It’s all gravy: Thanksgiving air traffic to be normal after US government reopens
Experts say air traffic controllers quickly returning to work, with promise of full back pay, and even $10,000 bonusFears that it would take weeks or even months for flight schedules in the US to return to normal in the wake of the US federal government shutdown do not appear to be coming true and the busy upcoming holiday season should be normal for travel, experts say.That is at least in part because air traffic controllers are quickly returning to work, according to the Department of Transportation. Continue reading...
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Chile votes for next president in contest dominated by crime and migration fears
Voters face seemingly extreme choice between communist and rightwing frontrunners, who both promise to fight foreign gangsChileans began voting for a new president and parliament on Sunday, in a contest expected to favour the hard right as candidates play on popular fears over organised crime and immigration.It is the first of an expected two rounds of presidential elections, as polls show none of the candidates clearing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff scheduled for 14 December. Continue reading...
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – as it happened
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system. This live blog is closedRefugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safeUkrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...
Refugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safe
Approach modelled on Denmark’s controversial system forms part of home secretary’s changes to asylum systemRefugees who have established lives with homes and families in the UK – including Ukrainians – will still face having to return if their home countries become safe, the home secretary has said.Shabana Mahmood said the asylum system was “out of control and putting huge pressure on communities” as she announced plans to end the permanent status of refugees, who will need to reapply to remain in Britain every two and a half years. Continue reading...
The Unlikely Mother of a Movement, on a Hunger Strike to Avenge Her Son
Since her son was killed with 15 others in a railway station collapse in Serbia, Dijana Hrka has become the face of widespread anti-government protests.
How Palestinian artists carry the New Visions spirit of resilience
The New Visions art movement energised a cultural boycott in the 1980s. Artists are still using it as inspiration today.
'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest.
Iran's foreign minister says the nation is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country
Iran's foreign minister on Sunday said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country.
Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials.
Thousands march in Brazil town hosting COP30 for climate justice
Indigenous-led protest in Belem urges climate action, fossil fuel phase-out and justice for affected communities.