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Neighbours star Holly Valance, UK Reform billionaire Nick Candy property empire, potential settlement revealed
The West Australian
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July 2, 2025
Australian singer and former Neighbours star Holly Valance is in line for a major financial windfall following her split from British billionaire property developer Nick Candy, after 13 years of marriage. Despite reportedly signing a prenuptial...
How Mexico became the ‘gateway to hell’ for Egyptians chasing the American Dream
The Independent
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June 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Trump's immigration enforcement record so far, by the numbers
Hindustan Times
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June 17, 2025
By Ted Hesson Trump's immigration enforcement record so far, by the numbers June 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up arrests of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, cracked down on unlawful border crossings and stripped legal status from...
A Cuban dad did time for a marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody last week
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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MIAMI – Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman....
Sanctions considerations for non-governmental organisations in a new US administration
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
The continued and evolving use of economic and financial sanctions by a growing number of jurisdictions and government authorities, the exponential increase in the sheer number of sanctions targets and the increasing level of complexity of...
USAID’s End Marks Shift in U.S. Foreign Aid: A New Chapter or Continued Intervention?
teleSUR
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July 1, 2025
U.S. interventionismis changing: USAID hands over aid programs to State Department.photo:EFE. July 1, 2025 Hour: 5:05 pm The U.S. government announces a significant overhaul of its foreign aid strategy, ending USAID’s direct role in aid...
Fighting on all fronts: Black immigration lawyers navigate a politicized legal landscape
Miami Times - Florida
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In 2025, Black lawyers across the U.S. are navigating a complex legal environment shaped by a surge in politically charged cases. From immigration and civil rights to diversity, equity and inclusion and family law, the demands are intense and, at...
Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field
Wired 868
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July 2, 2025
Four rising stars, among them two Carifta Games champions, have booked their spots at the Junior Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Villavicencio, Colombia this October. The four won the right to represent this country at the 2025...
Trump is bragging about his deportation plan but he still trails Obama’s numbers ... by a lot
The Independent
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June 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Letter: The president's racism
The Arizona Daily Star
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The president wants to deport people here on what is called humanitarian parole. They are Cubans, El Salvadorans, Haitians and Nicaraguans, 500,000 Brown and Black people who fled natural disasters or persecution, including death threats, in their...
A Cuban dad did time for a marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody Thursday.
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman. In the...
Sino-Russian Convergence in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference: A Global Threat to the US and Its Allies
CEPA
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June 30, 2025
The use of AI-driven propaganda and deepfake technologies has significantly escalated the scale and sophistication of disinformation, posing unprecedented challenges from Russia and China for Western intelligence and democratic institutions....
Immigration crackdown: How end of humanitarian parole will hit Florida
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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The Supreme Court ruling allows the Trump administration to end humanitarian parole for more than 400,000 immigrants in Florida from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. The ruling impacts 530,000 individuals nationwide, many of whom work in...
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of hydroxychloroquine
Renew America
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Tiananmen Square and the Wuhan “SARS-CoV-2,” Virus Ideological vs Pathological Viruses (Part III) By Desmond McGrath August 23, 2020 If you have not read Part 2, read it HERE. Part 1, read it HERE Preface: I have been sitting on finishing Part III...
Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled
Alabama Public Radio
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July 1, 2025
A storied US agency, one that began under President Kennedy in 1961 with the aim of providing global stability through a wide array of humanitarian aid and development programs, has now formally closed. Since January, the Trump administration has...
Obama didn't know nuthin' of the Tea Parties
Renew America
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By Joan Swirsky April 21, 2009 An amazing thing happened on Wednesday, April 15th, Tax Day, when nearly a million people took hours off from their workdays — many sacrificing pay cuts and even the threat of being fired — to attend thousands of Tea...
Defracted Universes, Memory Divers, and Darkest Academia: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Literary Hub
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June 30, 2025
I’m compiling this month’s SFF list in the lead-up to the summer solstice; by the time you read it, the days will already have begun shortening, even incrementally. But summer has only just begun, and July brings a bevy of exciting reads for...
US court ruling to end 'parole' a setback for future asylum seekers
The Economic Times
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June 14, 2025
New Delhi: The US Supreme Court’s decision to end the CHNV humanitarian parole program, potentially returning 532,000 people to their home countries, could have far-reaching repercussions, not just for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...
CHNV Parole Program Ends, Creating Urgent Employer Compliance Obligations
JD Supra - California
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June 16, 2025
The administration terminated the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela parole (CHNV parole) program yesterday (June 12, 2025). See:...
Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 migrants
El País
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May 30, 2025
The Supreme Court has given the U.S. administration the green light to end the humanitarian parole program that granted temporary residency to 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela. The court thus responded to the Trump...