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DHS, DOL Make Nearly 65,000 Additional H-2B Visas Available for Fiscal Year 2025

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary final rule (TFR) making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2025.

Morocco pushes to bring Central Sahel ‘out of isolation’

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 09:37
Morocco says it plans to bring Central Sahel countries "out of isolation" with a development and port access package known as The Atlantic Initiative. Central Sahel countries have turned away from international partners, so what can their neighbors do to reach out to them? Henry Wilkins reports.

One of India’s largest conglomerates under suspicion following US fraud charges

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 08:37
The accusations could dampen investor confidence in Asia’s third largest economy at a time when the country is wooing foreign investment, analysts say

 Several hurt in Kyiv after Russia attacks Ukraine with 89 drones

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 05:41
Russia reports downing more than 40 Ukrainian drones along border

ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military regime

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 05:21
Min Aung Hlaing is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya

New EU commission to get all clear with big push on defense and economy

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 05:13
Von der Leyen said her team was ready to get to work immediately on rising to the bloc's mounting challenges

Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 04:17
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours on Nov. 17-18

VW confirms plans to exit controversial Xinjiang operation

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 04:10
Volkswagen and its Chinese partner agreed to sell the asset to a Shanghai government-owned buyer

UNAIDS: upholding human rights essential for ending AIDS

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 02:50
The report says the world can meet the goal of ending AIDS by 2030 if leaders protect the human rights of everyone living with and at risk of HIV

 Trump announces picks for economic, health posts

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 01:02
 The president-elect's transition team says it will use only private funding during and will disclose donors’ names

China declines comment on marriage of son of jailed official Bo Xilai

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 00:50
Public discussion is taboo in the case of Bo, once considered a contender for top leadership but jailed for life in 2013

Malaysia drops 1MDB-linked charges against ex-PM Najib, former treasury official

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 27, 2024 - 00:44
Malaysian and US authorities say about $4.5 billion was stolen in a complex, globe-spanning scheme between 2009 and 2014

A deal!

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 26, 2024 - 22:30
Israel and Hezbollah approve a deal to end the fighting between them. Russia unleashes its biggest drone attack yet on Ukraine as Moscow waits for Donald Trump to take office. Plus, a look at Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, and reaction to his controversial plan to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.

Brazil police report: Bolsonaro directly involved in 2022 coup plot

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 26, 2024 - 22:19
The final police report, the result of a nearly two-year investigation, lays out evidence gathered from search warrants, wiretaps, financial records and plea bargain testimony pointing to a criminal conspiracy with Bolsonaro at the helm

 Russia launches largest drone attack of war, pushes deeper into Ukraine

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 26, 2024 - 22:19
Russia claims to take 600 square kilometers of Ukraine this month

Can China hit its 5% growth target under Trump’s tariffs?

Voice of America’s immigration news - November 26, 2024 - 22:11
China will need to adopt stronger fiscal stimulus measures to offset the impact of possible Trump tariff hikes, government advisers say

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