A former inmate at a Tallahassee, Florida federal prison dorm has dismissed rumors of Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, being suicidal. Maxwell, now serving a 20-year sentence after her 2022 conviction, shares the dorm with other female inmates including Jessica Watkins, a convicted participant in the January 6 Capitol riot.
Russia has signaled openness to peace negotiations with Ukraine, but the Kremlin insists that its core objectives must be met—chief among them, Ukrainian withdrawal from annexed territories and rejection of NATO membership. The statement came just days after President Donald Trump issued a 50-day deadline for Moscow to accept a ceasefire or face intensified economic pressure.
The Biden-era practice of importing tens of thousands of foreign workers for U.S. white-collar jobs continues into 2025, despite rising unemployment among recent American college graduates. Last Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed it had reached its annual H-1B visa cap of 85,000 — 65,000 for general slots and 20,000 for advanced degrees — for fiscal year 2026.
A devastating boat accident unfolded on July 19, 2025, when the Wonder Sea tourist vessel overturned during a violent thunderstorm in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.
Greek authorities arrested 247 illegal migrants over the weekend following a decisive move by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government to suspend all asylum requests from North African arrivals. The arrests were made in five separate incidents near the islands of Gavdos and Crete, where boats attempting to reach Greek soil from Libya were intercepted by the Hellenic Coast Guard, according to public broadcaster ERT.
University of Oklahoma offers tuition guidance, scholarships, and application help to undocumented students, sparking debate over immigration law compliance.
Mexican activist Gabriel Hernandez Tovar was assassinated in Reynosa, Tamaulipas last week, just days after a Mexican judge removed his court-ordered police protection. Hernandez had previously been kidnapped four times by the Gulf Cartel, one of six Mexican organized crime groups officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.
