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American dream turns into nightmare for undocumented immigrants

  Perris / AFP Every weekday, year-round, Esteban Yanez rises at the crack of dawn and heads to his job as a construction worker near the largely Hispanic desert town of Perris, south of Los Angeles. On weekends, he does odd jobs to complement his salary. Though the 49-year-old father of four pays income tax and social security, he has ...

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Middle Eastern stocks slump as investors weigh Brexit fallout

  BLOOMBERG Middle Eastern stocks followed declines across global markets on uncertainty over how Britain’s decision to leave the European Union will affect economies in the region. Dubai’s DFM General Index lost 3.3 percent, the most since January, as Emaar Properties PJSC declined 4.7 percent. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index fell 1.1 percent as more than 85 percent of ...

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Copper price tumble hits tens of thousands of Congolese

  Lubumbashi, DR Congo / AFP When 2016 rang in, Divin Lwamba, a street vendor with nine mouths to feed, says he was making up to $300 a day selling samosas in Lubumbashi’s main market. With meat and vegetable samosas flying off his cart almost faster than they were made, Lwamba says he could make enough cash in a single ...

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