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More Than 8,000 US Troops Deployed to Southern Border

WHITE HOUSE — The number of U.S. troops deploying to the U.S. southern border has increased to more than 8,000, two U.S. defense officials told VOA Friday. President Donald Trump ordered the troops...

Many Parents Misinformed About the Flu Shot

WASHINGTON — The 2017 flu season was particularly bad in the Northern Hemisphere. Nearly 80,000 people died in the U.S., including 180 children. Already this year, the virus has claimed the life...

Google Workers Worldwide Protest Company’s Handling of Sex Harassment Cases

SAN FRANCISCO — It was a protest that went around the globe. From Singapore to Dublin, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Pryor, Oklahoma, Google employees walked out of their offices to protest the internet...

Trump Discusses Trade Issues With China’s Xi

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he talked with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, especially about ongoing trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies. Trump and Xi, in several reciprocal...

Trump Threatens Crackdown on Asylum-Seekers

WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump again stoked fears Thursday about undocumented immigrants and promised an executive order “sometime next week” that would severely restrict asylum-seekers who approach the southern U.S. border. Speaking...

Canada to Step Up Deportations of Undocumented Migrants

Canada’s border agency said Wednesday that it planned to increase its deportations of undocumented migrants by 10,000 a year. These are to include not just failed refugees and asylum-seekers but those authorities...

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