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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has quietly rescinded several internal policies that were designed to protect some of the most vulnerable people in its custody—including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and people with serious medical conditions.The decision, outlined in a memo dated May 5 and signed by acting commissioner Pete Flores, eliminates four Biden-era policies enacted over the last three years. These policies were intended to address CBP’s long-standing failures to provide adequate care for detainees who are most at risk—failures that have, in some cases, proved fatal.The May 5 memo was distributed internally to top agency leadership but…
صدر الصورة، Getty Imagesالتعليق على الصورة، مسعود أزهر Article informationAuthor, بي بي سي أوردوRole, قبل 15 دقيقةشنّت الهند في وقت سابق من هذا الأسبوع هجمات صاروخية على تسعة مواقع في باكستان، رداً على هجوم دمويّ شنّه مسلّحون ضد سُيّاح هنود في منطقة كشمير قبل أسبوعين، وسقط ضحيّته 26 قتيلاً.وقالت الهند إن المواقع التي استهدفتْها كانت “بِنية تحتية إرهابية”، موضحة أنها استهدفت جامع “سبحان الله” في منطقة باهاوالبور شرقي باكستان.وزعمت السلطات الهندية أن جماعة “جيش محمد” المسلّحة المحظورة، تستخدم الجامع كمركز “للتجنيد، والتحضير العسكري والتدريب الأيديولوجي للمسلحين”.وقال زعيم الجماعة مسعود أزهر، الذي تصنفه الأمم المتحدة كإرهابي، إن الهجمات الهندية قتلتْ العديد…
History was made in Vatican City on Thursday, when Pope Leo XIV was introduced as the first American to be elected pontiff.Editor’s PicksLeo XIV (birth name Robert Francis Prevost) was born and raised in southern Chicagoland, where he served as an altar boy in the St. Mary of the Assumption parish. Now, as he ascends to the papacy, an unlikely Second City staple is celebrating the moment: the Chicago Cubs.Congratulations to Pope Leo XIV! pic.twitter.com/s02yDDegQd— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 8, 2025 After his election, ABC reported that Leo XIV was a fan of the Cubs.But John Prevost — Leo XIV’s…
We live in a golden age of controllers. The gamepads on the market now are of higher quality, more versatile, and more customizable than anything from even one console generation ago. If you play games on an Xbox Series X or Series S (or a Windows PC), you have the unenviable task of choosing between several high-quality controllers from Microsoft as well as a plethora of great options from the likes of 8BitDo, PowerA, Razer, Scuf, Nacon, and Turtle Beach. Some of them have drift-proof Hall effect joysticks for improved longevity, yet all of them are good for one reason…
The white smoke that billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signalled the selection of a new pope — the first from America. Thousands of miles away in Illinois, a sense of ecstasy greeted the man previously known as Robert Prevost, who now finds himself in one of the most scrutinised and powerful positions in the world, at a time of acute turbulence.“I am floored, gobsmacked, surprised,” said Mark Piper, a parishioner at St Barnabas Church on Chicago’s South Side. “I did not expect an American pope.”“There’s definitely a sense of pride in the fact he’s from Chicago,” said Father…
If you’ve been harboring complaints about Ticketmaster, now’s the time to let it all out. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are inviting the public to submit comments about harmful practices in live ticketing as part of efforts to “identify unfair and anticompetitive” behavior in the industry.In March, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to address unfair practices in the ticketing industry, such as scalpers using bots to buy up massive amounts of tickets. He directed the FTC and DOJ to enforce competition laws, as well as file a report about their progress within six months.…
أزمة جديدة تهدد استقرار الاقتصاد العالمي، ولكن هذه المرة من جنوب آسيا، مع تصاعد الصراع بين الهند وباكستان، ما قد ينذر بما هو أكثر من مجرد مواجهة عسكرية. فالعالم الذي لم يتعافَ بعد من تبعات الحرب بين روسيا وأوكرانيا، يجد نفسه أمام اختبار جديد مع اشتعال التوترات بين قوتين نوويتين بحجم الهند وباكستان، والذي قد لا تقف تداعياته عند حدود الجغرافيا أو السياسة، بل تمتد كأمواج زلزالية إلى عمق نظام الاقتصاد العالمي. فالصراع بين دولتين تمثلان أكثر من 20% من سكان العالم، وتملكان موقعًا استراتيجيًا حيويًا في قلب آسيا، له تأثيرات تتجاوز الحسابات العسكرية إلى تهديد سلاسل…
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United are through to the Europa League final, but not before showcasing just why they’ve been left needing this competition to save their season.Man United led 3-0 from the first leg in Bilbao and faced an Athletic Club without four of their most important players through injury and suspension, but it still wasn’t until the 70th minute that Ruben Amorim and his players could be sure of their progress.Mason Mount’s first goal at Old Trafford more than 18 months after his arrival from Chelsea lifted the roof off the stadium, although the celebrations were filled with…
The Senate has voted to end a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule that used federal funding to cover Wi-Fi hotspots that could be used outside of school and libraries. The program, first implemented by former FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, applied funds from the $2.6 billion federal E-Rate program to a program that enabled schools and libraries to provide free Wi-Fi hotspots to children and others with poor or no internet access at home. As Policyband notes prior to a successful Senate procedural vote yesterday to take up the measure, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said the rule “violates the…
Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy trimmings available these days, it’s easy to forget that they can just be simple machines that get us from point A to point B. Yes, some bots blow hot air on their bums (mop pads), deftly navigate dog poop, and have arms to pick up your socks, but there are plenty of basic budget robot vacuums that just do a decent job of cleaning your floor autonomously — as long as you tidy up first.Fancier models have obstacle recognition, and some even use AI-powered…