Press Freedom: Top News Stories of the Week | VOA News
VOA’s Cristina Caicedo Smit brings us the top news stories for the week. One of Cambodia’s last independent media outlets, which was shuttered earlier this year, is set to reopen in Tacoma, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Cambodian authorities revoked the license for Voice of Democracy in February in a move […]
‘We need to turn migrants back’: Top Dem calls for action on border crisis
The number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has risen steadily since the start of September, according to DHS officials. This comes as a potential government shutdown looms over Capitol Hill. “If you don’t send people back, then the border becomes a speed bump,” Rep. Henry Cuellar asserts. And if the government shuts down, “it’s […]