Musk vows to ‘go to war’ to defend H-1B visa programme; Trump sides with him
Elon Musk has received support from President-elect Donald Trump on his stance on H-1B visas, a day after the tech billionaire vowed to “go to war” to defend the programme used to bring skilled foreign workers to the US. Musk, who along with Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has been tapped...
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Pak soldier killed, 11 wounded in firing by Afghan Taliban forces
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3 die off northern France coast in Channel crossing attempt
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Azerbaijan’s president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally
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North Korea’s Kim vows toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office
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Air Canada flight catches fire on landing, all passengers evacuated safely
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Musk causes uproar for backing Germany’s far-right party
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Bangladesh students’ movement wants ‘Mujibist’ constitution buried
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9th telecom firm hit by massive Chinese espionage campaign, White House says
A ninth US telecom firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official has said. Biden administration officials said this month...
BNP criticises Yunus’ suggestion to lower voting age to 17
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’ suggestion to set the minimum voting age at 17 would put pressure on the Election Commission and could delay the election process. Yunus, 84, who was sworn-in to lead the interim government after the ouster of former prime...
Italy’s parliament approves budget
Italy’s parliament on Saturday approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth about 30 billion euros (USD 31 billion) in tax cuts and social security contributions for low-income citizens. The measures, pushed by the far-right cabinet headed by Premier Giorgia Meloni, won final approval in the Upper House by 108 votes to 63. The...
Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes
Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry said Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes last week. Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a training facility and kill insurgents in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province. The strikes killed dozens of people, mostly women and children. Comments from...
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban
US President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued...
Israel detains director of Gaza hospital
Israel’s army detained the director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals as overnight strikes in the territory killed nine people, including children, Palestinian medical officials said Saturday. Gaza’s Health Ministry said Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested by Israeli forces Friday along with dozens...
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen airport
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a UN delegation was waiting to leave, the UN’s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday. Julien Harneis told UN reporters that the most frightening thing about the two airstrikes on...
