Tag: terms
‘At least I’m safe’: A Kenyan immigrant opts to leave the U.S. on his own terms, leaving children and wife behind
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán LANSING, Mich. — On a recent Thursday afternoon, Samuel Kangethe pushes his 5-year-old daughter on the swings at a leafy park near his home. While she swings, the little girl eyes the nearby playground on top of a small hill. Nearby, Kangethe’s 13-year-old son is showing his dad a few things about fishing…
El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection, extends presidential terms
By The Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas party had proposed the changes to five articles…
Questions over terms as Rwanda and DRC prepare to sign peace deal in US
Agreement draws scrutiny for its vagueness, with Trump administration eyeing mineral wealth in eastern DRC Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to sign a peace deal in Washington later on Friday to end fighting in eastern DRC, amid uncertainty over what the agreement means and who stands to benefit. On Wednesday,…
Israeli forces besiege Gaza hospital as Hamas offers truce terms
Israeli forces have besieged a hospital in northern Gaza as they continue an offensive to seize territory in the Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. Medical staff and patients at the Indonesian Hospital, in Beit Lahia, came under “heavy fire… preventing the arrival of patients, medical staff, and supplies”, the ministry said on Sunday.…
Canada will deal with Trump ‘on our terms’, Carney tells BBC
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his country deserves respect from the US and will only enter trade and security talks with President Donald Trump “on our terms”. Speaking exclusively to the BBC as the polls were closing, Carney said he would only visit Washington when there was a “serious discussion to be had”…