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3 dead, 7 missing after suspected migrant boat capsizes off California coast
At least some of the boat’s occupants were apparently from India, Coast Guard spokesperson says.
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Donald Trump
Trump administration offers migrants US$1,000 to self-deport
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Donald Trump
Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for America’s most violent offenders
5 May 2025 - 2:34PM
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Sheinbaum says she rejected Trump offer to send US troops to Mexico
The Mexican president says she told her US counterpart that her country’s sovereignty is inviolable and is not for sale.
4 May 2025 - 8:20AM
Celebrity Families
Who were Donald Trump’s parents, builder Fred and domestic worker Mary Trump?
Fred Trump began his career building garages before turning to residential real estate after WWII, while Mary once worked in the home of a wealthy family – they went on to have 5 children.
3 May 2025 - 5:00AM
Donald Trump
Trump eyes huge ‘woke’ cuts in US budget blueprint
The proposed spending plan would slash foreign aid while pouring money into homeland security as part of Trump’s anti-immigration drive.
3 May 2025 - 2:14AM
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Indonesia
Indonesian students in US fear immigration crackdown over political views
Concerns have heightened after an Indonesian student had his US visa revoked and was allegedly detained over his political activism.
2 May 2025 - 5:00PM
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US judge bars Trump’s use of wartime law to deport Venezuelans
Ruling marks the biggest setback yet for Trump to deport suspected gang members under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act.
2 May 2025 - 2:48PM
India
‘Things have gone haywire’: Indian students rethink US study plans
Analysts say universities in Europe, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as some local institutions stand to benefit.
1 May 2025 - 6:30PM
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United States
Palestinian student released after being arrested at US citizenship interview
Mohsen Mahdawi is out on bail as he challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him for taking part in Gaza protests.
1 May 2025 - 4:39AM
China travel
Chinese flight bookings to US in summer decline amid tariff war
Cancellations of flights from China to the US in June have been outnumbering new bookings, according to China Trading Desk CEO.
30 Apr 2025 - 7:00PM
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US Republicans propose charging asylum seekers US$1,000 per application
Republicans also want to impose a giant fee of US$8,500 for anyone wanting to sponsor a child to get them out of federal custody.
29 Apr 2025 - 5:23AM
US-China relations
Trump’s immigration crackdown chills speech of foreign students, scholars in US
Critics say ‘America is shooting itself in the foot’ as many of the country’s brightest minds rethink their long-term investment.
29 Apr 2025 - 12:40AM
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United States
More than 100 immigrants detained at Colorado nightclub
President Trump’s administration has launched a widespread crackdown on immigration into the US.
28 Apr 2025 - 11:54AM
US-Asean relations
The Southeast Asians facing exile from the US to a land they’ve never known
After surviving a CIA-led war and building lives in America, Laotian migrants are now being detained and deported with little warning.
27 Apr 2025 - 8:00PM
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United States
ICE deports 2-year-old US citizen and mother of 1-year-old infant
The cases come amid a court battle over whether Trump’s immigration crackdown has gone too far at the expense of fundamental rights.
27 Apr 2025 - 2:42AM
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US reversing termination of legal status for foreign students, lawyer says
The Trump administration has faced numerous court challenges after over 1,200 students suddenly lost legal status or had visas revoked.
26 Apr 2025 - 1:52AM
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FBI arrests US judge, accusing her of helping migrant evade authorities
Hannah Dugan allegedly refused to turn the man over to agents who showed up at her courtroom, instead letting him exit through a jury door.
26 Apr 2025 - 3:54PM
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Vietnam
Southeast Asians in Los Angeles detained, deported at routine ICE check-ins
Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese immigrants are now facing enforcement of long-stayed deportation orders as the Trump administration boosts deportations.
23 Apr 2025 - 12:30AM
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United States
US opposition to Trump has mobilised, but is it enough to slow his agenda down?
Anger has led to massive marches and confrontations with Republicans, but analysts question whether the movement poses a serious challenge.
22 Apr 2025 - 11:53PM
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Harvard University sues Trump over threats to cut US$2.2 billion in funding
Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated antisemitism by threatening budgets and tax-exempt status.
22 Apr 2025 - 3:35PM
Mexico
Mexican leader asks TV stations to pull ‘discriminatory’ US anti-immigration ad
In ad, US homeland security chief Kristi Noem warns migrants who commit crimes ‘we will hunt you down’ because ‘criminals are not welcome’.
22 Apr 2025 - 9:19AM
Donald Trump
Thousands protest, as new round of anti-Trump rallies hits US cities
Demonstrators took aim at the US president’s deportation of migrants and his administration’s ‘direct assault’ on the rule of law.
20 Apr 2025 - 7:10AM
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Donald Trump
Trump officials say Harvard letter sparking legal battle was sent by mistake
The Ivy League university declined to ‘surrender’ to the letter’s demands, prompting an escalating series of attacks by the US president.
20 Apr 2025 - 2:24AM
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United States
US Supreme Court hits pause on deportations of Venezuelan migrants
Lawyers had filed urgent requests saying the men were at imminent risk of removal without the judicial review previously mandated by the court.
19 Apr 2025 - 2:33PM
Donald Trump
Man wrongly deported from US says he’s been moved from El Salvador mega-prison
The update came from Senator Chris Van Hollen after he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the centre of a debate on rights and immigration.
19 Apr 2025 - 3:08PM
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US lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students
The suit represents over 100 students from China, India and elsewhere, after many lost their legal status in a Trump administration crackdown.
19 Apr 2025 - 3:28PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Hongkongers eyeing US universities despite student visa crackdown: consultants
US has become a less popular destination in recent years, but some parents still drawn to quality of universities.
19 Apr 2025 - 2:21AM
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