Day: May 9, 2019

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Biden promises border plan soon to counter Trump policy

3:54 pm May 9, 2019

Los Angeles: Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is sowing fear at the US border with Mexico, not delivering solutions, after another month when about 100,000 immigrants were arrested trying to enter the country illegally. “The idea that we are just trying to scare the living devil out of the American public ‘My […]

Indian Christian serves iftar to nearly 800 Muslim workers

3:48 pm May 9, 2019

Dubai: An Indian Christian businessman, who built a mosque for Muslim workers in the UAE, is serving iftar meals to nearly 800 workers during the ongoing month of Ramzan. Saji Cheriyan, 49, who hails from Kerala’s Kayamkulam, built the mosque last year for Muslim workers living in a worker accommodation that he rented out to […]

Denver first US city to decriminalize ‘magic mushrooms’

3:46 pm May 9, 2019

Los Angeles: Denver on Wednesday became the first US city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, as voters approved a ballot initiative by a razor thin margin. The new ordinance loosens restrictions on the personal use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms, also known as “magic mushrooms,” by people over the age of 21. The new law, however, […]

Mexico worries as US keeps making asylum seekers wait there

3:42 pm May 9, 2019

Mexico City: People in overextended Mexican border cities are voicing concern over the continuation of a U.S. policy that makes Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States wait south of the border. A U.S. federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can make migrants wait in Mexico for their immigration hearings […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo skips visit to Greenland amid new tensions with Iran

3:37 pm May 9, 2019

London: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cancelled a visit to Greenland to return to Washington amid an escalation of tensions with Iran. Pompeo had been due to wrap up a trip to Europe on Thursday with a stop in Greenland aimed at promoting the Trump administration’s Arctic policies. Those policies were criticized earlier […]