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Indigenous Amazon tribe says New York Times story led to its members being smeared as porn addicts

Representative Image (AP) LOS ANGELES: An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued The New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography. The Marubo Tribe of the Javari Valley, a sovereign community of about […]

How ‘Daniel’ Led Our Reporters to an Assembly Line for Russian Spies

For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz, investigative reporters for The New York Times, discuss one case. […]

H-1B visa: 120,142 registrations selected for 2026, lowest since 2021 after major uproar, led by Elon Musk

USCIS has revealed the number of H-1B registrations for 2026 The Donald Trump administration has selected 120,141 H-1B visa applications for 2026, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services revealed in their recently published data. This is the lowest since 2021, after H-1B became a contentious issue even before Donald Trump’s January inauguration.The Make America Great […]

How Tensions Between India and Pakistan Led to Strikes

India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after a deadly terror attack killed more than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. To understand the conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries, New York Times senior writer Katrin Bennhold spoke with our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, to get his […]

Analysts predicted Albanese victory in 2025 elections, highlighted Dutton’s ‘Trump-lite’ policies led to his defeat

Anthony Albanese (left) gained a massive victory in the recent elections defeating Peter Dutton (right) (Image: AP) Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese of the Labor party has gained a massive victory in the recently conducted national elections 2025. He had defeated Liberal party candidate Peter Dutton. Albanese is set to lead his second-term government in […]

Meet Mark Carney: The banker-turned-politician who took on Trump, led Liberals to victory in Canada

Mark Carney’s journey from governor of the Bank of England to becoming Canada’s full-term Prime Minister has been nothing short of extraordinary. Once known as the calm technocrat brought in to steady financial markets during crises, Carney is now heading towards securing a full mandate to lead his home country. As per the latest results, […]

Israel says, ‘breach of orders’ led to Gaza medics’ deaths, dismisses deputy commander

The Israeli military has concluded that the killing of 15 emergency responders in Gaza on March 23 was the result of an “operational misunderstanding” and a breach of orders, according to the findings of an internal investigation released Sunday.The probe determined that troops believed they were under threat from enemy forces at the time of […]

DNA Diagnostics Center Lawsuit: ‘I’m grieving’: Woman sues DNA lab after wrong paternity test led to abortion

This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. A 28-year-old woman from Yonkers has filed a federal lawsuit against DNA Diagnostics Center and Winn Health Labs, alleging that a faulty paternity test led her to abort her pregnancy and inadvertently end her engagement, only to learn months later that the test results were […]

Bernie Sanders: Bernie Sanders warns of US ‘pseudo-democracy’, slams influence of billionaires ‘led by Musk’

File photo: US Senator Bernie Sanders (Picture credit: AP) US Senator Bernie Sanders has intensified his criticism of America’s political and economic system, warning that the United States is moving “rapidly toward oligarchy” and calling it a “pseudo-democracy” in which billionaires wield disproportionate power over governance. At 83, Sanders is still drawing massive crowds to […]

Kathmandu Protests: Nepal protests: What led citizens to protest for restoration of monarchy

Nepal protests: What led citizens to protest for restoration of monarchy (Picture credit: AP) Kathmandu witnessed violent clashes on Friday as pro-monarchy protesters took to the streets demanding the reinstatement of Nepal’s former king, Gyanendra Shah. The unrest left two people dead, including a journalist and over 30 others injured, prompting authorities to impose a […]