Yearly Archives: 2018

Republicans risking conservative backlash over immigration

NEW YORK (AP) — The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party’s most animating issues and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost the GOP control of the House in November.

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Clashes flare near Yemen’s flashpoint Hodeida

Yemeni pro-government forces traded mortar fire Sunday with rebels near Hodeida airport, military sources said, on the fifth day of an offensive to seize back control of the strategic port city. More than 70 per cent of Yemeni imports pass through the docks of Hodeida port, controlled by the country’s Houthi rebels.

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Kiev police detain 56 far-right activists during LGBT march

Ukrainian police said Sunday they had detained 56 far-right activists who tried to disrupt a gay pride march in central Kiev, which saw around 5,000 people take part and a huge security presence. US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and Rebecca Harms from the European Parliament were at the front of the march. Along the way supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and …

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Cambodian prince injured, wife killed in head-on road crash

A Cambodian prince and former prime minister was injured and his wife killed in a head-on collision on a highway in the country’s southwest on Sunday, officials said. Prince Norodom Ranariddh and his wife Ouk Phalla were rushed to hospital after a taxi travelling in the other direction slammed into their motorcade in Preah Sihanouk province. Phalla died in a …

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