'We were told by fellow travellers that if we ask too many questions, we could be shot'
Rohit, a young man from Punjab, India, was deported from the United States after a perilous journey that cost him his life savings and left his family in financial ruin. He had been promised legal entry to the U.S. by a travel agent in Amritsar, but his hopes were dashed when he was apprehended for illegally crossing the border. The ordeal highlights the risks associated with illegal migration and the exploitation faced by vulnerable individuals seeking a better life.
A medical transport jet with a child patient and five others aboard crashed and sparked a large fire in a neighbourhood of Philadelphia on Friday.
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Glimpses of the dogged Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion, which enters its first month today, March 24.
The 77-year-old former US vice president on Friday night took his tally of pledged delegates over the halfway mark of 1,991 from a total of 3,979, thus becoming eligible to earn the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board began arriving in the area on Sunday to launch separate crash investigations.
The United States Customs and Border Protection closed the border between Tijuana in Mexico and San Diego in California and used tear gas on migrants and refugees, including children, whoever tried to cross the border fence. The incident took place because of rising frustrations among immigrants due to slow processing of their asylum claims by the US authorities.
FIFA World Cup revs up television sales in India
United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann has turned to experience for next month's Copa America Centenario on home soil, but said he had to make some "very close, tight decisions" before announcing his 23-player squad on Saturday.
Even though she was one of the planet's best known people, Mother Teresa remained an enigma all her life.
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The World Bank in its report said the relative importance of remittances as a source of external resources is expected to increase further.
A man was on Monday sentenced to 33 months in prison in the United States for making a series of threats to Tulsi Gabbard, the first-ever Hindu-American Congresswoman. Aniruddha Sherbow, 42, was given the prison term by a federal court in the US.
A recent survey conducted by CNNGo lists the ten most hated cities in the world. Interestingly, some of these cities are ranked as the most livable but they continue to be the most hated.
Other large recipients are China ($64 billion), the Philippines ($28 billion), Mexico ($24 billion), Nigeria ($21 billion), Egypt ($18 billion), Pakistan ($17 billion), Bangladesh ($15 billion), Vietnam ($11 billion) and Ukraine ($9 billion).
Landon Donovan, the US national team's all-time leading goal scorer, was named in the 24-man squad on Monday for the next CONCACAF region World Cup qualifiers after shaking off a knee injury.
US Marshals, still looking for him, suspect that Prakashanand Saraswati, known to his devotees as Swamiji, may have fled America in connivance with his close associates.
A major earthquake of 7.2 magnitude hit Baja California in Mexico, shaking skyscrapers in San Diego and Los Angeles, whose strong tremors were felt as far as Phoenix and Las Vegas as well.The immediate impact of the earthquake on people and buildings were not immediately known. The quake was centred approximately 25 kilometre south-southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, the United States geological survey said.
A string of sports events were left feeling the shivers on Wednesday as the spectre of swine flu continued to spread fears globally, sparking a spate of cancellations and pull-outs. Motor racing, soccer, golf and elite-level diving were all impacted by the growing fears surrounding the H1N1 virus.
A list of English errors that are so common, they're hardly even noticed!
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