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The initial registration period for FY2025 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 6 Washington: US President Joe Biden is doing everything he can to improve the H-1B visa process, ‘green card’ backlog and other issues related to the country’s legal immigration system, the White House has said. The H-1B visa is a…
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The I2U2’s first summit was held on July 14, 2022, to establish the group. Washington: The grouping of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the US continues to be a priority for the Biden administration and is not on the back-burner due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the White House has…
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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An Illinois state judge on February 28 barred former U.S. President Donald Trump from appearing on Illinois’ Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but she delayed her ruling…
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UK PM Rishi Sunak held a meeting with police chiefs on Wednesday London: Britain is descending into “mob rule” and police will do more to protect the country’s democracy, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, after the government announced extra funding to keep lawmakers safe. Many British lawmakers have said the abuse directed at…
A view of Katchatheevu in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Katchatheevu islet, a part of Sri Lanka and located about 14 nautical miles from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, is back in the limelight for the wrong reasons. On February 17, fishermen associations in Ramanathapuram district announced that they were boycotting the annual two-day…
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Geert Wilders said he hoped they will be extradited, convicted and jailed The Hague: Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they were putting two Pakistani nationals on trial for incitement to murder anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, asking Islamabad for legal help in the matter. Judges in September last year sentenced Pakistani cricketer Khalid Latif to 12 years…
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Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. He represents Kentucky in the Senate. Mr. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision on February…
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Australia is a member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing group. Sydney: The head of Australia’s main intelligence agency on Wednesday revealed the existence of an “A-Team” of foreign spies that for several years has recruited Australian academics, politicians and businesspeople, gaining access to sensitive political, economic and defence information. In an extremely rare public revelation…
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In 2022, there was a total of 42 accidents, of which five were fatal and took 158 lives. Paris: Last year was the safest ever for commercial air travel, despite a massive rebound in passenger flights, an airline industry group said Wednesday. The only fatal accident of a passenger plane was the crash of an…
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Members of the security forces patrol Chad’s capital N’Djamena. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Several people were killed in a clash near the headquarters of Chad’s internal security agency in the capital N’Djamena, according to accounts given by the government and an opposition party that differed over the origin of the incident. The violence comes…
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