Nasa logo, left, and Elon Musk (Image credits: AP) Nasa and the Pentagon moved quickly this past week to contact alternative spaceflight providers after a public spat between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk raised new fears about the government’s reliance on SpaceX.The situation escalated when Musk, responding to Trump’s threat to cancel SpaceX […]
Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t end its blockade (Photo: AP) The Gaza Strip will likely fall into famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning on Monday. Nearly half a million Palestinians are facing […]
DHAKA: Radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has warned chief adviser Muhammad Yunus that he will be treated like deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if the interim govt pushes ahead with implementing “anti-Islamic” proposals made by the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission. Hefazat leaders also condemned the proposals as being in direct conflict with the Quran and […]
As legal challenges mount against the US agencies for termination of the SEVIS records of hundreds of international students and district courts are increasingly granting temporary restraining orders (TROs) against such termination, the stand adopted by US agencies to downplay the irreparable harm caused to students is being widely discussed by immigration attorneys.An affidavit submitted […]
President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten speaks during a rally in front of the Department of Education to protest budget cuts in Washington. (Getty Images) In an opinion piece published in Fox News, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), criticizes President Donald Trump’s proposal to dismantle the […]
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has launched a new study to investigate what he calls the autism “epidemic”, but the move has alarmed many in the medical community. They say the effort could promote long-debunked claims linking vaccines to autism—claims Kennedy has repeatedly pushed in the past. Speaking on Thursday, Kennedy said the […]
TOI correspondent from Washington: Prominent Trump acolytes and business leaders are jumping of the MAGA tariff train as the US President’s gambit — capricious to some and audacious to others — threatens to derail global trade and commerce that he wants to re-order.In the first signs of dissent in the higher MAGAsphere, Elon Musk publicly […]
Experts feel green card holders should think twice now before traveling outside the US if they have criticized Trump on social media. Green card holders and visa holders in the country need to think twice before traveling outside the country, lawyers warn amid the massive crackdown on international students and migrants. “Anyone who isn’t a […]
