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SHANGHAI — A musical commemorating the lives of Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II was held at Shanghai Concert Hall on Saturday. The show featured a medley of songs, piano recitals of Jewish ballads, and reenactments from Chinese-Canadian writer Bei La’s novel titled “Song of Survivors.” The book…

Polish soldiers guard an intersection of forest roads at the edge of the security zone near Poland's border with Belarus. Poland has declared a state of emergency along the entire frontier.Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail Amid the dense pine and birch forests of eastern Poland, one can find faint traces…

The US Embassy in Minsk expressed concern on November 10 about the escalating situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, and accused President Alexander Lukashenko’s government of deliberately pushing people to cross into the European Union. It comes as Poland and Belarus have both accused each other of violence against and mistreatment…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Friday, October 22, 2021, 16:58 The divisive issue of refugees and migrants was top of the agenda as European Union leaders met in Brussels for the second day of their summit. Their meeting came amid a…

KABUL - Afghanistan's new Taliban government has warned US and European envoys that continued attempts to pressure them through sanctions will undermine security and could trigger a wave of economic refugees. Acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told Western diplomats at talks in Doha that "weakening the Afghan government is…

People seeking asylum in EU face increasingly tough border restrictions and abuse by guards...Read More

European Union countries have made no new pledges to take in Afghan refugees, almost two months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, despite promises to provide a way for at-risk groups, especially women, to leave the country. At a resettlement forum in Brussels on Thursday, the United Nations…

Successful Portrayal Of The Growing Bangladesh And Its Opportunities By BSEC Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has successfully completed a series of shows in Switzerland: ‘The Rise of Bengal Tiger: Potentials of Trade & Investment in Bangladesh’ with enthusiastic participation and energized sessions of Investors from Switzerland and NRB Communities.…

PARIS (AP) — One slept on the streets of Paris, the other in a massive makeshift migrant camp in northern France. Nassrullah Youssoufi and Abdul Wali were among more than 1 million refugees and migrants who reached Europe in 2015. The two Afghans don’t know each other, but they share…

August 25, 2021 - 02:15AM Storyful United States Army soldiers prepared a training base in Grafenwoehr, Germany, to provide temporary lodging to Afghanistan evacuees as part of Operation Allies Refuge on August 24, video released by the US Army Europe and Africa shows. Video filmed on August 24 shows tents…