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Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. | Photo Credit: Reuters The campaign by President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to radically cut back the U.S. bureaucracy spread on Friday (February 14, 2025), firing more than 9,500 workers who handled…
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New Delhi: Zaya Perysian, a US-based Transgender influencer, has alleged that she has been forced to identify as male under the Donald Trump administration. Zaya claims that the gender on her passport has been changed to male while all her other documents identify her as female. This comes after Trump, during his inaugural address, announced…
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After working for years alongside the United States to combat the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zahra says she was just days from being evacuated to America when President Donald Trump suspended refugee admissions. She sold her belongings as she awaited a flight out of Pakistan, where she has been embroiled in a three-year process applying for…
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Donald Trump has shaken up America and the world in an extraordinary first week back in the White House that saw him remake the US political universe in his own image. On his first day, Trump signed more executive orders than any president in history, consolidating his power over every lever of the US government….
Washington: Following a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump, passport applications with “X” sex markers and changes to gender identity on existing passports have been frozen, since the order states that the US recognises only two sexes: male and female. This move has been met with swift implementation by the US State Department,…
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The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Washington DC on January 17, 2025 by Indian Ambassador Vinay Kwatra and Acting U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristie Canegallo, the MEA said. | Photo Credit: ANI India and the U.S. have inked an agreement to enhance cooperation in cybercrime investigations, according to the Ministry…
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U.S. President Joe Biden | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House considers could be targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, a preemptive move that would be a controversial use of the president’s extraordinary constitutional power. The deliberations so far are…
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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, spent a second day on Capitol Hill, meeting privately with Republican senators amid rising questions about his ability to effectively lead the Pentagon. Mr. Hegseth told reporters Tuesday that he was planning to sit down with senators, even with those potentially skeptical of his nomination. “We’re…
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CEO of VTB bank Andrei Kostin. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS The next U.S. administration may make an effort to ease tensions with Moscow but Western sanctions are unlikely to be lifted any time soon, Andrei Kostin, the CEO of Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, has said. Mr. Kostin, one of Russia’s most influential bankers…
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After being elected as the 47th President of the United States Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign President-elect Mr. Trump has turned to a head-spinning mix of candidates, many of whom are his personal…
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