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Kristi Noem, the Secretary of US Homeland Security, on Thursday shortened the duration of temporary work permits and deportation protections for 521,000 Haitians to last until August of this year rather than February 2026, weeks after cutting a TPS extension for some 600,000 Venezuelans. US cuts Biden-era deportation protections for 521,000 Haitians

Marking another boost to the renewed partnership between the US and Venezuela, 177 migrants were transferred from the notorious Guantanamo military base to their homeland in Venezuela at the “direct request” of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. US transfers 177 migrants held in Guantanamo to Venezuela

The United States is urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign deal on US access to Ukraine’s critical minerals, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz has said. Zelensky has refused the offer, saying: “I can’t sell our state.” The comments in the White House news briefing came shortly after Zelensky wrapped up a meeting with Trump’s Ukraine envoy in Kyiv, saying he was ready to make an “investment and security agreement” with the US to end the war. Zelensky calls for strong ties with US, Musk slams Ukraine's leader as 'despised'

The City Council of Zaragoza, in plenary session, has approved the budget by 2025 with an endowment of 978 million euros with the votes in favor of PP and Vox and the rejection of PSOE and ZEC. The budget, following the items that had already been presented previously, grows 2.97% and increases the investment by 15%, reaching record levels that were not exceeded since the years of the 2008 Expo. During the plenary session, the mayor of Zaragoza, Natalia Chueca, has described as “historical” this budget with which the city “shines”. In addition, he has stressed that he is immersed…

There’s a lot to learn about how people in Germany vote, and how age, gender, occupation, education and where you live can influence your political leanings.

On Sunday 23 February 2025, Germans will head to the polling stations to cast their votes in the snap federal election. They will vote twice: once for a candidate in their local constituency and a second vote for a German political party at the state level.

The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after taking two key cities, the United Nations warned, underscoring the threat of a regional conflict. Recent weeks have seen the rapid progression of the Rwanda-backed M23, which has seized vast tracts of the eastern DRC, including Goma and Bukavu. “If our information is correct, [the M23] continues to advance towards other strategic areas in North and South Kivu,” the UN secretary-general’s special envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia, told the Security Council. He said while the “deep intentions of…

How does Europe’s largest economy vote? On Sunday, 23 February 2025, Germans will head to the polls in an election that will have a major impact on Europe. 

Ireland ranks highest of 14 EU countries for education but lowest for logistics capacity Ireland ranks highest of 14 EU countries for quality education but lags behind in affordable energy, clean water, climate action, innovation, infrastructure, and gender equality, a report on UN Sustainable Development Goals reveals. Social Justice Ireland published the Sustainable Progress Index 2025 on Thursday. The index ranks 14 comparable EU countries on three dimensions: economy, society and environment. The overall Sustainable Progress Index, which includes all 17 goals set out by the UN, concludes that Ireland is in ninth place out of the 14 countries. Ireland…

The former PM said Trump’s claims were designed to ‘shock Europeans into action’ Boris Johnson attacks Trump over claims Ukraine started war with Putin Boris Johnson has hit out at Donald Trump’s claims that Ukraine started the war with Russia, as the president came under fire for branding Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator. The former prime minister said the US president’s statements on Ukraine – which were the latest in a series of controversial interventions by the Trump administration – “are not intended to be historically accurate, but to shock Europeans into action”. Mr Trump caused outrage when he wrongly claimed…