Canada reimposes visa requirement on Mexican nationals

[ad_1] TORONTO — Canada’s government is reimposing the visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, the immigration minister announced Thursday. Quebec’s premier has been urging the Canadian government to slow the influx of immigrants, which he says has been straining resources. The U.S. government also urged Canada to take action as some Mexicans have been…

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Biden walks back prediction of Monday cease-fire deal in Gaza: ‘Hopeful’ but ‘probably not’

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden expressed skepticism Thursday that a cease-fire agreement could be struck in the Israel-Hamas war by Monday, as he had said he hoped would happen. “Hope springs eternal,” Biden told reporters as he left for a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border when asked if he still expected an agreement by…

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As Gaza death toll tops 30,000, is Israel on the path to victory or quagmire?

[ad_1] Whatever the military results of the campaign, Israel has suffered a blow to its international image over the steep civilian toll in Gaza. With 31,000 air strikes, the offensive on the densely populated enclave has caused massive damage to infrastructure and killed more than 30,000 people, two-thirds of them women and children, say Palestinian health…

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Nicaragua accused by human rights experts of abuses ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega. The allegations follow an investigation into the country’s expanding crackdown on political dissent. The Ortega government has gone…

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