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Jun 21, 2018
Donald Trump halts 'zero tolerance' immigration policy: All you need to know about the executive order ending family separation
US President Donald Trump ends family separation of illegals at the US border via an executive order but prosecution of adults will not stop. Next up - two immigration bills come up for a vote Thursday. Here's a guide to all the action on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. this week. -
Jun 21, 2018
India fifth-largest donor for reconstruction in Afghanistan, says USAID administrator Mark Green; US still biggest contributor
India has emerged as the fifth largest donor for reconstruction in Afghanistan under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership said USAID Administrator Mark Green -
Jun 21, 2018
US lawmakers ask Google to reconsider its work with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei
Google recently decided not to renew “Project Maven,” an AI weapons project with the US government. -
Jun 21, 2018
Israel to intensify air strikes on Gaza after Palestine launches rockets and mortar shells, says Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could step up its "intensity" on Gaza, after Israel saw Palestinians launching rockets and mortar shells. -
Jun 21, 2018
Donald Trump to meet Queen Elizabeth II during first official visit to UK in July, says US ambassador; Buckingham Palace yet to confirm
Originally, Trump was invited for a full state visit but after an outcry, it was downgraded to a working visit. -
Jun 21, 2018
Donald Trump signs executive order to end separation of migrant children from parents at US border
Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border, reversing a tough policy under heavy pressure from his fellow Republicans, Democrats and the international community. -
Jun 21, 2018
U.S. identifies North Korea test site it says Kim committed to destroy
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The missile engine test site that President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had committed to destroy is a major facility in the western part of the country that has been used for testing engines for long-range missiles, according to a U.S. official. Trump told reporters after their June 12 summit that Kim had pledged to dismantle one of his missile installations, which would be North Korea's most concrete concession at the landmark meeting in Singapore -
Jun 21, 2018
Asian shares subdued amid lull in trade spat, oil eases into OPEC
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were subdued on Thursday as a lull in the Sino-U.S. trade tussle helped calm nerves enough for the Nasdaq to reach a record high, while tensions in the oil market grew ahead of an OPEC meeting that may expand crude supply. -
Jun 21, 2018
Trump backs down on separating immigrant children, legal problems remain
By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Trump signed an executive order requiring that immigrant families be detained together when they are caught entering the country illegally for as long as their criminal proceedings take -
Jun 21, 2018
Scores of South Asia asylum seekers held in Oregon - U.S. senator
By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - At least 72 South Asian asylum-seekers are being detained at a federal prison in Oregon after getting caught up in the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy for illegal border-crossers, a U.S. Senator's office said on Wednesday -
Jun 21, 2018
U.S. nuclear expert departs White House in 'regular rotation' - officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's top nuclear expert involved in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs is leaving the White House as part of a regular rotation, three senior administration officials said on Wednesday. The expert, Andrea Hall, has already been replaced by Julie Bentz as acting senior director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction directorate at the National Security Council (NSC), another U.S -
Jun 21, 2018
Trump backs down, orders end to family separations at U.S. border
By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump backed down and abandoned on Wednesday his policy of separating immigrant children from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. -
Jun 21, 2018
Canada PM says he doubts Trump would want to impose auto tariffs
By David Ljunggren and Allison Lampert OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he doubted whether U.S. -
Jun 21, 2018
Trump immigration order may not prevent some family separations - lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives who were briefed by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday about President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration said they do not know if it would prevent family separations during detentions longer than 20 days -
Jun 21, 2018
U.S. airlines ask government not to put separated migrant children on flights
By Alana Wise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four major U.S. airlines have asked the federal government not to use their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their parents as part of the Trump administration's policy on illegal immigration. American Airlines Group Inc , United Continental Holdings Inc and Frontier Airlines issued statements on Wednesday before U.S. -
Jun 21, 2018
Stocks rise after sell-off; yields up on comments by Fed chair
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks on world markets edged higher on Wednesday, following a recent sell-off on rapidly escalating China-U.S. trade tensions, while Treasury yields rose after the Federal Reserve chairman said the U.S. central bank should continue with a gradual pace of interest rate hikes. -
Jun 21, 2018
Volvo Cars CEO says auto tariffs threaten jobs at new U.S. plant
By Harriet McLeod BERKELEY COUNTY, South Carolina (Reuters - Chinese-owned Volvo Cars opened a new auto factory in South Carolina on Wednesday as company executives warned that the U.S.-China trade dispute could undermine plans to create up to 4,000 more auto jobs in the heavily Republican state. "If you have trade barriers and restrictions, we cannot create as many jobs as we are planning to," Volvo Cars Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson told Reuters on the sidelines of an event celebrating the new facility -
Jun 21, 2018
North Korea, China discuss 'true peace', denuclearisation - KCNA
By Christine Kim and Christian Shepherd SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping came to an understanding on issues discussed at a summit of the two leaders, including denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the North's state media said on Wednesday. Kim and Xi assessed the historic meeting Kim had with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore last week and exchanged opinions on ways to resolve the issue of denuclearisation, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. -
Jun 21, 2018
Oil traders ready for musical chairs as China tariffs loom
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Ayenat Mersie NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil markets are bracing for a reshuffle of global trade flows as China threatens to impose tit-for-tat tariffs on imports of U.S. energy products, including crude. China, which has bought an average 330,000 barrels per day (bpd) of U.S -
Jun 21, 2018
Tent city for migrant children puts Texas border town in limelight
By Jon Herskovitz TORNILLO, Texas (Reuters) - A small Texas farming community near El Paso with no traffic lights, a cotton gin and two dollar stores has found itself playing the uncomfortable host to a U.S. government tent city for children suspected of illegal border crossings. In a quiet corner of Texas with vast desert spaces, dusty roads and cotton fields, Tornillo was thrust into the limelight when the first tents went up last week.
