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• Fleeing home alone: the migrant children blocked at Mexican border
• Migrant family who fled tear gas at U.S. border seeks asylum
• Global stocks drop, where is 'Santa Claus rally'?

Fleeing home alone: the migrant children blocked at Mexican border Posted: 18 Dec 2018 01:50 AM PST Guatemalan children caught in Mexico while trying to migrate into the US, queue before climbing into a minibus at Aurora international airport in Guatemala City. For years, Dora waited impatiently to turn 15, the age her mother had agreed she would be old enough to leave their home in El Salvador – where she suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather – and head to the US, in search of a new life. "Seeing them leave together … that gave me hope and gave me the courage to finally leave," said Dora, who is now living at a children's shelter in Tijuana, on the border with California. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Migrant family who fled tear gas at U.S. border seeks asylum Posted: 17 Dec 2018 10:44 PM PST The family appeared in a widely circulated photograph taken by Reuters as they fled tear gas thrown by U.S. authorities during a protest at the border last month when some migrants rushed the U.S. fence. Sandra Cordero, from advocacy group Families Belong Together, which accompanied the migrants, said eight unaccompanied minors were being processed for asylum. A system dubbed "metering" limits how many can ask for asylum each day at U.S. ports of entry, leading to months-long waits in Mexico for thousands of migrants fleeing violence in Central America. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Global stocks drop, where is 'Santa Claus rally'? Posted: 17 Dec 2018 04:40 PM PST Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 506.71 points, or 2.1 percent, to 23,593.8, the S&P 500 lost 54.09 points, or 2.08 percent, to 2,545.86 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 156.93 points, or 2.27 percent, to 6,753.73. "If Santa Claus doesn't turn up very soon, U.S. stocks may end this year in negative territory", wrote Rabobank analysts as the Nasdaq remained the only benchmark in the black for the year, with the Dow and the S&P 500 down between 2 and 3 percent. Some investors had hoped for a bounce back before the holidays, but any "Santa Claus rally" has proven elusive so far. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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