USA/ Biden extends stay for 800,000 immigrants by 18 months after Trump threatens return
About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can stay legally for another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, just over a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of tough immigration policies.
The Department of Homeland Security also extended temporary protected status for more than 103,000 Ukrainians and 1,900 Sudanese already living in the US.
Yemen/ Oil tanker attacked by Houthi rebels burning in Red Sea saved, security firm says
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm has said.
The tanker MV Sounion carrying one million barrels of crude oil was a disaster in waiting on the main waterway after it was hit and later sabotaged with explosives by the Houthis as part of their solidarity campaign with Hamas over the war in Gaza.
It took months for rescuers to tow the Sounion, put out the fires and offload the remaining crude oil.
China/ The Finance Minister of Great Britain visits China in an effort to increase economic ties
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer is in China this weekend in a bid to boost economic and financial cooperation as the Labor government seeks to restore ties with Beijing.
Rachel Reeves is seeking stability in the UK's relationship with China and aims to help boost Britain's weak economy, the Treasury said in a statement on Friday.
US/ Supreme Court appears ready to support TikTok ban on national security grounds
The US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a law that would ban video streaming site TikTok in the United States unless it is from its China-based parent company.
The judges seemed convinced by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's ties to China outweighs concerns about restricting TikTok's speech or its 170 million users in the US.
