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Mexican migrant advocates demand end to deportations, detention

Mexican human rights organizations marked World Refugee Day on Monday by speaking out against the government's response to migrants entering the country, as record refu

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James Anderson resigns as U.S. Defense acting policy chief

VCG Image The Pentagon's acting undersecretary of defense for policy, James Anderson, resigned on Tuesday a day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.According to The

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Pentagon redirected pandemic funds to defense contractors

At least 10 of the about 30 contractors awarded with DPA funding also received money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Post found.Jessica Maxwell, a spoke

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UN to launch "Pause" initiative to counter misinformation

The United Nations is rolling out a campaign to fight misinformation, particularly that on COVID-19, telling people who are about to retransmit social media content to pause, a senior UN official

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China donates medical supplies to combat COVID-19 in South Sudan

The Chinese government on Thursday delivered medical supplies to South Sudan to help the east African country tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical aid included 5,000 protective suits, 15,000

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APD | Philippines served the Visiting Forces Agreement termination notice to the US Embassy in Manila

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaPhilippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. said his office has already served the notice of termination of the Visiting Forc

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APD | Philippine team scheduled to fly to Wuhan tonight

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA, Feb. 8 (APD) – A team from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is scheduled to fly from Clark or Diosdado Macapagal Internation

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13 dead in traffic accident in Upper Egypt's Aswan

At least 13 people were killed and seven others injured on Thursday as a truck hit a passenger minibus on a desert highway in Upper Egypt's province of Aswan. "Once the accident took place, we sent 1

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Political settlement key to control of small arms, light weapons: Chinese envoy

A Chinese UN envoy on Wednesday said that political settlement of conflict is the key to controlling the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons (SALWs). "The settlement of disputes through po

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Turkey summons US embassy undersecretary, calls for end to visa dispute

Turkey’sforeignministryonMondaysummonedtheU.S.embassyundersecretaryandcalledforanendtoadisputebetweenthetwocountries,Turkishforeignministrysourcessaid,aftertheN