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They were supposed to be the lucky ones. Residents of the world’s largest refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya, they had dream tickets to American destinations like Missouri, New York and North Dakota. But their hopes were dahsed at the stroke of a pen when President Trump signed his travel ban, halting settlement of refugees from seven mostly-Muslim countries. A year later, hundreds of Somali refugees, including children in urgent need of critical medical care, remain at the camp with their American Dream in tatters.

VIDEO: Record numbers of women are running for political office in this year’s crucial mid-term elections. Allison Galbraith decided to challenge her Maryland Congressman after he told her no one minds if women pay more for health care. The single mother is part of a new generation of women who seem determined to change the face of politics.

He won’t even be there, but President Trump is expected to be in the spotlight at the upcoming annual summit of the African Union. The president’s incendiary comments — in which he allegedly used a profane term comparing African nations to toilets — has deeply resonated among the 55-member body, so there could be some harsh words for the US president.

Salvadoran immigrants in the US might be heading to the Middle East to find work now that the Trump administration has announced it’s ending their protected status in the fall of 2019. Roughly 200,000 Salvadoran migrants have registered for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which allows certain migrants to live, work and study in the US without fear of deportation. Facing an uncertain future, here’s why some Salvadoran immigrants are eyeing Qatar.

When is a handshake more than just a handshake? When it involves world leaders jockeying for position, power or to send a particular message to a wider audience. Whether it’s the tight-gripped hand-wrestling match between President Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron last year, or this week’s prolonged, warm handshake with Britain’s Theresa May, the US president demonstrates how body language is a key element of diplomacy.

The world’s longest stringed instrument was invented by Los Angeles musician William Close. The harp’s strings can be hundreds of meters long, strung across canyons or to the tops of skyscrapers. The idea is to turn the earth into an instrument.