As Donald Trump's 45-day deadline for Mexico to curb migration to the US fast approaches, some migrant families are facing an uncertain future.Among the measures put in place is the so-called "Remain in Mexico" policy - where asylum seekers are sent back across the border to wait for their applications to be processed. The BBC's…
Chrome strengthens private mode — In Chrome 76, websites can no longer check FileSystem API to detect private mode. Jon Brodkin - Jul 19, 2019 6:05 pm UTC Enlarge / The Boston Globe and some other news sites prevent non-subscribers from viewing articles in a browser's private mode.Google Chrome 76 will close a loophole that…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is aware of reports that Iran seized a British oil tanker and it will work with its allies and partners to defend against Iran, a White House National Security Council spokesman said on Friday. “We are aware of reports that Iranian forces seized a British oil tanker,” spokesman Garrett…
About 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon in July 1969.But many of those pictures were only possible thanks to a scientific outpost in rural Australia.We visited Parkes in New South Wales to meet the man who helped get those famous images on to TV sets around the globe.Video…
Staff — Including deals on good board games, Samsung SSDs, Roku streamers, and more. Ars Staff - Jul 18, 2019 6:00 pm UTC Ars TechnicaGreetings, Arsians! Just when the Dealmaster thinks Prime Day is over, the deals pull him back in. Today, we're bringing you a roundup of (mostly) leftover deals that are still live…
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian state TV aired footage of a vessel called “RIAH” that it said was seized by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards for smuggling fuel. Writing by Parisa HafeziOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC time is running out to save the key missile treaty Time is running out to save a key missile treaty with Russia, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC. Mr Stoltenberg pledged a "measured, defensive" response if Russia did not…
Not Vikings this time — The story of the only undisputed Norse site in the Americas just got more complicated. Kiona N. Smith - Jul 17, 2019 6:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Paul Ledger and Véronique Forbes examining the cultural horizon.Linus Girdland-FlinkL’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is famed for being a site where Norse travelers…
A member of the Texas National Guard watches the Mexico-U.S. border from an outpost along the Rio Grande in Roma, Texas, U.S., April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Loren ElliottWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it had approved a request to send an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard and 1,100 active duty troops to the border…
Image copyright Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Image caption Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying, is now in a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband says.Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was moved to the hospital in Tehran on Monday and is being held by the Iranian…
