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US adds 1.3 lakh jobs; past payroll figures cut sharply
Washington: US employers added a surprisingly strong 1,30,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 US payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3 per cent, the Labour…
- World
India-US trade deal: WH drops reference to ‘certain pulses’ in fact sheet
New York: The White House has removed “pulses” from a list of American products on which it said India will eliminate or reduce tariffs, in a revised fact sheet issued on the…
- Middle East
Iran rejects reports of shifting US nuclear talks from Oman
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected reports that indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington would be held outside Oman, saying Muscat was always the agreed venue, according to the state-run IRNA news…
- Middle East
Trump says US flotilla deployed toward Iran
Washington: US President Donald Trump said the United States has deployed a “massive flotilla” toward Iran and signaled that Tehran is seeking negotiations, even as he warned that further action remains possible. …
- World
ICE chief grilled by lawmakers on mass deportation operations
Washington: Todd Lyons, acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other immigration officials were questioned by lawmakers on mass deportation operations at a US House of Representatives hearing, with Republican…
- Sports
T20 World Cup: Pakistan beat USA by 32 runs
Colombo: Sahibzada Farhan’s power-filled fifty and spinner’s accuracy lifted Pakistan to a smooth 32-run win over the United States of America in a Group A match of the T20 World Cup on…
- Featured News
The farcical side of the racial superiority of the whites
The hypocrisy of the diminishing race of white supremacists in the United States and Europe knows no bounds. When a handful of Latinos, African-Americans and Asians, even with proper documents, would come…
- World
Russia accuses US of preventing India from buying its oil
Moscow: Russia has accused the US of attempting to prevent India and other countries from buying Russian oil, saying Washington is using a wide range of “coercive” measures, including tariffs, sanctions and…
- World
Minneapolis shootings: Trump’s immigration chiefs to testify in Congress
Washington: The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump‘s mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress on Tuesday and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American…
- Middle East
Iran security chief Oman-bound ahead of US nuclear talks
Dubai: A top Iranian security official will travel Tuesday, February 10, to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and the United States over the Islamic Republic’ nuclear program aimed…
- World
US bill seeks to end H-1B visa program
Washington: A Republican lawmaker introduced legislation to end the H-1B visa program, arguing that it disadvantages American workers and prioritizes foreign labor over US citizens. US Representative Greg Steube announced the introduction…
- World
Beyond Money: Scams erode trust in Indian- American community
New Jersey: In a modest hall in Maywood, New Jersey, seniors, students, and families gathered to confront a growing menace that has quietly reshaped lives across the Indian American community — scams…
- World
As US pushes June deadline for peace deal, Russia strikes Ukraine again
Kyiv: A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded two, officials said on Sunday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has given Ukraine…
- Middle East
Trump aims to hold first meeting of new Board of Peace in Washington this month
Washington: President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza. The meeting, proposed for February…
- Sports
T20 WC: Suryakumar, Siraj help India edge past USA by 29 runs
Mumbai: Skipper Suryakumar Yadav batting just like he does and Mohammed Siraj’s incisive first spell headlined defending champions India’s scratchy 29-run win against the United States of America despite a stunning top-order…