U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern' - Canada News

The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tough time.

Our @pannierb.bsky.social reports on leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan meeting up for the first time to resolve decades-long border tensions in the Ferghana Valley timesca.com/historic-khu... #Kyrgyzstan #Tajikistan #Uzbekistan #FerghanaValley #CentralAsia #BorderIssues #PeaceTalks

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Leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan met for the first time to resolve decades-long tensions over borders and the Ferghana Valley https://timesca.com/historic-khujand-summit-paves-way-for-peace-in-the-ferghana-valley/ #Kyrgyzstan #Tajikistan #Uzbekistan #FerghanaValley #CentralAsia #BorderIssues #PeaceTalks
Historic Khujand Summit Paves Way for Peace in the Ferghana Valley - The Times Of Central Asia

The presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan gathered in the northern Tajik city of Khujand on March 31 for meeting that is decades overdue. Among

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U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library | CBC News

The U.S. government is making it more difficult for Canadians to access the Stanstead, Que., library, an iconic building that straddles the border, according to town and library officials.

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A Final Deal Along Central Asia’s Deadliest Border - The Times Of Central Asia

It took some 33 years, but on December 4, Kyrgyz and Tajik officials reached a final agreement on delimitation of the last sections of their 972-kilometer

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As we begin our WNMU #BorderIssues class this January, be sure to follow @adam for regular updates on migration and policy issues at the border. #HIST416 #History #USMexicoBorder
Politicians Embrace Title 42 as Border Band-Aid

For some lawmakers and politicians on both sides of the aisle, brandishing Title 42 is a way to flaunt an aggressive stance on the border.

Melissa del Bosque: #Arizona governor Doug Ducey builds border wall of shipping crates in final days of office

"Ducey's shipping container wall on the AZ-MX border is worse than I imagined. I went down yesterday to see it myself for a Border Chronicle story. Imagine 10 miles of this through a national wildlife forest."

It's a slap-dash non-deterrent waste of taxpayer's money, a final fuck you from the Gov

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/11/arizona-governor-border-wall-shipping-containers #ducey #BorderIssues

Arizona governor builds border wall of shipping crates in final days of office

Critics say Republican Doug Ducey’s scheme is illegal because makeshift barrier is being erected on tribal and federal land

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