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Nearly 30,000 migrants, many of them from Haiti, had been camping underneath Del Rio International Bridge.
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Leaders of Germany, Nigeria, Pakistan and Japan among speakers as annual gathering continues.
The empowering story of Teodora Vasquez who was imprisoned for 10 years under El Salvador’s strict abortion law.
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US plan to expel most of the more than 14,000 Haitian migrants camped at Mexico border has been widely condemned.
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Ambassador warns in resignation letter Haiti ‘has collapsed’ and cannot provide basics for returning refugees.
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Rights advocates urge Ecuador to address root causes of migration as thousands set out on perilous journeys towards US.
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Leaders of South Africa, Iraq, Libya National Unity Government among those to speak on Thursday.
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Mexico and the US are preparing to fly more Haitian migrants away from camps that have been set up along the border.
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European football’s governing body voices numerous concerns about a plan to hold the World Cup every two years.
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There is little reason to believe the far-right president will cease his attacks on the judiciary any time soon.
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Marcelo Queiroga tested positive after attending the gathering of world leaders.
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Amnesty International says six leading COVID jab manufacturers are ‘wheeling and dealing in favour of wealthy states’.
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The UN is faced with doing more with less as international leadership gets tested in the COVID-19 era.
Images and video show mounted US border guards wielding the cords amid mass migrant expulsion along Texas-Mexico border.