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On the eve of President Trump’s deadline to impose tariffs on Mexico, one thing is hard to miss on the Mexican side of the border: The migrants are gone.In what were once some of the busiest sections along the border — Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana, Matamoros — shelters that used to overflow now hold just a few families. The parks, hotels and vacant buildings that once teemed with people from all over the world stand empty.And on the border itself, where migrants once slept in camps within feet of the 30-foot wall, only dust-caked clothes and shoes, rolled-up toothpaste tubes and…

A USAID deputy administrator has been put on leave after issuing memos that said that the organization had failed to implement humanitarian assistance due to “political leadership” at USAID, the Department of State and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).He wrote it will “will no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization, and threats to national security on a massive scale,” two sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.Nick Enrich, the acting assistant administrator for USAID Global Health, issued two memos to the Bureau of Global Health on Friday, one that laid out how the Bureau for Global Health had…

The man accused of killing seven people with a high-powered rifle during a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 pleaded guilty on Monday, just as opening statements were expected to begin in his murder trial.The man, Robert Crimo III, pleaded guilty to 69 criminal counts, including murder and attempted murder, which will result in a sentence of at least seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.“Is this what you want to do today, plead guilty?” Judge Victoria A. Rossetti of Lake County circuit court asked Mr. Crimo, who sat expressionless in court, wearing a suit…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Bridgewater, N.S. say they are the investigating the death of a woman found inside her home Sunday morning as a case of intimate partner violence. Officers responded to a 911 call from a home on Haven Drive “for a female in medical distress,” police said in a news release on Monday.Police say they located an elderly female inside the residence who “was injured from what appeared to be an assault with a weapon,” the release went on to say. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the…

It was more than 30 years ago when a landmark legal case, brought about by Eddie Koiki Mabo and fellow Mer Islanders, recognised the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to their lands.A centre, opening in Perth on Tuesday, will continue the forefather of native title’s legacy, which began in 1982 when the group lodged their legal claim in the High Court for ownership of their lands.The Mabo Centre will focus on advancing First Nations leadership and improving economic outcomes for communities through land and sea rights.Dr Mabo’s family gifted the centre his name, with his daughter Gail…

Amazon’s cloud services provider, Amazon Web Services, will invest about US$8.2 billion in India’s western state of Maharashtra over the next few years, the information technology ministry said on Monday. India has been stepping up its efforts to pilot local cloud data storage. According to a report by International Data Corporation, the country’s cloud services market – estimated at US$8.3 billion in 2023 – is expected to grow to US$24.2 billion by 2028. “Along with the investment, there will be significant growth in employment,” Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said, adding that the investments will roll out…

Scott Lucas, a Birmingham professor, examines the Ukraine-US fallout—can Europe and the world step up to ensure Ukraine’s security?Scott Lucas, a professor at the University of Birmingham, examines the Ukraine-US fallout – and asks, can Europe and the rest of the world step up to guarantee Ukraine’s security?

There is the theory that President Trump is still bitter about his Canadian hotel ventures that went bust.Some, on social media, have speculated that a 2019 photograph in which Justin Trudeau appeared poised to kiss Melania Trump, the first lady, at a Group of 7 gathering in France, left Mr. Trump with a grudge against the dashing Canadian prime minister.And then there is the transactional view, that Mr. Trump sees the acquisition of Canada as the 51st state as the ultimate real estate deal that would seal his presidential legacy.As Mr. Trump prepares to push ahead with a new round…

A suburban Chicago man accused of killing seven people and injuring 48 others in the 2022 Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, agreed to flip his plea to guilty in court on Monday.Robert Crimo III, 24, faces 21 counts of first-degree murder – three counts for each person killed – as well as 48 counts of attempted murder.  Robert E. Crimo III speaks to Lake County’s assistant public defender Anton Trizna as he appears for a hearing before Judge Victoria A. Rossetti at the Lake County Courthouse on June 26, 2024, in Waukegan, Illinois. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh-Pool/Getty…