WASHINGTON: Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captured curious dark streaks running down the sides of cliffs and crater walls that some scientists have construed as possible evidence of flows of liquid water, suggesting that the planet harbours environments suitable for living organisms.A new study casts doubt […]
Howard professor Ron Hira weighed in on the recent H-1B uproar. Howard University professor Ron Hira said H-1B visa programs that allow US companies to hire skilled labour from outside the country have no connection to merit or shortage of US workers for those specific jobs.Ron Hira, whose parents were Indians and came to the […]
India’s government is taking legal action against academics, journalists and private companies seen as critical of its recent military campaign against Pakistan, including arresting one professor who had admonished Indians “who are baying for war.” During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power, his government has routinely punished critics with criminal charges, legal investigations and […]
Supreme court rules in Trump’s favour regarding deportations The US Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to the Trump administration to remove legal protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants.These individuals were previously shielded from deportation under a programme called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), designed to help people from countries hit by war or […]
Screengrab from Scott Adams’ stream where me mentions he has prostate cancer Comic strip creator Scott Adams on Monday revealed that he is battling the same aggressive form of prostate cancer as Joe Biden and says he may not live past this summer, reports the Daily Mail. During his livestream on video platform Rumble, the […]
The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Monday to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from potential deportation.The top court granted a request by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for the Venezuelans while an appeal proceeds in a lower court.The United States grants TPS […]
Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (Photo: AP) Federal officials are investigating why two planes got dangerously close on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport earlier this month despite the airport being equipped with an advanced surface radar system that’s designed to help prevent such […]
Donald Trump Jr said he sarcastically called Jill Biden a doctor, he knows the difference between MD and PhD With a joker emoji, Donald Trump Jr defended his accusation of Jil Biden that the former first lady covered Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis despite being a ‘doctor’ herself, and said he knows the difference between a […]
The Supreme Court on Monday let the Trump administration, for now, remove protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who had been allowed to remain in the United States without risk of deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status. The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons, which is typical when the […]
China’s economy slows in April as trade war blues hit retail sales, housing and investment (Photo: AP) China’s economy showed signs of slowing in April as President Donald Trump’s trade war took a toll, with retail sales, property and investment coming in weaker than economists had forecast. Industrial production slowed as Trump’s painfully high tariffs […]
