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North Korea is restoring its Cold War-era comradeship with Russia by looking after Russian soldiers wounded in the war against Ukraine, as well as hosting Russian children who lost parents in the fighting, according to Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang.The presence of hundreds of wounded Russian troops, as well as an unspecified number of Russian war orphans, in North Korea was revealed by Alexander Matsegora, the Russian ambassador to North Korea, in an interview published on Sunday by the state-run news outlet Rossiyskaya Gazeta.Mr. Matsegora made the revelation, which could not be independently corroborated, while emphasizing the friendly ties between Russia…
DACA recipients are increasingly feeling more uncertainty as the fate of the immigration program protecting them from deportation continues to be challenged in court — at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing his administration to carry out “the largest deportation program in American history.”Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, eligible undocumented young adults who came to the United States as children have been allowed to work and study without fear of deportation since 2012, when an executive action by President Barack Obama created the program.DACA has been hanging by a thread for the past seven…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities, providing for up to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit so that the U.S. can continue financing its bills.The budget plan also directs a variety of House committees to cut spending by at least $1.5 trillion while stating that the goal is to reduce spending by $2 trillion over 10 years. The blueprint represents a first step in a lengthy legislative process that would allow Republicans to pass…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must temporarily allow the disbursement of foreign aid, a judge ruled Thursday, dealing the latest blow to the administration’s sweeping efforts to halt international aid.The court order came in response to a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups that work on international aid projects, as well as other organizations.They had asked that the judge block the executive order President Donald Trump signed last month that implemented a blanket pause on U.S. foreign aid. Secretary of State Marco Rubio subsequently ordered an immediate halt to nearly all U.S. foreign assistance.Follow live politics coverage hereRather than rule against the…
WASHINGTON — Presidents love to bask in the patriotic glow of bringing hostages home — none more than Donald Trump.Negotiations over prisoner swaps can be tough and the prices can be high, and experts warn that quickly giving hostage-takers the concessions they want gives them incentives for further kidnappings. But the immediate rewards are unambiguous: Americans, regardless of party, want their compatriots back.A trade executed Tuesday returned Marc Fogel to the United States after years of imprisonment in Russia in exchange for Alexander Vinnik, who pleaded guilty in the United States to money-laundering charges. Fogel, a teacher who was jailed…
As he prepared to go to Washington this week, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, spoke of building on the warm relations he shared with President Trump during his first term in the White House.But Mr. Trump can be a fickle friend. So when Mr. Modi meets with him on Thursday, he is expected to bear offerings designed to ease emerging points of friction and preserve growing U.S.-India ties.One major focus is trade. Indian officials have said that domestic companies are in talks to increase purchases of American energy supplies, particularly liquefied natural gas. The two leaders are also expected to…
Mark Lenhard, CEO of U.K.-based remittances platform Zepz.Lukas Schulze | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty ImagesLONDON — British digital remittances company Zepz is laying off dozens of IT workers and is in the process of closing down business units in Poland and Kenya.Roughly 200 staff members will be impacted by the redundancy measures, two employees who were made redundant told CNBC, asking to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter.As of January, London-headquartered Zepz — formerly known as WorldRemit — had a global headcount of 1,000 people, meaning the redundancies affect around 20% of its total workforce.The layoffs…
En un rincón alejado en el noreste de Colombia, donde los caminos rústicos conducen a colinas exuberantes bordeadas de plataneras, los agricultores y sus familias se han convertido en víctimas de una oleada de violencia como no se había visto en el país en una generación.Mientras dos grupos rebeldes luchan por el territorio, más de 54.000 personas han huido de sus hogares, se estima que 80 personas han muerto en cuestión de días, y se cree que el número de víctimas mortales aumentará.En la raíz de este conflicto hay décadas de disputas por la tierra y el dinero del narcotráfico,…
En un rincón alejado en el noreste de Colombia, donde los caminos rústicos conducen a colinas exuberantes bordeadas de plataneras, los agricultores y sus familias se han convertido en víctimas de una oleada de violencia como no se había visto en el país en una generación.Mientras dos grupos rebeldes luchan por el territorio, más de 54.000 personas han huido de sus hogares, se estima que 80 personas han muerto en cuestión de días, y se cree que el número de víctimas mortales aumentará.En la raíz de este conflicto hay décadas de disputas por la tierra y el dinero del narcotráfico,…
President Trump’s order that the United States exit the World Health Organization could undo programs meant to ensure the safety, security and study of a deadly virus that once took half a billion lives, experts warn. His retreat, they add, could end decades in which the agency directed the management of smallpox virus remnants in an American-held cache.Health experts say discontinuation of the W.H.O.’s oversight threatens to damage precautions against the virus leaking into the world, and to disrupt research on countermeasures against the lethal disease. They add that it could also raise fears among allies and adversaries that the…