WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered an investigation into reports that border patrol agents have been posting offensive anti-immigrant comments and threats against lawmakers on a private Facebook group. U.S. Border Patrol agents stand at attention during a ‘Border Safety Initiative’ media event at the
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Wednesday as initial enthusiasm over the latest U.S.-China trade truce was overtaken by fresh concerns over Washington’s threat of tariffs on additional European goods. FILE PHOTO: A passerby walks past in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Confrontations and outbreaks of lawlessness in Hong Kong could damage its reputation as an international business hub and seriously hurt its economy, China’s top newspaper, the People’s Daily, said in an editorial on Wednesday. Anti-extradition bill protesters line up to pass down helmet to the frontline during a demonstration near the Legislative
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the southwest U.S. border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley where some children have no access to showers or hot meals. A report issued by investigators for the Department of Homeland Security said supervisors
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The global stocks rally that followed progress on U.S.-China trade relations stalled on Tuesday, pressured by weak manufacturing data from the euro zone and the United States, and as Washington threatened additional tariffs on European goods. MSCI’s All Country World Index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks stocks in 47 countries, slipped 0.01%. Investors
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top aides in President Donald Trump’s White House, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will come under increased scrutiny for their use of personal emails and other unofficial messaging to conduct government affairs, a congressional oversight chairman said on Monday. White House senior advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
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