By RFE/RL US and Ukrainian negotiators are set to meet for high-stakes peace talks in Berlin on December 14 as disagreements persist over territorial control and security guarantees and as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure sites. The talks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dramatic visit and posted a defiant video from Kupyansk,
By Haitian Times The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Friday it is terminating all categorical family reunification parole programs for immigrants from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras, as well as their immediate family members. In a statement published on USCIS.gov, DHS said the decision is part of what it
By Varney Dukuly A former University of Liberia student leader, A. Patrick Sowah, argued that development under President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administration is meaningless if ordinary Liberians continue to endure widespread hunger. Sowah, who now resides in the United States, accused the government of prioritising political activities over citizens’ welfare. He made a comment on
By Kate Morrissey • Capital & Main The line of people outside the office for Mexico’s refugee agency formed before 7 a.m., stretching down the sidewalk on a September morning in Tapachula, a small city near the border with Guatemala. “Strong Cuban coffee!” a woman advertised in Spanish, walking up and down the line. Haitian women sat
The government of South Sudan has alleged that aircraft operating under contract to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have been involved in smuggling natural resources and were fitted with undisclosed surveillance equipment. Foreign Minister Monday Semaya Kumba made the claims during a briefing for diplomats in the capital, Juba, on Saturday. He stated
