| Detained immigrant children bring scrutiny to Trump’s border policy Posted: 31 May 2018 02:02 PM PDT ![Detained immigrant children bring scrutiny to Trump's border policy]( "Detained immigrant children bring scrutiny to Trump's border policy") A social media firestorm about 1,475 children "lost" by the federal government, together with a new policy that results in separating unauthorized immigrant children from their parents, has heightened scrutiny of President Trump's zero-tolerance approach to illegal immigration. Amid recent reports – some examining Obama-era enforcement – of children being beaten by government agents and in some cases released to human traffickers and forced to work in miserable conditions, ramped-up detention of minors has amplified human rights concerns. Mr. Trump, who had already pushed for more stringent border enforcement in his first year in office, is cracking down in what many characterize as an unprecedented way.
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| The other nuclear powers that need attention Posted: 31 May 2018 01:05 PM PDT ![The other nuclear powers that need attention]( "The other nuclear powers that need attention") As long as he is already trying to denuclearize North Korea as well as permanently ban Iran from building a nuclear weapon, President Trump may want to pay heed to India and its neighbor Pakistan. Pakistan and India each recognize a nuclear war would be mutually devastating.
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| Russia woos a Europe feuding with US over tariffs, Iran Posted: 31 May 2018 10:02 AM PDT ![Russia woos a Europe feuding with US over tariffs, Iran]( "Russia woos a Europe feuding with US over tariffs, Iran") The scene at last week's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum [SPIEF], Russia's annual economic showcase, would have been unimaginable just a couple years ago. There sat a beaming Vladimir Putin on the keynote panel, flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan. Out in the corridor lurked US Ambassador Jon Huntsman, who had agreed to speak but later declined due to the presence of Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, recently sanctioned by the US Treasury Department, at the meeting.
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| Years of building bridges turns NIMBY into ‘Yes’ for mosque in England Posted: 31 May 2018 09:32 AM PDT ![Years of building bridges turns NIMBY into 'Yes' for mosque in England]( "Years of building bridges turns NIMBY into 'Yes' for mosque in England") Mr. Durrant was trying to stop him. In a country where immigrant newcomers often complain they do not feel welcome, and where many indigenous Britons say they no longer feel at home, Lincoln's example suggests that home-making does not have to be a zero-sum game. Local people who had feared the Islamic place of worship as "a foreign object in a Christian area," as Durrant puts it, have been reassured.
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