Mexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border | AP News

Mexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials pledged Friday to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border. The announcement came Friday at a meeting that Mexican security and immigration officials had with a representative of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. So many

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Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic | AP News

Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic | AP News

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country, a government official said Friday.Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that setting up temporary police checks on border crossings would help Germany prevent the smuggling and trafficking

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The UAW strike is growing. What you need to know as more auto workers join the union’s walkouts | AP News

The UAW strike is growing. What you need to know as more auto workers join the union’s walkouts | AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — The United Auto Workers’ strike is getting bigger. One week into the union’s historic work stoppages against major car makers, the UAW on Friday walked out of dozens of more factories across 20 states.The UAW’s targeted strikes against General Motors, Stellantis and Ford began after the union’s contract with the companies

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Canadian police officer slain, two officers injured while serving arrest warrant in Vancouver suburb | AP News

Canadian police officer slain, two officers injured while serving arrest warrant in Vancouver suburb | AP News

COQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) — A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was shot to death and two other officers were injured while trying to serve an arrest warrant in a Vancouver suburb Friday, authorities said.The Independent Investigations Office, British Columbia’s police watchdog, said the shooting happened when officers had an altercation with a man in

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