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Austin, Texas — The price of entering the U.S. through the southern border is 250,000 yuan or close to $35,000, said Xiao Jing, a woman in her 30s who is to paying that amount to try to enter the U.S. without a visa. She is using a pseudonym due to the sensitivity of the issue. "It was introduced by an acquaintance who had been successful [entering the U.S. illegally through the southern border] to help me apply for a Japanese visa and arrange the pickup service after I arrive in Mexico,"...

While some parts of Gaza are on the verge of famine, Palestinians in the West Bank are also suffering. They are unable to work in jobs in Israel, and the entire economy of the West Bank is contracting. Linda Gradstein reports from the West Bank town of Ramallah. Camera: Ricki Rosen

Analysts say the trip is part of China’s attempt to present itself as 'a responsible global power' at a time when countries around the world brace for uncertainties following US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on November 5

Schools are instituting curfews, police are shutting down bike lanes, and many are debating whether the mass movement was an expression of youth, government policy gone wrong or subtle form of protest

The MSF staff said "members of a vigilante group and law enforcement officers" stopped the ambulance Monday

Blinken described the military collaboration between Pyongyang and Moscow as “a two-way street”

The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by FBI this week in Cambodia and was due to make his first court appearance in Guam

Moscow had already labeled the base a threat as far back as 2007

Vote will be held weeks after inauguration of Donald Trump, who has questioned U.S. support for Kyiv

Luxury industry lost 50 million consumers in past two years

This was the sixth public execution of an alleged murderer since Taliban returned to power in 2021

Previous execution was halted half a minute in

Raids were in response to a rocket attack on U.S. troops in the country

Several Hezbollah field commanders have been killed, IDF says

The chief aim of the conference in Azerbaijan is to secure a wide-ranging international climate financing agreement that ensures up to trillions of dollars for climate projects

Torrential rains and floods in 29 of Nigeria's 36 states this year have destroyed more than 1.5 million hectares of cropland

The Greek prime minister said Europe and the world needs to be 'more honest' about the trade-offs needed to keep global temperatures down