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In a letter marking one month since his detention by immigration authorities, Noor Abdalla vowed to continue to fight for the release of her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, and for the right to speak up on behalf of Palestinian rights.
“We will not be silenced,” she said. “We will persist, with even greater resolve, and we will pass that strength on to our children and our children’s children – until Palestine is free.”
The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of international student visas across the country, setting off a desperate scramble for them to leave the United States within days. Universities have reported some students being forced to leave immediately,
The cancellations reflect a small percentage of the estimated 1.5 million international students studying in the United States, but have sent shockwaves through the collegiate community. Some of the cancellations appear to be connected to things as minor as roommate disputes or as off-campus traffic tickets, university officials said, while others appear to be connected to pro-Palestinian protest participation.
"I've been doing this for 25 years and I've never seen 300 students lose their visas," said Len Saunders, a Washington state immigration attorney based near the Canadian border. "To hear that something like 300 visas were cancelled out of the blue … it's all political. To read that there's hundreds of people having their visas cancelled, you know exactly what it is."
President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from China are set to rise overnight to 104% as Beijing refuses to withdraw its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, the White House said Tuesday.
"It was a mistake for China to retaliate. When America is punched, (the president) punches back harder," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing with reporters. "That's why there will be 104% tariffs going into effect on China tonight at midnight."
Chinese goods were already set to be slapped with 54% tariffs as part of Trump's wave of added duties on dozens of nations set to go into effect Wednesday. The figure was the combination of a 20% previously imposed tariff and a 34% additional tariff on Chinese goods as retaliation for the U.S.'s large trade deficit with the the rival economic power.
At least 44 people are dead and more than 130 were injured after the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo crumbled during a performance by merengue singer Rubby Perez. Authorities were still searching the rubble on Tuesday.
Dotel, 51, was a native of Santo Domingo who played for 13 teams over his 15 seasons in the majors from 1999 to 2013. Originally signed by the New York Mets, Dotel was traded to the Houston Astros after making his MLB debut in 1999 and he spent five years in Houston – where he developed into one of the National League's top setup men.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump about the war.
Israel last month ended its ceasefire with Hamas and has seized territory to pressure the militant group to accept a new deal for a truce and release of remaining hostages. It has blocked the import of food, fuel and other supplies for over a month to the coastal territory heavily reliant on outside assistance.
Israel’s military late Sunday ordered Palestinians to evacuate several neighborhoods in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah shortly after abrout 10 projectiles were fired from Gaza — the largest barrage from the territory since Israel resumed the war.
TVNL Comment: Among the dead were journalist Islam Meqdad, and her 6 year old son.
Two days after a Russian ballistic missile killed 20 people in Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town, Emmanuel Macron has called for strong action if Russia continues to “refuse peace”.
The French president wrote on X on Sunday: “My thoughts are with the children and all civilian victims of the bloody attacks carried out by Russia, including on 4 April in Kryvyi Rih.
“A ceasefire is needed as soon as possible. And strong action if Russia continues to try to buy time and refuse peace.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to amp up pressure on Russia after it launched its latest deadly air raid on Kyiv.
As one person died in Kyiv, and three were injured, Ukraine’s leader said that “pressure on Russia is still insufficient, and the daily Russian strikes on Ukraine prove ite
Israel's army has admitted its soldiers made mistakes over the killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza on 23 March.
The convoy of Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances, a UN car and a fire truck from Gaza's Civil Defence came under fire near Rafah.
Israel originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached "suspiciously" in darkness without headlights or flashing lights. It said movement of the vehicles had not been previously co-ordinated or agreed with the army.
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