Mexico City has seen an influx of foreign renters, including those calling themselves digital nomads. This has led to increasing housing prices, displacement of residents, changes to the city’s culture – and growing protests. How is Mexico City’s fight mirroring a global crisis of gentrification?
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By Daphne Psaledakis
(Reuters) -More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of all restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid.
In a statement signed by 111 organizations, including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Refugees International, the groups warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave even as tons of…
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Here are the key events on day 1,245 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Here is how things stand on Wednesday, July 23:
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US president says Japanese exports will be subject to a 15 percent tariff under the trade agreement.
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he has struck a “massive” trade deal with Japan following months of fraught negotiations.
Under the agreement announced on Tuesday, the US will impose a 15 percent tariff on Japanese exports and Japan will invest $550bn in the US, Trump said.
“We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal…
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By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Afghan who moved to the United States after working for the U.S. military in his home country was seized by armed, masked immigration agents, put in a van and taken out of state, attorneys and members of Congress said on Tuesday.
Identified only as Zia by members of Congress and his attorney out of concern for his safety and that of his family, the man had worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military during the war in Afghanistan.
He was in the…
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By Palestine Chronicle Staff 
According to the Gaza medical relief director, the Strip has entered a danger phase of famine, expecting mass death among women and children.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s Ansarallah targeted the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv with a hypersonic missile, disrupting air traffic.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 58,386…
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Washington, DC – Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University protest leader targeted for deportation by President Donald Trump, has met with lawmakers in Washington, DC.
The visit on Tuesday comes just more than a month after the 30-year-old, a legal permanent resident of the United States, was released from immigration custody in Louisiana.
“I’m here in Washington, DC, today to meet with lawmakers, with members of Congress, to demand the end of the US-funded genocide in Gaza, and also to…
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Host nation Morocco will face Nigeria in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after beating Ghana on penalties.
Goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi blocked Comfort Yeboah’s attempt, and the hosts, Morocco, advanced to the championship of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) on a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw with Ghana.
Morocco, which prevailed 4-2 on penalties on Tuesday, will face Nigeria in the final on Saturday. The Super Falcons defeated defending champions South Africa 2-1 in the…
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Chloe Kelly scores dramatic late winner in extra time as reigning champions England come from behind to beat Italy 2-1.
Chloe Kelly scored a dramatic late winner in extra-time as reigning champions England came from behind to beat Italy 2-1 and reach the Women’s Euro 2025 final.
The Lionesses had been on the brink of elimination on Tuesday as they trailed to Barbara Bonansea’s first-half strike for the surprise semifinalists Italy in Geneva.
But after their remarkable comeback from two…
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A panel of federal judges have declined to extend Alina Habba’s term as a United States attorney for the district of New Jersey beyond the interim period of 120 days.
Tuesday’s court order, signed by the chief judge for the District of New Jersey, Renee Marie Bumb, brings Habba’s brief tenure to an end for now.
The judges instead elevated Desiree Grace, Habba’s deputy at the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey, to serve as the bureau’s top federal prosecutor.
But the…
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