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Court ruling forces U.S. to maintain TPS protections for haitians

The U.S. government has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately half a million Haitian immigrants until February 3, 2026, following a federal judge’s decision to block the Trump administration’s attempt to end the program.
According to a bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), TPS protections for Haiti were originally set to expire on September 2, 2025. However, after the ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, “the effective date of any termination will not be earlier than February 3, 2026.”
In June, DHS announced its intention to end deportation protections and work permits for around 521,000 Haitians covered under the program. That decision marked a reversal of the previous extension granted under President Joe Biden’s administration, which had pushed TPS protections through 2026.
Despite complying with the court ruling, DHS reiterated its disagreement with the decision. In its statement, the agency pointed out that in May, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing it to terminate TPS for more than 300,000 Venezuelan nationals — a precedent DHS considers significant.
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Lula slams U.S. sanctions on brazilian judges over Bolsonaro coup case

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized on Saturday the United States’ sanctions against Brazilian judges involved in the attempted coup case against former President Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. leader Donald Trump.
Bolsonaro, a far-right politician who governed Brazil from 2019 to 2022, is currently on trial for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the last presidential election, which he lost to the leftist Lula.
The U.S. government imposed sanctions on the Brazilian judges on Friday, just hours after Bolsonaro was ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor and remain in Brasília for allegedly obstructing the judicial process.
The visa revocations, announced by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, target Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, other judges who support him, and their immediate family members.
“My solidarity and support go to the justices of the Federal Supreme Court affected by yet another arbitrary and utterly unfounded action by the United States government,” Lula said in a statement released by the presidency on Saturday.
“Interference by one country in the judicial system of another is unacceptable and violates the fundamental principles of respect and sovereignty among nations,” Lula added in the statement, also published on X.
The Brazilian Supreme Court also ordered the former president not to approach embassies, foreign authorities, or use social media.
Bolsonaro, who claims to be innocent, described the decision as a “supreme humiliation” imposed by the judges.
According to Justice Moraes, the former president and his son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, “are openly seeking to subject the functioning of Brazil’s Supreme Court to the United States.”
Eduardo Bolsonaro resigned from his position as a congressman in March and moved to the U.S., where he has been in contact with Republican Party officials and lawmakers close to Trump to push for sanctions against Brazilian authorities, including those judging his father.
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Canada faces another record-breaking wildfire season amid climate crisis

Wildfires in Canada have already burned more than 5.5 million hectares so far this year—an area roughly the size of Croatia—authorities reported on Friday, as the country endures one of its most destructive wildfire seasons.
In 2023, Canada experienced the worst wildfire season in its history, with 17.4 million hectares scorched, a staggering figure that captured global attention and underscored the growing threat of wildfires fueled by human-driven climate change.
As of 2025, Canada has recorded around 3,000 wildfires, with 561 still active as of Friday, according to official data.
“This is one of the largest total burned areas for this time of year, second only to the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season,” said Michael Norton, an official from Canada’s Ministry of Natural Resources, during a press briefing.
Based on data compiled since 1983, Canada’s second most destructive wildfire season was in 1995, when 7.08 million hectares were burned—a benchmark that could be surpassed this year.
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Trump orders release of grand jury testimonies in Epstein case

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all grand jury testimonies related to the formal indictment of financier Jeffrey Epstein on charges of child sex trafficking.
“Given the ridiculous amount of publicity surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all relevant grand jury testimonies, subject to court approval. This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, must end—right now!” the president wrote on his social network, Truth Social.
Trump’s directive to Bondi comes as the Epstein scandal has resurfaced in the United States, following a recent investigation by the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ), which concluded that the financier did not possess a “client list” of prominent figures he was allegedly blackmailing.
The FBI and DOJ also reaffirmed that Epstein died by suicide, rejecting conspiracy theories suggesting he was murdered to protect high-profile acquaintances. Authorities stated they do not intend to release further findings on the case.
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