Tag: Americas

washington —  In recent years, the United States has seen an unprecedented surge in undocumented migrants from India, most slipping in through Mexico. But as the U.S.-Mexico border faces growing pressure, many are turning to a less conventional path: crossing the expansive and lightly guarded border with Canada. In ...

Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the "Panama Papers" tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies. Issued on: 08/04/2024 - 03:47 2 min The 2016 revelations rocked governments, exposed high-profile ...

LONDON —  2024 will pose a major test of democratic rule as an estimated 4 billion people in more than 50 nations — almost half the world’s population — are set to vote in national elections, with the outcomes likely to shape global politics for years or decades to ...

World Scroll Down to Advance Map The past several years saw a dangerous backslide in democracy as wars, coups and restrictions on speech eroded civil liberties around the world. Yet in 2024, a record-setting 2 billion voters in 50 countries will head to the polls. Ranging from hotly contested ...

NEW DELHI —  The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official. The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come two months after ...

Henry Kissinger — who as a top American foreign policy official oversaw, overlooked and at times actively perpetrated some of the most grotesque war crimes the United States and its allies have committed — died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut. He was 100 years old.Kissinger’s death was announced ...

Islamabad —  Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the crisis-riddled countries may be losing attraction for Beijing. China is moving to protect its global investments under the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a study released ...

Islamabad —  Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the crisis-riddled countries may be losing attraction for Beijing. China is moving to protect its global investments under the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a study released ...

toronto —  Canada has accepted at least 40,000 Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland since 2021, helping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government meet its commitment, the country's immigration minister said on Monday. Since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, millions of Afghan refugees fled to ...

Editor's note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com. Is There a Path to Refugee Resettlement for Palestinians? Palestinians are the largest stateless community worldwide, according to the United Nations, and when they become refugees, ...