New U.S. asylum policy does not make Mexico ‘safe third country’: minister
Mexico Foreign Minister Marcel Ebrard said on Monday that a new U.S. measure to sharply limit asylum claims did not in effect make Mexico a...
Trump administration erects another barrier to immigrants seeking U.S. asylum
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new rule to bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border, requiring them to...
Canada police probing ‘possible policy breaches’ at National Microbiology Lab
Canada’s national police force said on Monday it is investigating a referral by the country’s Public Health Agency over “possible policy breaches” at its National...
House Intelligence chief presses social media companies on deepfake policies
U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Monday pressed major social media companies on how they plan to handle the threat of...
SpaceX astronaut mission looking ‘increasingly difficult’ in 2019 – executive
As Elon Musk’s SpaceX closes in on the possible cause of a fiery explosion in April that destroyed one of its astronaut capsules, a company...
Saudi vice minister of defense says met with U.N. envoy to Yemen
Saudi vice minister of defense Khalid bin Salman stressed Saudi support for a political solution in Yemen in a meeting with U.N. special envoy to...
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway defies subpoena for House testimony
White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway defied a subpoena and failed to appear on Monday at a congressional hearing about allegations she violated the Hatch...
With political power at stake, North Carolina gerrymandering trial begins
North Carolina’s state legislative districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to entrench Republicans in power and must be thrown out, a lawyer for state Democrats and a...
Heyer’s mother, victims respond to neo-Nazi’s 2nd sentence
Susan Bro, Heather Heyer’s mother, said her daughter’s convicted killer, James Fields, was “at least in the hands of justice,” after being given a 2nd...
U.S. judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3 million; Bayer still plans to appeal
A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27...
