Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Trump administration is bringing a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort for a minority group who are being persecuted by their Black-led …
Read More »Qatar says no final decision made on gifting Trump a jet to use as Air Force One
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reportedly is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this coming week, and U.S. officials say it could be converted into a potential presidential aircraft. The …
Read More »Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not …
Read More »Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump’s deportation plan
Muhamad Yehia ..Cairo NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville’s immigrant community uncertain and worried. “None of us have ever seen anything like this,” Lisa Sherman Luna, executive …
Read More »?Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally. To achieve that, he says the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, the constitutional right for people to legally challenge …
Read More »Many Think the Government Spends Too Little on Key Policy Areas
Most across AAPI communities think the federal government should prioritize the high cost of health care, food, and housing. As Congress faces a March 14 deadline to avoid a partial federal government shut-down, a new AAPI Data/AP-NORC Poll finds that most Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults think …
Read More »!! Most say gender is determined at birth
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo More people approve of Trump’s handling of transgender issues than his job performance overall. People are more likely to oppose than support public health insurance programs like Medicare or Medicaid covering gender-affirming medical treatments. Around two-thirds (68%) of the public say that whether someone is a man …
Read More »? India and Pakistan don’t fight wars like other countries. Here’s why
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars since they gained independence from Britain in 1947. They’ve also had dozens of skirmishes and conflicts, including one atop a glacier dubbed the coldest and highest-altitude battlefield in the world. The latest escalation follows a deadly gun attack …
Read More »Panama president says he will not renegotiate security deal with US, despite protests
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo PANAMA CITY — Panama President facilitie José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that he will not renegotiate an agreement with the United States to give U.S. troops access to Panamanians, despite protests charging that he compromised the country’s sovereignty. On Tuesday, thousands of Panamanians marched in the capital in the …
Read More »As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump’s tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo WASHINGTON — The way President Donald Trump sees it, beating China in a trade war should be easy. After all, his logic goes, the Chinese sell Americans three times as much stuff as Americans sell them. Therefore, they have more to lose. Inflict enough pain, like …
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