Essay: Ronald Reagan failed to end the sanctuary movement. Here’s why Trump will too.

Rev MICHAEL WOOLF, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, and author of ‘Sanctuary and Subjectivity’, says neither human dignity nor the sanctity of sacred space can be altered by memos or edicts from political leaders…
Dozens hurt in suspected car ramming attack in Munich before German election

Munich, Germany Reuters At least 30 people were hurt when a car driven by an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed into a crowd in Munich on Thursday in what the state premier said was probably an attack, putting security back in focus before next week’s federal election. The suspected attack came hours before international leaders including […]
One in three born overseas

One in three Aussies were born overseas. Think about that. One in three of us were born somewhere else, but now call Australia home. People walking outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia, on 21st March, 2016. PICTURE: chameleonseye/iStockphoto When you count how many of us have parents who were born overseas too, the totals […]
Mexico and Canada say Trump will pause tariffs for one month

Mexico City, Mexico/Washington DC, US/Brussels, Belgium Reuters US President Donald Trump backed away from his threat to impose steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Monday, leaders of those countries said, but US tariffs on China were still due to take effect within hours. Both Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum […]
Trump stretches trade law boundaries with Canada, Mexico, China tariffs

Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump has pushed into new trade law territory with an emergency sanctions law to justify punishing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and an extra 10 per cent duty on Chinese goods to curb fentanyl and illegal immigration into the US. Trade and legal experts said […]
Tens of thousands protest in Berlin against proposed German immigration crackdown

Berlin, Germany Reuters Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Sunday against plans to limit immigration proposed by opposition conservatives and supported by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Friedrich Merz, the conservatives’ leader who is tipped to become Germany’s next chancellor after a national election set for 23rd February, sponsored a draft bill with […]
Trump says Americans could feel “pain” in trade war with Mexico, Canada, China

Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause “some pain” for Americans, as Wall Street and the largest US trading partners signalled hope that the trade war would not last long. Trump, who began his second term as president […]
German parliament rejects migration bill, dealing blow to election frontrunner

Berlin, Germany Reuters Germany’s parliament rejected on Friday an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy, averting the prospect of a law passing for the first time in modern German history thanks to the backing of the far-right. On Wednesday the Bundestag lower house passed a non-binding motion on migration proposed by the opposition conservatives […]
German parliament backs resolution on migration with far-right votes

Berlin, Germany Reuters Germany’s opposition conservatives won parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a proposal to drastically restrict migration with the help of votes from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), breaking a taboo on cooperation with the far-right. The proposal is non-binding but the role of the AfD in passing them is symbolically important in Germany, […]
German churches warn conservatives against immigration crackdown

Berlin, Germany Reuters The German Catholic and Protestant churches warned on Tuesday against the conservative opposition’s plan to crack down on immigration, which they said could break a convention against mainstream parties cooperating with the far-right. “The timing and tone of the current debate appear deeply strange to us. It is likely to defame all […]