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by Casey Egan & Matt Sussis | Oct 19, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Economics should take a bigger role in setting global migration policies because migration is largely driven by labor market demands, an issue not understood by many of the immigration policymakers, a lead economist at the World Bank said Thursday. Caglar...
by Tacuma Roeback | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – In January, Bnyad Sharef and his family flew from Iraq to Egypt on their way to Nashville, Tennessee – their new home. But when they landed in Cairo on Jan. 27, they learned that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order banning entry into the...
by Oyin Falana | Oct 18, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for stronger U.S.-India economic and military relations Wednesday in advance of his visit to the country next week and criticized China’s “provocative actions” in the South China Sea. Tillerson rebuked China for...
by Jasmine Khayami & Ricky Zipp | Oct 18, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions angered Democrats Wednesday when he refused to divulge information regarding the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his own communication with Russian officials, threatening to leave the Senate hearing if...
by Yingjie Gu & Tacuma Roeback | Oct 17, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — With the implementation of its new cybersecurity law, China has the tools to match or even exceed the United States as an information technology superpower in expansiveness and regulation, experts said Tuesday. “China has arrived as an information...
by Jasmine Khayami & Matt Sussis | Oct 17, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Florida’s governor has declared a state of emergency, the University of Florida has spent half a million dollars in security fees and various left-wing political groups have planned large protests in preparation for a far-right speaker — the latest...
