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Jamaica: USCIS green-card policy forces home-country applications, retired SSP calls Bulgin killing 'deeply disturbing', Justice Minister Chuck defends deadly force against fleeing suspects, Bellevue pushes mental health reframe, PCOS support network grows

A new US immigration policy requiring green card seekers to return to home countries for applications draws legal challenges from Jamaican attorneys, a retired senior superintendent calls the police killing of Latoya Bulgin in St James deeply disturbing, the Justice Minister defends deadly force against fleeing suspects as lawful last resort, Bellevue Hospital pushes to reframe how the country talks about mental illness, and a WhatsApp network for women with PCOS and endometriosis has grown to thousands.

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South Africa: Mogotsi in court demanding release, Malema JSC fitness challenge filed, Ramaphosa-Trump high-stakes meeting set, Sibanyoni in court, xenophobic attacks condemned

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi tells lawyers to get him out, Helen Suzman Foundation challenges Julius Malema's fitness for the Judicial Service Commission, President Ramaphosa heads to a high-stakes White House meeting with President Trump, taxi boss Joe 'Ferrari' Sibanyoni appears in court, and SA police condemn xenophobic attacks on Ghanaian nationals.