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Pope told to 'stick to Church' after Trump migrant critique
AFP, Published on 11/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis described Donald Trump's migrant deportations as a "major crisis" Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US president's border czar, who told the pontiff to "stick to the Catholic Church".
Trump intensifies crackdown on diversity, immigration
AFP, Published on 23/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump stepped up a crackdown on diversity programs and immigration Wednesday, with the Republican preparing to lay out more of his hardline agenda in an Oval Office interview.
US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology.
'Unintended consequences': friction at COP28 over green trade
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» DUBAI - Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' "green trade" policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will be penalised.
US probe opened over Harvard's 'legacy' admissions policy
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policy of giving family members of former students and donors preference in admissions decisions, documents showed Tuesday.
US Supreme Court backs business that turned away same-sex couple
AFP, Published on 30/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that some private businesses can refuse service to same-sex couples for religious reasons, in a landmark erosion of anti-discrimination laws.
CO2 cuts v. cash: Climate talks stymied by stand-off
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» PARIS - Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night, as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up climate financing.
Australia pulls Chinese-made cameras from politicians' offices
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Australian officials said on Tuesday that dozens of Chinese-made security cameras would be ripped out of politicians' offices, days after the country's defence minister announced his department would remove the devices from its buildings due to security concerns.
US high court to review refusal to provide service to same-sex couple
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - Can a business owner cite her religious convictions in declining to provide service to a same-sex couple?
London fire service vows reform after damning review
AFP, Published on 26/11/2022
» LONDON - London's fire service said on Friday it was taking "immediate action", after an independent review concluded it was institutionally misogynistic and racist.