U.S. to End Special Protections for Salvadorans
About 200,000 Salvadorans who have been in the U.S. since at least 2001 will become eligible to be deported next year, the Trump administration announced Monday.
bloomberg.com
No Evidence of 'Sonic Attacks' in Cuba: US Senator Flake
"The Cuban Interior Ministry is saying the FBI has told them there is no evidence of a sonic attack, even though that term is being used – 'attack' – there is no evidence of it," Flake said.
telesurtv.net
Brandon Lewis made Tory chairman in reshuffle
Brandon Lewis has been made the new chairman of the Conservative Party in Theresa May's reshuffle.
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In a Major Win for LGBT Rights, India to Review Decriminalizing Gay Sex
The case was reopened after five petitioners, who are also members of the LGBT community, filed a request to review the ban.
telesurtv.net
Second emergency landing in three days for US helicopters in Japan
A US attack helicopter made an emergency landing near a hotel in Japan’s Okinawa on Monday. The incident came as a disabled rotorcraft was removed from a beach, where it had landed on Saturday.
rt.com
U.S. offers drillers nearly all offshore waters, but focus is on eastern Gulf
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed opening up nearly all of America’s offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, but the industry says it is mainly interested in one part of it, now cordoned off by the Pentagon: the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
reuters.com
Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales
The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new “Buy American” plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the American weapons industry, going beyond the assistance they currently provide, U.S. officials said.
reuters.com
Burning tanker off Chinese coast 'in danger of exploding'
There are fears of an environmental disaster in the East China Sea as a tanker continues leaking oil two days after colliding with a cargo ship.
bbc.com
U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Intact Mississippi Law Curbing Gay Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a Mississippi law that lets businesses and government workers refuse on religious grounds to provide services to gay and transgender people.
bloomberg.com
Commuters face disruption as three-day rail strike kicks off
Commuters in England face three days of disruption as a new wave of strikes over rail safety started on Monday (8 January).
ibtimes.co.uk
Flying Domestic May Get Harder Thanks to Driver’s License Law
States balk at new IDs and data sharing as a danger to privacy, but the federal government could bar their residents from travel if they don’t comply.
bloomberg.com
A Baby Girl, Ready to Go Home, Is Still in the Hospital 400 Days Later
Hospitals are far more expensive than home nursing, but the U.S. has no comprehensive system to finance it. Parents can go bankrupt trying to take their kids home.
bloomberg.com
