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By Daina Beth Solomon and Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum, a group of 15 migrants crossed a shallow green river back to Mexico, their faces drawn in disappointment. After traveling from countries including the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, they were among the first people […]

By Daina Beth Solomon and Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum, a group of 15 migrants crossed a shallow green river back to Mexico, their faces drawn in disappointment. After traveling from countries including the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, they were among the first people […]

By Sarah N. Lynch and Tyler Clifford WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen, not increased as expected, since Title 42 curbs expired last week, and reinstating criminal penalties for illegal entry is likely the biggest cause, the Biden administration said on Sunday. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said border patrol agents have seen a 50% drop in the number of migrants crossing the border […]

By Orhan Coskun, Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey appeared headed for a runoff presidential election, with the parties of both Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu both claiming the lead but sources in both camps admitting they may not clear the 50% threshold to win outright. Early results put Erdogan comfortably ahead, but as the count continued his advantage eroded, with a runoff on May 28 […]

(Reuters) – Several Toulouse players were withdrawn from the squad for Sunday’s Ligue 1 game against Nantes after they refused to have their names associated with a league-wide gesture of support against homophobia, the club said. “Some players from the professional squad have expressed their disagreement with the association of their image with the rainbow colours representing the LGBT movement,” Toulouse said in a statement. “While respecting the individual choices […]

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank has no reason to raise interest rates further as domestic inflation is easing, the country’s finance minister said ahead of a May 18 monetary policy meeting. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno reiterated his stance against a rate hike when he spoke to reporters. But he said he was just expressing his opinion and was only one of the seven monetary board members who will […]

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank has no reason to raise interest rates further as domestic inflation is easing, the country’s finance minister said ahead of a May 18 monetary policy meeting. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno reiterated his stance against a rate hike when he spoke to reporters. But he said he was just expressing his opinion and was only one of the seven monetary board members who will […]

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank has no reason to raise interest rates further as domestic inflation is easing, the country’s finance minister said ahead of a May 18 monetary policy meeting. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno reiterated his stance against a rate hike when he spoke to reporters. But he said he was just expressing his opinion and was only one of the seven monetary board members who will […]

(Reuters) – A rotated AS Roma side were held to a goalless draw at mid-table Bologna on Sunday as Jose Mourinho’s side prepare for their Europa League semi-final second leg, extending their winless run in Serie A to five games. Mourinho opted to go into energy-saving mode ahead of his side’s trip to Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday, with Roma a goal ahead in the tie, and left striker Paulo Dybala […]