1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (764+ words) Texas is by far the top destination for refugees approved for resettlement in the United States, even as President Donald Trump's immigration policy increasingly allows refugees from only one country in the world: South Africa. According to State Department data…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (644+ words) Mexico's players understood the intense pressure and high expectations they were facing on Thursday in the opening match of the first 48-team World Cup tournament. But they embraced their role and got off to a winning start by beating South…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (819+ words) After years of preparation, a supersized World Cup has finally arrived. This year's tournament " which is hosted by the U. S. , Canada and Mexico " was expanded to 48 teams that will play in 16 stadiums in a record 104 matches over the 39-day tournament. Mexico…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (416+ words) Brazil's'Pele was hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup final against Italy 4-1 at Mexico City's'Estadio Azteca on June 21, 1970. While Estadio Azteca will not hold its third World Cup final this summer, it will become…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1099+ words) The American pontiff traveled to Spain dozens of times as a priest, but this is the first visit here by a pope in 15 years. And Spaniards turned out in droves to welcome Leo, with an estimated 500, 000 people " many of them…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1262+ words) These rocky, remote outposts of Europe have struggled with the arrival of tens of thousands of mostly African migrants through some of the world's deadliest migration routes. Even as numbers decreased this year, especially in the Canaries, the issue continues…...

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2+ week, 3+ day ago  (986+ words) It's not clear what incitement Trump was referring to when his administration made the announcement Tuesday of 10, 000 additional places for white South Africans in the refugee program this year to raise it to 17, 500. It's Trump's latest contention that minority white…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (822+ words) It shows nearly a month passed between when an elderly Dutch man fell sick and died in the South Atlantic and laboratory tests in South Africa " more than 3, 500 kilometers (2, 174 miles) away " confirmed hantavirus infections. Three passengers in total have died,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (866+ words) The comments by Zambia's foreign affairs minister, Mulambo Haimbe, on Monday brought into the open simmering tensions over President Donald Trump's "America First" strategy, which is reshaping aid to Africa into transactional agreements. Some African leaders and health experts have…...