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Trump cannot divert military funds to pay for his border wall, court rules 0
- BUSINESS
- June 27, 2020
The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Donald Trump cannot divert US military funds to pay for his long-touted walls on the US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 2-1 ruling by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that
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Coronavirus live news: Germany set to lift land border checks; Italian PM questioned on decision not to lock down earlier | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- June 12, 2020
The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said with North and South America currently having four of the 10 worst hit countries in the world. The disease was “highly active” in Central and South America, the WHO’s top emergency expert Mike Ryan said, highlighting problems in
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Tensions mount at Greek border with Turkey amid contested history of migration in the Aegean 0
- BUSINESS
- March 4, 2020
The ongoing refugee and migrant crisis in the Aegean has taken a dramatic turn in recent days with an escalating humanitarian situation on the land and sea borders between Greece and Turkey. After Turkey removed its border restrictions with Greece on February 29, thousands of people began to make their way across the country to
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Battle at the border: Fire, smoke, and tear gas fill the air as Greek police fight back migrants 0
- BUSINESS
- March 4, 2020
Fire, smoke and tear gas have risen across the Greek-Turkey border today as police fight back migrants after Ankara threw open the gateway to Europe. Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies. Heavily armoured
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Judge blocks Trump from using military funds for border wall 0
- BUSINESS
- December 11, 2019
A judge has blocked Donald Trump’s administration from spending $3.6bn (£2.7bn) of military funds on the president’s long-promised border fence. David Briones, a federal district judge in El Paso, Texas, issued a permanent injunction that prevents the administration from using money previously set aside for a string of military construction projects. It is a major
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Brexit: Leo Varadkar says some checks ‘near the border’ in a no-deal 0
- BUSINESS
- September 5, 2019
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Varadkar said he would continue efforts to avoid a no deal Some checks on goods and live animals may need to take place “near the border” in a no-deal Brexit, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. In a speech to business leaders in Dublin, Mr Varadkar said that “as far
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