At least 100 Hong Kong-based applicants have been affected by the indefinite postponement of US immigrant visa interviews worldwide, immigration consultants say, with student and travel visa applications also disrupted. The global pause, which marks a sharp tightening of legal immigration under the Trump administration, has left some Hong Kong applicants fearing the US could…
“Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.” Donald J. Trump It would be easy to write off the regular word salads of America’s 47th president as the increasingly incoherent ramblings of an elderly man in obvious mental and physical decline. However, one can also argue that Trump’s seemingly dyslexic struggles with the English…
“The Republican party and you are enabling him (Trump). You’re all cowards and spineless,” roared one voter in New York to loud cheers at a town hall in April. The subject of his frustration: America’s ongoing war with Iran. The target: Republican Congressman Mike Lawler. The 39-year-old lawmaker represents New York’s 17th congressional district, a…
As the conflict between the United States and Iran continues, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that Tehran is facing “many problems”. As per the Iranian leader, these problems come due to the US’ fresh wave of sanctions against Iran. In a speech to state television on Sunday, Pezeshkian acknowledged Iran was facing problems…
Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp has come under fresh scrutiny after Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff questioned why she was among a handful of people accompanying the US president on a secretive security operation in Turkey. Trump was quietly moved from Air Force One during a security scare after the NATO summit in Turkey on July…
TEL AVIV—President Trump said Israel shouldn’t be striking targets in Gaza, as his envoy Jared Kushner met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to salvage the president’s floundering plan to disarm Hamas and end the war. Jared Kushner met with Hamas officials on Sunday and Israel’s prime minister on Monday. In a rare public…
Donald Trump has ordered a major reduction in the annual US-South Korea military drills, a day after sharing a throwback photo with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. We “get along GREAT”, the US president said at the time. Trump scaled back US-South Korea drills after praising Kim Jong Un. (Truth Social/Donald trump) Trump said…
Apple is reportedly testing memory chips from China’s CXMT for iPhones and MacBooks as it explores ways to ease AI-driven component shortages. Amid the changing dynamics of the tech industry, Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across different product lines, including iPhones and MacBooks, to help mitigate a component shortage fueled by…
New Delhi: The US Senate has approved a bill that will allow President Donald Trump to impose 100% tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including India and China. The bill, named in honour of Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of Ukraine who died on July 11,…
In the latest sign of China’s threat to the United States’ tech dominance, the Trump administration on Tuesday banned new foreign-made humanoid and four-legged robotsfrom entering the country. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cited “unacceptable risks” to national security for the decision. The FCC noted how the robots “collect data that could be leveraged by…