hungary – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President JD Vance called President Trump on the phone while delivering remarks Tuesday in Hungary. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis has more.
Waiting to deal with your unpaid tax debt can turn a short-term cash crunch into a long-term financial problem. Luliia Pilipeichenko/Getty Images Americans filing their taxes this April are facing a complicated financial backdrop. While inflation has cooled from prior highs, most households are still struggling under the weight of elevated living costs, high-rate (and …