What is the Texas immigration law ‘SB4’, and why is it so controversial? | Migration News

What is the Texas immigration law ‘SB4’, and why is it so controversial? | Migration News

A US federal appeals court has blocked Texas’s controversial immigration law, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the state to begin enforcing the measure. Here is what we know about the law and the latest updates: What is the Texas immigration law? The law known as Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4)…

British police officer named in Chris Kaba murder pleads not guilty | Police News

British police officer named in Chris Kaba murder pleads not guilty | Police News

Judge lifts officer Martyn Blake’s anonymity because there are no ‘immediate’ threats to his safety. A British police officer, named for the first time as Martyn Blake, has pleaded not guilty to the murder in 2022 of Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old Black man. Kaba, who was unarmed, was driving in Streatham…

Haiti extends state of emergency as violence and displacement soar | Politics News

Haiti extends state of emergency as violence and displacement soar | Politics News

Haitians have been plunged into a deepening crisis, as gang violence forces thousands of people to flee their homes and businesses and schools to shutter. On Thursday, Haiti’s government extended a state of emergency until April 3 in the Ouest Department, where the capital, Port-au-Prince, is located. It was first…

US denies pressuring Haiti PM Henry to resign, urges political ‘transition’ | Politics News

US denies pressuring Haiti PM Henry to resign, urges political ‘transition’ | Politics News

The United States says it is not pressuring Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to step down amid a fresh wave of violence and soaring instability in the Caribbean nation, where powerful gang leaders are demanding Henry’s resignation. During a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller…

At least eight people injured in blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru | Police News

At least eight people injured in blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru | Police News

Investigators suspect the bomb was an improvised device. The reason for the blast is yet to be determined. At least eight people have been injured in India’s tech capital when a suspected home-made bomb went off inside a popular cafe, officials say. The blast at Rameshwaram Cafe in eastern Bengaluru…

Mexico’s teachers seek relief from pandemic-era spike in school robberies | Education News

Mexico’s teachers seek relief from pandemic-era spike in school robberies | Education News

Guadalajara, Mexico – In Maria Soto’s classroom, nearly half of the fourth-graders have not yet learned how to read. The rest are at least a year behind. For these kids, the pandemic era continues, even if no one wears a mask anymore. But as Soto sees it, the problem lies…

Panic as Kashmir ‘survey’ seeks personal details, links with alleged rebels | Police News

Panic as Kashmir ‘survey’ seeks personal details, links with alleged rebels | Police News

Muhammad Shadab had gone to pray in his neighbourhood mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar when he was given a questionnaire by the mosque’s management. The questionnaire was part of a so-called survey by the disputed region’s police, seeking his personal details, including phone numbers of family members,…