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Trump forces out attorney-general Sessions
Associated Press, Published on 08/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation.
US immigration raids target 7-Eleven managers
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: US immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers in what officials described as the largest operation against an employer under Donald Trump's presidency.
US orders 200,000 'special protection' Salvadorans to leave
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the country or face deportation, officials said Monday.
US judge partially lifts Trump refugee ban
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2017
» SEATTLE: After hearing heartbreaking stories of refugees who have struggled to reconnect with their families and listening to the plight of others who strive to leave dangerous situations, a federal judge said he would try to issue a ruling on a motion to block a Trump administration ban on refugees before Christmas.
Australian senator resigns over links with China
Associated Press, Published on 12/12/2017
» CANBERRA: An influential Australian opposition lawmaker known as "Shanghai Sam" and under fire over his close links to wealthy Chinese political donors announced on Tuesday that he was quitting the Senate for the good of his party.
Trump vents again, may fire attorney general
Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man who was the first US senator to endorse his candidacy.
Nine suffocate in US human trafficking case
Associated Press, Published on 24/07/2017
» SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Nine people died after being crammed into the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, authorities said Sunday in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong.
Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to US
Associated Press, Published on 26/05/2017
» MINNEAPOLIS -- Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the US and forced to be “modern day sex slaves”, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday that charges high-level members of what authorities called a sophisticated sex-trafficking ring that concealed millions of dollars in earnings.
‘Birdman’ wins Best Picture, Best Director
Associated Press, Published on 23/02/2015
» LOS ANGELES — Birdman captured Hollywood's top honour at the Academy Awards on Sunday, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past won best picture at a ceremony punctuated by passionate pleas for equality.