Migrant Surge Overwhelms Chicago

The midwestern city of Chicago is struggling to accommodate a wave of migrants, many from Central and South America, transported to the city after entering the U.S. at America’s southern border. VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports on how the city…

Migrant Surge Overwhelms Chicago Shelters

After a months-long ordeal fleeing Venezuela, surviving the difficult journey through central America and Mexico to eventually cross the southern U.S. border, asylum-seeker Lismar Pinto arrived by bus at a police station in Chicago, where…

UN Weekly Roundup: May 13-19, 2023

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Black Sea grain deal extended for 60 days; wheat prices decline U.N. Secretary-General Antonio…