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Australia is negotiating a security agreement with Ukraine to boost defence cooperation and codify support following Russia’s invasion, Australian Associated Press reports.
Defence experts say such a pact could help bolster collaboration between the two nations to boost Australia’s capabilities.
Mandonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian was taken a day after US bombed Iran, but her community rallied for her freedom
Federal immigration officials have released an Iranian woman whom they allowed to stay in the US without legal status for the last 47 years, until agents in tactical gear and unmarked vehicles suddenly nabbed her in front of her New Orleans home on 22 June – the day after American forces bombed Iran.
A letter-writing campaign extolling decades of community service by Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, 64, and care for her neighbors in the quiet Lakeview section of the city helped get her case in front of Steve Scalise, the Republican US House majority leader, and then top Trump administration officials, Kashanian’s neighbor and longtime friend Connie Uddo said.
