Migration

June 18, 2021

Top of The World: More than 350 doctors and medical workers in Indonesia have contracted COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. And, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his government to prepare for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States. Also, a new report by the UN refugee agency UNHCR shows that millions of people were displaced around the world in 2020.

COVID-19

How a Vietnamese community emerged among the most vaccinated in Alabama

The World

June 16, 2021

Many Vietnamese Americans in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, say they got vaccinated because they wanted to feel safer at work, making them among the most vaccinated communities in the state.

Migration

'It’s un-British': UK government crackdown on asylum courts controversy

The World

June 14, 2021

Since late last year, the British government has been putting male asylum-seekers arriving on dinghies from France in a former base called the Napier barracks. Earlier this month, a high court judge ruled that the government acted unlawfully.

Top of The World

Contentious Keystone XL pipeline project canceled

The World

June 10, 2021

Canadian company TC Energy withdraws from Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project after President Biden canceled its permit earlier this year. And, the number of undocumented migrants reaching the US-Mexico border hits its highest level in more than 20 years. Also, Moscow court labels organization of President Putin’s political foe, Alexei Navalny, as an “extremist” group.

Top of The World

Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting

The World

June 08, 2021

Global operation by Australia and the American FBI leads to the arrest of more than 800 suspected criminals. And the Nigerian government bans Twitter after the platform deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari. Also, a man in a pickup truck rams into a Muslim immigrant family in Canada on the street, killing four people.

Biden administration

Addressing migration requires long-term commitment, says analyst on Harris visit to Guatemala

The World

June 07, 2021

About $13 billion are squandered as a result of corruption in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, says Adriana Beltran, an analyst with The Washington Office on Latin America.

Violence

Rising anger as youth get caught up in Tigray war

Associated Press

June 07, 2021

Hawzen, a rural town in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, is a microcosm of the challenge facing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — and a warning that the war here is unlikely to end anytime soon.

Conflict

Souring on peace marches, Myanmar protesters seek weapons

The World

June 02, 2021

Will the US support the pro-democracy resistance in Myanmar as it takes up arms?

Violence

‘Mining kills’: A gold rush in Brazil threatens the Yanomami Indigenous people

The World

May 25, 2021

Thousands of illegal miners have invaded Yanomami land in recent years, polluting rivers, destroying forests and putting Indigenous communities at risk. Now, those communities are fighting back.

Immigration

ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate

The World

May 24, 2021

Without a federal mandate to end immigration detention in county jails and private detention centers, advocates continue turn to local and state lawmakers to act.

Migration

Hundreds of vaccinated healthcare workers in Indonesia get COVID

How a Vietnamese community emerged among the most vaccinated in Alabama

'It’s un-British': UK government crackdown on asylum courts controversy

Contentious Keystone XL pipeline project canceled

Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting

Addressing migration requires long-term commitment, says analyst on Harris visit to Guatemala

Rising anger as youth get caught up in Tigray war

Souring on peace marches, Myanmar protesters seek weapons

‘Mining kills’: A gold rush in Brazil threatens the Yanomami Indigenous people

ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate

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