Supreme court allows White House to revoke temporary protected status of many migrants

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Ruling reverses hold on Trump administration’s ending humanitarian parole of Venezuelan migrants and others

The US supreme court on Friday announced it would allow the Trump administration to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up deportations.

The court put on hold Boston-based US district judge Indira Talwani’s order halting the administration’s move to end the immigration humanitarian “parole” protections granted to 532,000 people by Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, potentially exposing many of them to rapid removal from the country, while the detailed case plays out in lower courts.

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Google and Home Depot drop Pride Toronto sponsorship amid Trump’s DEI war

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Organizer points to president’s anti-diversity push as companies join Adidas and Clorox in withdrawing support

In another blow to one of the largest celebrations of LGTBQ+ people in North America, Pride Toronto has unexpectedly lost two more major corporate sponsors, just weeks before the festival in a setback the festival’s organizer says is direct result of Donald Trump’s campaign to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the US.

Google and Home Depot both announced their plans to abandon the festival in the form of one-line emails, said Kojo Modeste, the executive director of the Canadian event.

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Trump Says Macron ‘Fine’ After Viral Shoving Incident With Wife – Bloomberg

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  1. Trump Says Macron ‘Fine’ After Viral Shoving Incident With Wife  Bloomberg
  2. ‘It’s Nonsense’: Macron Plays Down Video of Shove From Wife  The New York Times
  3. Trump offers his marital advice after viral video of Macron's wife shoving his face  Fox News
  4. ‘Le Slap’ talks to the dark truth behind Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron’s marriage  The Independent
  5. Trump's advice to Macron after airplane shoving video: 'Make sure the door remains closed'  USA Today
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A statue of Stalin is unveiled in the Moscow subway as Russia tries to revive the dictator’s legacy – AP News

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  1. A statue of Stalin is unveiled in the Moscow subway as Russia tries to revive the dictator's legacy  AP News
  2. Rosenberg: What a new Stalin statue says about Russia's attempt to reshape history  BBC
  3. What can a ‘poorly-made’ Stalin sculpture tell us about Putin's Russia?  The Art Newspaper
  4. Monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Moscow metro stirs debate  Reuters
  5. Stalin’s Image Returns to Moscow’s Subway, Honoring a Brutal History  The New York Times
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Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN

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Mission to deliver help is ‘one of most obstructed aid operations in recent history’, humanitarian agency says

Gaza is “the hungriest place on Earth”, according to the UN, which has warned that the Palestinian territory’s entire population is at risk of famine.

Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said the territory was “the only defined area – a country or defined territory within a country – where you have the entire population at risk of famine. One hundred per cent of the population at risk of famine,” he said on Friday.

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Exclusive: West plans to push IAEA board to find Iran in breach of duties, diplomats say – Reuters

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  1. Exclusive: West plans to push IAEA board to find Iran in breach of duties, diplomats say  Reuters
  2. Report: West To Push IAEA To Publish Damning Report On Iran, Likely To Dampen Talks  i24NEWS
  3. US, allies press IAEA to declare Iran non-compliant on nuclear commitments - Shafaq News  شفق نيوز
  4. West to push IAEA to declare Iran in breach of nuclear obligations - Reuters  ایران اینترنشنال
  5. Western powers to urge U.N. to declare Iran in breach of nuclear obligations  Investing.com Nigeria
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‘Nothing left’: Irish whale-watching company closes amid ‘overfishing’

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Sprat fishing has disrupted the food chain and diverted humpback, minke and fin whales as well as dolphins

A whale-watching company has abandoned tours off Ireland’s southern Atlantic coast and declared the waters an empty, lifeless sea.

Colin Barnes, who ran Cork Whale Watch, announced he was closing the company because overfishing of sprat has disrupted the marine food chain and diverted humpback, minke and fin whales as well as dolphins.

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Explanation of Vote on a UN Security Council Resolution on South Sudan – United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)

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  1. Explanation of Vote on a UN Security Council Resolution on South Sudan  United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
  2. South Sudan: Renewal of UN arms embargo a welcome move to protect civilians  Amnesty International
  3. UN Security Council renews South Sudan arms embargo  Radio Tamazuj
  4. UN Security Council must renew the arms embargo on South Sudan  Al Jazeera
  5. UN Security Council urged to renew arms embargo against South Sudan  JURIST Legal News
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Ukraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations – The New York Times

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  1. Ukraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations  The New York Times
  2. Ukraine awaiting Russia peace proposal ahead of Istanbul talks  BBC
  3. Ukraine says it wants to see Russian proposals before agreeing to more peace talks  NBC News
  4. Zelenskiy accuses Russia of 'another deception' by holding back peace memorandum  Reuters
  5. Next round of Russia-Ukraine talks uncertain as Moscow won’t reveal terms  The Washington Post
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Future of world-renowned children’s centre in hands of Reform UK

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Pen Green, a model for Labour’s Sure Start, could face closure if Reform-led North Northamptonshire council fails to act

A world-renowned children’s centre that provided the model for Sure Start is on the brink of collapse, with its future in the hands of the newly elected Reform UK leadership of its local council.

The Pen Green Centre, which pioneered wrap-around care and learning for preschool children in one of the most deprived areas of the UK, was the blueprint for Labour’s totemic early years Sure Start programme in the late 1990s.

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Hamas reviews Gaza ceasefire proposal as U.S. expresses optimism – The Washington Post

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  1. Hamas reviews Gaza ceasefire proposal as U.S. expresses optimism  The Washington Post
  2. Israel accepts a US proposal for a temporary Gaza ceasefire and Hamas gives a cool response  AP News
  3. Trump says Gaza deal ‘very close,’ suggests announcement could be imminent  The Times of Israel
  4. How Israel is responding to latest U.S. proposals to pause war in Gaza  PBS
  5. Time's Up for the Warmongers and Dreamers of Settlements: Seal the Deal Now  Haaretz
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