Both U.S. neighbors, Canada and Mexico, allow for unrestricted birthright citizenship as well as all but two countries in ...

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Despite growing foreign condemnation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war to eliminate Hamas ...

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Especially South-eastern and Eastern European countries have seen their populations shrinking rapidly due to a combination of intensive outmigration and persistent low fertility." The map below ...

The U.S. is among more than 30 countries that allow for unrestricted birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship means that a person born in a country, regardless of their parents' immigration ...