Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent in Honduras
BBCFor over a year, Elías Padilla had been saving up to make the journey from…
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Fearing deportation, Hondurans in the US send more cash home than ever before
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How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
Getty ImagesImmigration agents in Portland spraying crowd control chemicals into a protester’s frog costume went viral in October The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.
It also might have a unicorn’s…
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How Putin has kept Russia’s billionaires on side in the war
Vitaly ShevchenkoBBC Monitoring Russia editor
ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/SPUTNIK/AFPPutin summoned business leaders to the Kremlin on the day he ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine During the war with Ukraine, the number of billionaires in Russia has…
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The godfather of Ethio-jazz plays his last live concert
Mulatu AstatkeEthiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time.
Last month in London, the 82-year-old pioneer, who has done much to bring his blend of musical styles to the…
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UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy
The UK is to impose visa restrictions against people arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo after its government failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal migrants and foreign national offenders.
Ministers say the DRC has…
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Last of Canada’s Dionne quintuplets dies aged 91
Toronto Star via Getty ImagesAnnette, Yvonne and and Cécile Dionne pictured in 1998 Annette Dionne, the last surviving sister of the Canadian quintuplets, has died at 91, the Dionne Quints Home Museum has announced.
The five identical sisters,…
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Kennedy Center seeks $1m from musician who cancelled after Trump name added to venue
Watch: President Trump’s name added to facade of Kennedy Center The head of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC has demanded $1m (£740,000) in damages from a musician who cancelled a concert after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the…
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At least 15 killed after bus plunges into ravine in Guatemala
At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured on Saturday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, according to authorities, DW reported on Saturday.
“Fifteen people died in this traffic…
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‘No witnesses, no narrative:’ Syndicate says Israel deliberately targets Palestinian journalists
Israel’s systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian journalists since October 2023 has peaked this year with the targeting of dozens of members of the press, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
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Israel’s ceasefire breaches deepen Gaza’s suffering
TEHRAN — More than two months after a U.S.-brokered “ceasefire” took effect on October 10, Israeli forces continue near-daily assaults and restrictions, deepening Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported Saturday that…
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