Washington, United States | AFP | An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities. Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolfage launched a GoFundMe account …
Read More »Trump demands $5.7 bn for steel barrier on US-Mexico border
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump demanded $5.7 billion to fund a wall on the US-Mexico border in his first televised Oval Office address Tuesday, describing a “growing crisis” of illegal immigration hurting millions of Americans. The president stopped short of calling for a much-touted state of …
Read More »Danish DIY submarine maker charged with journalist Kim Wall’s murder
STOCKHOLM, Sweden | AFP | Danish prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged inventor Peter Madsen with last year’s murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, whose dismembered body parts were found at sea after she interviewed him on his homemade submarine. Madsen, who was arrested and detained shortly after Wall’s disappearance in August, …
Read More »Despite political hurdles, Trump defiant on Mexico wall
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that the US Congress must find a way to pay for his promised border wall, branding Mexico a hotbed of violent crime. And he warned both Mexico and Canada that if they continue to be “difficult” in trade …
Read More »Trump’s not joking, orders work to start on Mexico border wall
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered work to begin on planning and building a wall on the Mexican border, sounding a hardline tone on immigration as he moved to fulfill a key campaign pledge. The US leader instructed officials to begin to “plan, design, …
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