Mother and daughter graduate from US university on same day

Falhad Mohamud graduates from a US university with her daughter Amina, having fled Somalia in 1980.

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Latin lovers tune in: Vatican broadcasts news in language of ancient Rome

Friends, Romans and Latin lovers - lend the Vatican your ears. Vatican Radio is starting its first regular news bulletin in the language of Caesar and Cicero.

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Modi's ruling alliance may win key India upper house majority next year: projection

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling alliance could achieve a crucial majority in the upper house of parliament next year if some small regional parties join the bloc that recently won a massive mandate in the lower house, according to a projection by an independent research firm.

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May bank holiday 2020 changed for VE Day anniversary

The early May bank holiday in 2020 will move back four days in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Trump calls off tariffs after Mexico vows to tighten borders

The United States and Mexico struck a deal on Friday to avert a tariff war, with Mexico agreeing to rapidly expand a controversial asylum program and deploy security forces to stem the flow of illegal Central American migrants.

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US-Mexico talks: Agreement to avoid tariffs reached, says Trump

US President Trump had threatened tariffs unless Mexico stemmed the flow of immigrants to America.

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Fog blankets Sydney, causes flight delays

Heavy fog blanketed Sydney on Saturday morning, delaying flights, creating hazards for shipping and setting social media ablaze with moody photographs of disappearing landmarks.

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U.S.-Mexico migration deal boosts USMCA approval drive-Mexico official

The deal over migration struck on Friday between Mexico and the United States has given a boost to the process of ratifying a new North American trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a senior Mexican official said.

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Woman with opioid addiction to get regular methadone treatment in prison

A Massachusetts woman will become the first known person to win approval from the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to receive ongoing methadone treatment for her heroin addiction while she serves a sentence in federal prison.

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U.S. says to expand program sending asylum seekers to Mexico

Mexico has agreed to take more migrants seeking asylum in the United States while they await adjudication of their cases, according to details of an agreement reached late on Friday that led President Donald Trump to call off threatened tariffs.

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Venezuela Socialist Party deputy meets Castro in show of unity on Cuba trip

Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello met with Cuban Communist Party chief Raul Castro on Friday in Havana in a show of unity as the United States steps up pressure on the governments of the allied nations.

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Mexico national guard to deploy on southern border from Monday: minister

Mexico's National Guard will begin deploying on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala from Monday to contain the flow of migrants headed to the United States, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday.

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U.S. to expand program sending asylum seekers to Mexico

Mexico has agreed to take more migrants seeking asylum in the United States while they await adjudication of their cases, according to a U.S.-Mexico joint declaration released on Friday.

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Ecuador president blocks extradition of man accused of Facebook fraud

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has blocked the extradition to the United States of a New York man charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg, a document obtained by Reuters showed on Friday.

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Trump calls off tariffs on Mexico after deal on migration

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday Mexico's government had reached a deal with the United States to avert a tariff war by pledging to take "strong measures" to contain the migration of mostly Central Americans crossing the southern U.S. border.

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Venezuela partially opens border with Colombia that was shut in February

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced a partial opening of the country's border with Colombia, which his government closed in February as opposition leaders prepared an ultimately failed effort to bring aid into the country.

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