Dominican Republic deports dozens of Haitian pregnant women and children in hospital crackdown – CNN

  1. Dominican Republic deports dozens of Haitian pregnant women and children in hospital crackdown  CNN
  2. Dominican Republic detains pregnant Haitian women in hospital swoop  BBC
  3. Abinader reviews government actions to tackle illegal immigration  Dominican Today
  4. iciHaiti - Dom. Republic : Screening of foreign patients begins in 33 public hospitals  iciHaiti.com
  5. Dominican Republic: Stop racist policies against migrants  Amnesty International Canada
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Exclusion zones: is Peter Dutton’s campaign avoiding proposed nuclear power sites?

The opposition leader says he ‘won’t be able to get to all’ of the seven locations earmarked for flagship nuclear policy, while Labor says he has not been within 50km of any during election campaign

Peter Dutton is avoiding visiting any of the seven sites for his proposed nuclear reactors, Anthony Albanese and the Labor party claim, arguing the issue has become “radioactive” for the Coalition.

The Liberal leader says he is still committed to nuclear power, even as he concedes it may not be “politically popular”.

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DOGE is shutting down foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation – Politico

  1. DOGE is shutting down foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation  Politico
  2. DOGE to Dismantle Millennium Challenge Corporation  The New York Times
  3. Trump kills US agency funding Africa infrastructure  France 24
  4. DOGE preps to shutter Millennium Challenge Corporation  The Hill
  5. DOGE shuttering Millennium Challenge Corp aid agency, staff told  Reuters
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Florida students lobby to keep 2018 gun control law in wake of recent shooting

Students traumatized by Parkland and Florida university shootings urge lawmakers not to roll back restrictions

Florida students who were traumatized by the 2018 Parkland school shooting – and last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University – are urging lawmakers in the Republican-controlled statehouse not to roll back gun restrictions they passed in the wake of the killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school.

Gun rights activists have been fighting to unravel the 2018 law since it was passed, including a provision that raised the state’s minimum age to buy a gun to 21. Governor Ron DeSantis and some Republican lawmakers have argued that if an 18-year-old Floridian can serve in the military, they should be able to purchase a firearm.

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New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

Part of major highway closed as 3,000 people move to safety and officials say fire could become state’s largest in 20 years

A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey forced thousands of people to temporarily evacuate on Tuesday, as officials warned the blaze could become the largest in the state in about 20 years.

Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean county sparked several small blazes near a decommissioned Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, state officials said.

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Photos: Deadliest attack targeting civilians in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 2000 – AP News

  1. Photos: Deadliest attack targeting civilians in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 2000  AP News
  2. Kashmir attack live: Pakistan claims Pahalgam attack ‘false flag operation’  Al Jazeera
  3. Congress To Hold Candlelight Marches Over Pahalgam Terror Attack Today  NDTV
  4. Rage and despair after brazen attack kills 26 in Indian-administered Kashmir  BBC
  5. Victims and Eyewitnesses in Kashmir Attack Describe Scenes of Chaos and Horror  The New York Times
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