A new report from Royal LePage shows 75 percent of U.S. citizens living in border towns and owning recreational properties in Canada made their purchase after the federal government announced its forthcoming foreign buyer ban. The two-year ban will apply to non-Canadian citizens and non-permanent residents and is expected to come into effect on Jan….

CARACAS/WASHINGTON—Venezuela released two jailed U.S. citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit to Caracas by a high-level U.S. delegation. One of the freed prisoners was Gustavo Cardenas, among six Citgo oil executives arrested in 2017 and convicted on charges the U.S. government says were fabricated. The other…

From CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON—Legislation to lift the cap on annual assistance under a Department of Health and Human Services program that aids U.S. citizens returning from war zones or similar crises cleared the Senate by unanimous consent Tuesday. The measure would raise the funding cap for the U.S. Repatriation Program from $1 million to $10…

Multiple U.S. citizens were among the dozens killed and injured in a stampede at a religious festival in Israel, the U.S. Embassy said on Saturday. Forty-five people were crushed to death and more than 100 injured at the ultra-Orthodox Jewish festival on the slopes of Israel’s Mount Meron, held overnight between Thursday and Friday. Six…