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As the sun rose on Friday morning, Antonio, 51, was gathering his things and saying his goodbyes at a large migrant shelter on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico.Since 2020, Title 42, a public health measure implemented during the pandemic, has allowed border authorities to swiftly expel migrants who crossed into the United States illegally. A surge of arriving migrants and a limited number of asylum appointments have led to large numbers of people waiting in border communities like Tijuana.On Friday, Antonio’s family was part of the first group of asylum seekers processed after the expiration of Title 42 on May…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern B.C. is threatening a remote area primarily used by the oil and gas industry, prompting an evacuation order. The Peace River Regional District issued the order at 5 p.m. Saturday evening.“The Peace River Regional District has issued an evacuation order for the Donnie Creek and Tommy Lakes areas due immediate danger to life safety,” the district said in a statement.The fire covers 500 hectares, and is burning about 200 km north of Fort St. John.Loggers and oil and gas crews were told to leave immediately and head…

As song contest was under way, Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Ternopil, the home of Ukraine’s entrants Tvorchi.Swedish singer Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo” at a colourful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in Ukraine. The diva from Stockholm beat acts from 25 other countries on Saturday night to take the continent’s pop crown at the competition in the United Kingdom’s Liverpool. Finnish singer Käärijä was second in a close-fought battle of the Nordic neighbours. Loreen scored 583 points after the public and jury votes were…

Police are investigating their officers’ actions after a man died in hospital following a fall at a North Sydney unit.

BANGKOK: A general election kicked off on Sunday (May 14) in Thailand, where a new set of parliamentarians in the House of Representatives will be elected to form the next government. About 52 million people are eligible to cast their votes nationwide before the polls close at 5pm. More than 2 million people had already turned up for early voting on May 7.  A total of 500 members of the House of Representatives will be elected on Sunday.  Four hundred of them will be chosen in constituency elections. The other 100 will be elected from the national party lists –…

This young soldier was sent to fight in the Vietnam war or rather the Second IndoChina War (September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975). After refusing his orders, he was placed in a stockade when he gave an interview to the press. Among his reasons for refusing his orders he said that he thought that the war in Vietnam was an American war of aggression. He thought that it was a racist and genocidal war. He doubted very much if America could bring equality and democracy to the yellow people of Vietnam, when it never brought equality and democracy to…

Antonio and his family, who had been living in a Tijuana shelter for months while waiting for an appointment to seek asylum in the United States, are some of the first to be processed after the lifting of a pandemic-era policy.

A 2024 campaign bid for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting closer.  The governor is eyeing a launch into the 2024 presidential race within the next couple weeks, at least three sources with knowledge of the governor’s planning tell CBS News.  The DeSantis political operation is also expected to move its headquarters to a new location in Tallahassee on Monday, which will kick-start a window for the first federal election disclosures for a potential 2024 DeSantis campaign, according to a person with knowledge about the move.  This expected headquarters move was first reported by NBC News. Because the move out of…

The Federal Reserve’s push to slow the economy and bring inflation under control is often compared to an airplane descent, one that could end in a soft landing, a bumpy one or an outright crash.Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, is betting on something more akin to the Miracle on the Hudson: a touchdown that is gentle, all things considered, and unlike anything the nation has seen before.The Fed has raised rates sharply over the past year, pushing them just above 5 percent on Wednesday, in a bid to cool the economy to bring inflation under control. Staff economists at…

Shareholders in Babylon, a British healthcare start-up that soared in popularity during the pandemic, are set to be wiped out as the company’s main lender is poised to take control of the business.Babylon said on Wednesday that London-based credit fund AlbaCore Capital is carrying out “a restructuring and recapitalisation” of the business. As part of the deal, AlbaCore will amend terms of an existing $300mn loan it provided to Babylon while also extending $34.5mn of fresh funding. Babylon said its core operating business will be transferred to “AlbaCore and other investors”. Babylon said the sale will take place “without the…