内容摘要：The U.S. State Department declined to comment on a potential deal, but said engagement with foreign governments is an important part of the U.S. government’s policy to deter illegal migration.

The U.S. State Department declined to comment on a potential deal, but said engagement with foreign governments is an important part of the U.S. government’s policy to deter illegal migration.

Russia has also severely curtailed LGBTQ+ rights in the last decade by banning public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” and adopting laws against, among other measures. Its Supreme Court

by labeling what authorities called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organization and banning it.The measure restricting LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia came shortly after the parliament adoptedthat critics denounced as borrowed from Moscow’s playbook. The measure requires media and nongovernmental organizations to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.

Opponents of gay rights burn LGBTQ+ flags to counter a pride event in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)Opponents of gay rights burn LGBTQ+ flags to counter a pride event in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)

That measure ignited weeks of protests and was widely criticized as threatening democratic freedoms and jeopardizing Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union. It formally applied for membership in 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but the bloc halted its accession in response to the “foreign influence” law and froze some of its financial support. The

on dozens of Georgian officials in response to the law.In 2021, Rodriguez established a partnership between the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar and CNAG, the National Center for Genomic Analysis in Barcelona. Rodriguez collects patients’ blood samples and delivers the extracted DNA to Barcelona, where scientists sequence it, storing the answers it holds in a large database. Almost 1,300 participants—patients and families—have enrolled in his study of rare disease in West Africa.

Rare disease researcher Pedro Rodriguez, left, examines Ibrahima Ndiaye, 8, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Rare disease researcher Pedro Rodriguez, left, examines Ibrahima Ndiaye, 8, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

In the Gambia, Fatou Samba’s sons Adama, 8, and Gibriel, 4, like to play soccer and feed the sheep in their backyard. On a recent afternoon, they took turns playing with a toy airplane and a globe. Adama, who hopes to be a pilot, pointed to where he wanted to go: the U.S. Outside, he started to climb a pile of bicycles propped up against the wall, and Gibriel followed.“We’re climbing Mount Everest,” Adama said.