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US judge strikes down Trump immigrant visa ban affecting 75 countries

US judge strikes down Trump immigrant visa ban affecting 75 countries A federal judge in Manhattan ruled against the State Department’s suspension of immigrant visas. A United States judge has struck down a policy introduced by the administration of President Donald Trump suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, saying the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statutory authority. Judge Jeannette Vargas of Manhattan said in her ruling on Friday...

Myanmar military strike on Buddhist monastery kills 14, including three women

Fourteen people, including three women, were killed and 20 others injured when Myanmar's military carried out an air strike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region, an opposition group and a villager said. The victims were attending a weeklong meditation retreat at the monastery. The air strike took place in Swel Le Oh village in Myaung township, about 75 kilometres west of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, according to Nway Oo, a spokesperson for the Civil Defence and...

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Trump tries new midterm message to supporters: ‘Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot’

President Donald Trump wants his supporters to think beyond his endorsed candidates and imagine that he is on the ballot when they vote in this year’s midterm elections. The president made his new pitch Friday night in South Carolina at a rally in support of Sen. Darline Graham, urging the crowd to back her in Tuesday’s Senate GOP runoff. “The problem that we have is, they say that Trump does great when he’s on the ballot, but when he’s not on the ballot, his people don’t come and they don’t...