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The number of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border is likely to keep growing. Here are 3 reasons why

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Migrant crossings are rising again at the US-Mexico border. Why is this occurring, and what could happen next? To better understand the situation, CNN spoke with Ariel Ruiz Soto, a senior policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute in Washington. Ruiz says there’s a key detail many

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Ukrainians signal fresh progress on southern front amid grinding counteroffensive

By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian officials indicated Thursday that further inroads have been made on the southern front, with some units advancing “deep into the Russian defenses” – a possible sign of progress amid Kyiv’s grinding counteroffensive. Colonel Mykola Urshalovych, Deputy Director of Planning with the National Guard,

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More military personnel head to the US-Mexico border as officials describe an increase in migrant crossings

By Priscilla Alvarez, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department is ramping up resources at the US-Mexico border as officials describe a surge in border crossings in places including Eagle Pass, Texas, where the mayor has declared a state of emergency. Some 800 new active-duty personnel are being sent to the

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World must learn from Bosnian war in dealing with sexual violence in Ukraine conflict, report says

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The world must learn from the mistakes made after the war in Bosnia to avoid putting Ukrainian victims of rape and conflict-related sexual violence through decades of trauma, a new expert report has warned. Ukrainian prosecutors and independent investigators from the United Nations and other international organizations have said

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