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More than 20 dead in migrant shipwreck off Senegal
DAKAR: Rescuers pulled more than 20 bodies from the sea off northern Senegal on Wednesday after a Europe-bound boat loaded ...

France’s navy finds a body and looks for 2 people missing on the treacherous English Channel route
PARIS: French maritime authorities say a body has been found and searches are underway for two people feared missing on ...

Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release
RAFAH: Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a ...

Boeing given 90 days by FAA to come up with a plan to improve safety and quality of manufacturing
The incident has raised scrutiny of Boeing to its highest level since two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets in ...

Continuing to do everything to improve the visa process and green card backlog says White House
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is doing everything he can to improve the H1B visa process, ‘green card’ backlog and ...

Transnistria appeals to Russia for protection as domestic tensions flare
Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western ...

Canadian official says the country will reimpose visa requirements on Mexicans
Canada’s government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official familiar with the matter told The ...

IN lawmakers advance literacy bill that may hold back thousands of 3rd graders
Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would hold back students who fail the state’s crucial reading test, currently ...

Bill criminalizing LGBTQ community advances in Ghana
Ghana’s parliament passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill on Wednesday that could send some people to prison for more than ...

Greek transit system thwarted by strikes on deadly train wreck’s anniversary
Widespread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital’s public transport on Wednesday in protests timed to ...