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Indian diaspora groups welcome court ruling on H-1B visa fee
Washington: US-based Indian diaspora advocacy groups welcomed the Massachusetts federal court’s decision to strike down the USD 100,000 fee levied by the Trump administration on H-1B visas, contending that it was appropriate…
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US moves to revoke citizenship of Indian-origin businessman
Washington: The US Department of Justice has launched proceedings to revoke the citizenship of 17 naturalised Americans accused of concealing crimes or lying during the immigration process, including an Indian-origin businessman convicted…
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US judge says USD 100,000 H1B fee unlawful, strikes it down
Washington: A federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions, ruling that the administration exceeded its authority and imposed what amounted to an unlawful tax…
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Xi Jinping pledges unwavering support to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Beijing: China’s President Xi Jinping, on a rare visit to long-term ally North Korea, on Monday, June 8, pledged Beijing’s “unwavering” support to its leader Kim Jong Un. Xi’s comments during his…
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Trump’s Iran dealmakers were targets of Israel spying: Pentagon
The Pentagon’s military intelligence arm has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to “critical,” its highest possible designation, amid growing alarm that Israeli spy agencies are aggressively monitoring senior American officials…
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Powerful 7.8 earthquake kills 19 in Philippines, sparks tsunami
Manila: An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Monday, June 8, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and sending a 1-metre…
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Israel, Iran exchange fire as war escalates on 101st day
Dubai: Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday, June 8, in retaliatory strikes that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a full-scale regional war, while Yemen’s Houthi rebels also…
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Netahyahu defies Trump’s ‘ultimatium’ on Iran, Lebanon again and again and again
On Sunday night, June 7, Donald Trump told three news organisations the same thing: he was in control. He told Fox News a peace deal with Iran was days away. He told Axios that Israel would…
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Trump rejects claims Iran war betrays his ‘no new wars’ pledge
Bridgewater: President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” that he made repeatedly as he campaigned again for…
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Tsunami advisory issued for Japan’s Pacific coasts
Tokyo: Japan’s weather agency on Monday, June 8, issued tsunami advisories for the coastal areas from Ibaraki Prefecture on the country’s eastern Pacific coast to the island prefecture of Okinawa in the…
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FIFA World Cup 2026 goes bigger: 48 teams, 104 matches
New Jersey: This year’s edition of the World Cup will be the biggest ever, with an expanded field of 48 teams, three host countries and 16 stadiums staging the record 104 matches…
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Earthquake in Bhutan shakes Sikkim, North Bengal
Kolkata: Tremors were felt across Sikkim and parts of north Bengal after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Bhutan late on Sunday, June 7, officials said. Tremors lasted for a few seconds, and there…
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7.8 magnitude earthquake hits southern Philippines
Manila: A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Mindanao region in southern Philippines early Monday, the US Geological Survey said. No information on damage was immediately available. Also Read5.8 magnitude earthquake hits…
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Will work with Iran to destroy its enriched uranium: Trump
Washington: The US will work with Iran to retrieve and destroy its highly enriched uranium if it is able to cut a deal with Tehran to end the three-month-old war between the…
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Pak minister in Iran, US downs more Iranian drones over Strait
Cairo: Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is in Tehran to deliver a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei from Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to Iranian state-run…
