The White House on Monday defended a follow-up US military strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea last September, saying the Navy commander involved acted lawfully, even as the episode triggered bipartisan calls in Washington for investigations and a parallel inquiry in Caracas into the deaths of Venezuelans.White House press secretary Karoline […]
The TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the growing scrutiny of his health, asserting that he is in great shape and media reports to the contrary are “purposely negative” hit jobs.The trigger for a blistering presidential reprimand was a NYT story headlined “Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities […]
screen grab (Source:X/@nytimes) Former Harvard University president and US treasury secretary Larry Summers has said he will step back from several public roles following the release of documents detailing years of personal correspondence with convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.In a statement issued by him on Monday night, quoted by The Washington Post, […]
Canada’s international students, foreign workers and even visitors now face tougher compliance checks under newly updated guidelines that allow immigration officers to cancel visas and study permits that have already been issued.On Nov 4, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated its operational guidance, giving officers clearly defined authority to revoke visitor visas, study […]
The United States has detained a well-known Indian-origin scholar on charges of unlawfully retaining national defence information. According to the affidavit filed by US authorities, more than 1,000 pages of classified documents were found at Tellis’s home in Virginia after investigations.A federal court in Virginia ordered the arrest of Tellis, who has worked as a […]
Maori Party MP Oriini Kaipara (Image credits: X/@NZParliament) WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Parliament was briefly suspended on 9 October after people in the public gallery broke into a haka, a traditional Maori dance, following the maiden speech of the newest Maori Party MP, Oriini Kaipara.The interruption took place soon after Kaipara, elected in September to fill […]
US President Donald Trump came to the defence of FBI director Kash Patel on Saturday, praising his handling of the investigation into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Trump’s statement came amid Patel facing mounting criticism from within the bureau and from political allies.“I am very proud of the FBI,” Trump said in a […]
Kash Patel was reportedly at an Italian restaurant in NYC Wednesday evening hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Amid FBI leadership concerns after Kash Patel‘s ‘missteps’ in the Charlie Kirk assassination case, reports claimed that Patel was dining at Rao’s Italian restaurant in East Harlem hours after Charlie Kirk was shot and pronounced dead. It was […]
RF Kennedy (left), Robin Westman (AP) US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching formal studies into whether psychiatric medications – particularly SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) – and other drugs associated with gender transition could be linked to violent behavior, reported […]
US president Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will nominate top economic adviser Stephen Miran to temporarily fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.Miran, who currently chairs the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, is set to replace outgoing governor Adriana Kugler, a Biden appointee stepping down on Friday. If confirmed […]
