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Judge rules Obama pro-immigration program illegal

COVID-19 cases, deaths rising in U.S., as CDC warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. are rising again, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, sounding the alarm over what she described as a "pandemic of the unvaccinated".
Judge rules Obama pro-immigration program illegal
A US federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation, but said the hundreds of thousands of people already enrolled would not be affected until further court rulings.
China says US sanctions, business advisory have 'despicable intention'
China's Foreign Ministry branch in Hong Kong said new US sanctions on Chinese officials and its updated business advisory on the city are "extremely rude" and "extremely unreasonable" bullying acts with "despicable intention".
Iran’s envoy: Countering world drug problem requires shared responsibility
Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations underlined that Tehran bears the brunt of fighting narcotics trafficking without much help from the rest of the world, saying that confronting the world’s drug problem requires shared responsibility by all countries.
US needs to lift unilateral Iran sanctions if seeks JCPOA return: China
China said the US is required to take “concrete actions” and completely lift its illegal and unilateral sanctions against Iran in order to return to the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.
Off-the-grid island getaway in US’ Rhode Island sold
The only home on a small island in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay, the US, has been sold.
US waives Iran oil sanctions, gives Tehran access to frozen funds
The US State Department reportedly informed Congress of its decision to waive the unilateral sanctions on Iran’s oil trade so that Tehran can pay off its debts to Japanese and Korean exporters from its frozen funds, without being able to transfer the funds to the country.
Former US law enforcement informants tied to Haiti assassination plot
Several of the men involved in the assassination of Haiti's president previously worked as US law enforcement informants, according to people briefed on the matter, as US investigators grapple with an increasing number of Florida links to the alleged hit squad.
China military ‘drove away’ US warship in South China Sea
China’s military said it “drove away” a United States warship that it said illegally entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands on Monday, the anniversary of a landmark international court ruling that Beijing has no claim over the South China Sea.
Senior US lawmakers to address summit of anti-Iran MKO terror cult
A bipartisan group of US congressmen will address an online gathering of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) that has carried out numerous attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.