H-1B lottery selection rates increased to ‘unseen levels’ under Trump’s new rule, claim immigration firms

Selection rates increased in this year’s H-1B lottery, immigration firms said. The first H-1B lottery (FY 2027) held under the second Donald Trump administration this year saw selection rates jump to “unseen levels”, Bloomberg Law reported, citing data from immigration firms. This was the first lottery that was based on wage levels and also after […]

President vs Pope: Trump’s divine detour rattles the faithful

TOI Correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump’s theological skirmish with Pope Leo — spiritual head of more than a billion Catholics — has triggered a backlash from his own conservative base, with Republican leaders, Christian activists and late-night comedians converging, for once, on the same punchline.What might once have been dismissed as another burst […]

Mark Carney clinches decisive mandate as Trump’s rhetoric rallies Canadian voters

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government after a decisive performance in Monday’s by-elections, according to projections by CBC News and other major Canadian media outlets. The outcome comes amid heightened global tensions, with Carney positioning himself as a leading critic of US President Donald Trump and his […]

Trump’s peace board faces a cash crunch

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has received only a tiny fraction of the $17 billion pledged for Gaza, preventing the US president from pushing ahead with his plan for the shattered Palestinian enclave’s future, sources told Reuters. Ten days before US-Israeli attacks on Iran plunged the region into war, Trump hosted a conference in […]

Under Trump’s Nasa, moon rocket from Boeing faces uncertain future

Nasa’s Boeing rocket just propelled astronauts farther into space than ever before, but the Trump administration is looking to competitors for a replacement. About a week before the $24 billion Space Launch System (SLS) pushed the four crew members of the Artemis II mission around the moon, Nasa asked Boeing rivals what options they could […]

Chagos Islands Agreement: ‘Will only proceed with US support’: UK pulls out of Chagos deal after Donald Trump’s criticism

The UK government led by Keir Starmer has shelved its proposed Chagos Islands agreement with Mauritius, amid strained ties with Donald Trump and the absence of formal US approval, according to an official statement.The deal, which aimed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while leasing back the strategic Diego Garcia military base, […]

Amanda Ungaro’s threat? Abysmal approval rating? What prompted Melania Trump’s statement on Epstein

Melania Trump said she had no association with Jeffrey Epstein. First Lady Melania Trump’s sweeping statement distancing herself from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came under intense scrutiny as commentators and observers are at a loss to decipher what triggered the statement at a tumultuous time like the US-Iran war which entered a ceasefire phase now. […]

Donald Trump Proposal: ‘Ceasefire unreasonable’: Iran rejects Donald Trump’s peace proposal, claims violation of 3 key clauses

Iran on Thursday rejected US President Donald Trump‘s peace proposal claiming that the States had violated three key clauses of the plan even before the negitiations started. Terming the ceasefire “unreasonable”, it said that Iran held a “deep historical distrust” towards Amercia, citing repeated violations of all forms of commitments.The three violations include non-complaince of […]

Was Lebanon part of ceasefire deal or not? How Pakistan may have muddled US-Iran truce

Less than 24 hours after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, confusion and conflicting claims over its scope have cast doubt on the agreement, with Pakistan’s role as mediator emerging at the centre of the controversy. While Washington has maintained that the truce is limited to Iran and does not extend […]

How Mojtaba Khamenei’s greenlight defused Trump’s ‘wipe out civilization’ ultimatum and led to a US-Iran truce

Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei (R) Thirty-eight days into the war, a ceasefire was declared. Early on Wednesday, Donald Trump reached terms with Iran, agreeing to halt military actions for two weeks. What began as an American-Israeli campaign aimed at regime change in Tehran saw Ayatollah Ali Khamenei eliminated on the first day of Trump’s […]