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North Korea reaffirms nuclear status a day before Chinese president's visit

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state.

Growing foreign electorate puts voting rights in focus at South Korea's local polls

South Korea allows certain foreign nationals to vote in local elections - those aged 18 or older who have held permanent residency status for at least three years are eligible to cast ballots.

Six hotels earn France’s prestigious ‘palace’ label

The six newcomers join 27 establishments whose “palace” status was recently renewed.

French parliament backs repeal of slavery-era edicts, dodges reparations call

PARIS, May 28 - French lawmakers voted on Thursday to formally repeal slavery-era laws that defined the legal status of enslaved people as \"movable property\" and justified abuse and corporal punishment, though they stopped short of including demands for reparations.

US extends Temporary Protected Status for Lebanon until November

WASHINGTON, May 27 - The Trump administration will extend deportation protections and work permits for thousands of Lebanese nationals in the U.S. for six months, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register on Wednesday.

PSG on verge of cementing status as European greats against Arsenal

Portugal police say operation breaks up large-scale illegal immigration network

LISBON, May 26 - Portuguese police said on Tuesday that the authorities have dismantled a criminal group allegedly responsible for illegally trying to regularise the status of around 4,000 migrants and arrested two suspected ringleaders, amid a tightening of immigration rules by the centre-right government.

‘I think twice’: Minorities fear World Cup immigration enforcement in US

The Trump administration wants to end the temporary protected status of some immigrants.