Author: Olive Metuge
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from using a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to carry out mass deportations of Venezuelans.Trump on Saturday proclaimed immigrants belonging to the Venezuelan crime gang Tren de Aragua were “conducting irregular warfare” against the US and that he would deport them under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.But US District Judge James Boasberg on Saturday evening ordered a halt to deportations covered by the proclamation that will last for 14 days, according to media reports.Judge Boasberg told a hearing he had heard planes with deportees were taking off…
Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping wartime authority that allows the president broader leeway on policy and executive action to speed up mass deportations of people — potentially pushing his promised crackdown on immigration into higher gear.Trump’s declaration targets Tren de Aragua (TdA), contending it is a hostile force acting at the behest of Venezuela’s government.The declaration comes the same day that a federal judge in Washington barred the administration from deporting five Venezuelans under the expected order, a hint at…
A movie under the stars…Love the cinema? Take a break from the usual and opt for a different experience at one of these outdoor cinemas in Dubai.Here are outdoor cinemas in Dubai to try this winter season. Vox Outdoor at The Galleria MallOut on the rooftop of The Galleria Mall, you’ll find a single-screen, open-air VOX Moonlight outdoor cinema. Since refurbing in November 2023, it now boasts a fresh, vibrant aesthetic inspired by the outdoors. with contemporary accents across a green palette. The green tones and the foliage make for a rooftop garden feel against the backdrop of the city. There’s…
This story contains references to homophobia, antisemitism and racism, as well as mass shootings and other violence. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights A Global Network: White supremacists from around the world used Telegram to spread hateful content promoting murder and destruction in a community they called Terrorgram. Spurred to Hate: ProPublica and FRONTLINE identified 35 crimes linked to Terrorgram, including bomb plots, stabbings and shootings. A New Home: After several arrests of alleged Terrorgram members and reforms by Telegram, experts expect…
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been left at the International Space Station (ISS) for nine months, after the Boeing Starliner capsule that carried them there encountered faults.On 14 March, SpaceX launched a rocket carrying a new crew to the ISS, as part of a plan to bring the astronauts back to Earth.Suni and Butch are due to begin their journey back to Earth two days after the new crew arrives, but conditions on Earth could delay the return.The BBC’s Aruna Iyengar explains how the astronauts ended up on the ISS for nine months.Video filmed and edited by…
The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up dust storms that caused deadly crashes and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states.Multiple tornadoes were reported in Missouri on Friday, just some of the extreme weather that was forecast to affect an area home to more than 100 million people. Winds gusting up to 130 km/h were predicted from the Canadian border to Texas, threatening blizzard conditions in colder northern areas and wildfire risk in…
If you’re late to the Eid-getaway club, these Eid travel ideas will save you…Then you probably think you’ve missed the train, but we’d like to tell you that such is not the case. Sure, last-minute planning is stressful, but this guide here will give you a list of great ideas if you’re planning for Eid travel in a rush. The destinations on this list are interesting, cultural and at a short or medium-haul distance with fantastic stays you can explore.OmanOman is perhaps the most popular regional destination for us UAE folk to escape to when the mood for a speedy…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Saying the Trump administration is sabotaging civil rights enforcement by the Department of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Friday morning seeks to stop the president and Secretary Linda McMahon from carrying out the mass firing of civil rights investigators and lawyers. Two parents and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, jointly filed the lawsuit. It alleges that decimating the department’s Office for Civil Rights will leave the agency unable to handle the…
A senior Islamic State (IS) group leader in Iraq and Syria has been killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister has said.Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa, also known as Abu Khadija, “was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world”, according to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.US President Donald Trump said “he was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters”.The US Central Command (Centcom) posted on X what appeared to be a video of the strike, which it said was carried out in…
Cuba suffered a massive power outage Friday night affecting Havana and the country’s provinces that left millions in the dark.Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said at around 8:15 p.m. local time a power outage at the Diezmero substation on the outskirts of Havana had caused “a significant loss of generation in western Cuba and, with it, the failure of the National Electric System.”The ministry said on its account on X that it is “working on the recovery process.”The streets of Havana were dark and empty, with light coming only from the windows of hotels that had generators.People in provinces…