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Trump weighs new immigration order as next legal moves unclear

  Bloomberg The White House sent conflicting signals about how it would address an appeals court ruling that halted President Donald Trump’s ban on U.S. entry by citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations, and Trump said he may issue an entirely new immigration order to revise the ban. A White House aide first said late Friday that the administration would ...

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South Sudan general resigns

  JOHANNESBURG / AP A South Sudanese general has resigned while telling President Salva Kiir “you have disgraced yourself” by subjecting the civil war-torn country to ethnic bias and “unacceptable cycles of violence.” The resignation letter, dated Saturday and seen by The Associated Press, comes from Lt. Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the deputy chief of general staff for logistics. Government ...

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Striking military police in Brazil agree to return to work

  RIO DE JANEIRO / AP The government of Brazil’s southeastern state of Espirito Santo and military police have reached an agreement to end a strike that had paralyzed several cities and led to an uptick in violence. The agreement reached late Friday came after a week of strikes led by family members of the officers. Wives and other relatives ...

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