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Candidate Donald Trump in 2016 made building a wall on the Mexican border one of the spearheads of his campaign. Mexico would also pay for this project. Four years later, the famous wall has hardly advanced.
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The Trump administration may ban products made with cotton from China’s Xinjiang region amid concerns about human rights abuses there, a new report says. The move could cause an upheaval in a global apparel industry that relies heavily on materials from China, a country the US has sought to punish for allegedly forcing Xinjiang’s Muslim …
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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Trump administration can proceed with plans to build a portion of the border wall while lawsuits over the use of Pentagon funds to do so plays out in court. The court voted 5-4 against a challenge by a group of environmental organizations represented by the American Civil …
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Two weeks ago, clashes in the high altitude Galwan Valley left 20 Indian soldiers dead with unconfirmed reports of Chinese casualties. Qiao Liang, a retired air force major general and military theorist, wrote on WeChat the chances of an all-out war were low but China needed to be more prepared. He said: “We should not overestimate India’s …
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There were losses on both sides of the battle as one of the Indian army’s officers and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” at Galwan Valley, one of the four clash points in the eastern Ladakh sector. These are the first reported casualties in decades to result from a clash between the nuclear-armed Asian …
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Tensions along the China-India border high in the Himalayas have flared again in recent weeks. Indian officials say the latest row began in early May, when Chinese soldiers entered the Indian-controlled territory of Ladakh at three different points, erecting tents and guard posts. They said the Chinese soldiers ignored repeated verbal warnings to depart, triggering …
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Acting Department of Homeland Security director Chad Wolf announced Tuesday that the U.S. would be extending its border closures with Canada and Mexico by an additional 30 days. “The President has made it clear that we must continue to keep legitimate, commercial trade flowing while limiting those seeking to enter our country for non-essential purposes,” …
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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in an interview in Laredo, Texas, October 9, 2019. Congressional Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration “halt immediately” the construction of a wall at the southern border during the coronavirus pandemic in order to conserve funds to combat the health crisis. A total of 91 House and Senate Democrats made …
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A member of the National Guard holds a boy of a Honduran migrant after she and her children were stopped from crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, United States, June 26, 2019. The Trump administration has deported nearly 400 migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past two weeks as part of new …
Candidate Donald Trump in 2016 made building a wall on the Mexican border one of the spearheads of his campaign. Mexico would also pay for this project. Four years later, the famous wall has hardly advanced.
