Stavros Agorakis
Politics/Policy Intern
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Central American asylum seekers face another barrier in crossing the border to the US; Israel-planted spy devices were unearthed around the White House and in Washington.
California Senate passes a landmark bill protecting gig economy workers like drivers and couriers; a rocket explodes in Kabul on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Fifty states and localities are probing into Google’s practices in a large antitrust case; Benjamin Netanyahu vows to annex the West Bank if he wins reelection.
A 48-hour walkout by a pilots union forces British Airways to cancel nearly 100 percent of its flights; President Trump announces on Twitter a canceled meeting with the Taliban on US soil.
The Pentagon is diverting $3.6 billion from domestic and foreign projects toward building more of Trump’s border wall; Brexit has heated up in the British Parliament.
Hurricane Dorian lowers in intensity as it travels through the US; Turkey’s president threatens to “open the gates” and let 3.6 million Syrian refugees into Europe.
Following the El Paso Walmart shooting, the company takes a stand on gun sales; Hong Kong moves to withdraw a contentious extradition bill.
The California boat fire has claimed at least 20 lives so far; a letter threatening to hunt Koreans is delivered in the South Korean embassy in Tokyo.
Scientists reject the idea of a single “gay gene;” the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo grows bigger.
The Trump administration wants to roll back regulations on dangerous methane emissions; Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte returns to his post nine days after he resigned.