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US considers limit on green cards for immigrants on benefits
The Trump administration has proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms...
US deputy attorney general holds “extended conversation” with president Trump
The US deputy attorney general has had an "extended conversation" with the president, the White House says, amid doubts over his future in the...
Canada declares Myanmar Rohingya killings ‘genocide’
Canadian legislators have unanimously voted to declare crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar military to be genocide.
The House of Commons yesterday endorsed...
India launches first sex offenders register amid spate of rapes
India has launched its first national register of sex offenders in a bid to stem crimes against women as the country reels from a...
Ex-Malaysia Prime Minister hit with 25 charges of money laundering and abuse of power
Malaysia's former Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has been charged with 21 counts of money laundering, in a case linked to a multi-million dollar corruption...
US Senate Judiciary Chairman sets Friday deadline to hear back from Supreme Court nominee...
US Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has set 10:00am tomorrow as the deadline for Christine Blasey Ford's legal team to respond to his request...
North Korea agrees to shut missile site
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to shut one of the country's main missile testing and launch sites, says the South's President Moon...
‘I don’t have an attorney general’ says US President
US President Donald Trump has said he does not "have an attorney general" in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions.
In an interview with...
South Africa’s highest court legalises cannabis use
South Africa's highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places.
According to BBC News, pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public...
US hits China with biggest tariffs yet
The US is imposing new tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods as it escalates its trade war with Beijing.
These will apply to almost...
