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The lawsuit challenging Trump’s H-1B fee of $100,000 cites the case of an Indian woman, Phoenix Doe. Donald Trump’s proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas got its first legal hurdle as a coalition of unions, employers and religious groups filed a lawsuit challenging the fee in federal court in San Francisco. The lawsuit…

Indian-origin man Sukhpreet Singh extradited to Canada from Texas in connection with high-profile Elnaz Hajtamiri disappearance case. 25-year-old Sukhpreet Singh, an Indian-origin man wanted in Canada in connection with the high-profile case of Elnaz Hajtamiri’s disappearance, was arrested in Texas and was extradited to Ontario. The case dates back to 2021 and Sukhpreet Singh, who…

Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones, faced bipartisan backlash on Friday night after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he suggested that the state’s top Republican in the House of Delegates, Todd Gilbert, “gets two bullets to the head.” The messages, sent by Jones who did not hold elected office at the…

Police officers work during the protest in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy (AP image) Switzerland on Friday announced that it will file a diplomatic protest with Israel after Israeli security forces curtailed a visit by Swiss diplomats to detainees from the…

Representative Image (AI-generated) At least four students were injured when a bomb exploded inside a private school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan, authorities said on Saturday.According to the school administration, a fourth-grade student picked up a “toy bomb” on his way to school in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber district, near the Afghan border and brought…

Sharjah–Dubai exit closed until Oct 11: Plan alternative routes, check timings, and stay safe during roadworks/ AI Representative Image, for illustrative purposes only The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the temporary closure of the exit from King Faisal Street to Al Wahda Street, heading toward Dubai. This closure commenced on Friday, October…

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday said that she and her staff were denied entry to the Village of Broadview Municipal Building, located about 12 miles west of downtown Chicago, while attempting to stop for a “bathroom break.“This incident occurred as federal agents clashed with protesters outside a nearby US Immigration…

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has praised Elon Musk for being “smart and ahead of the curve,” particularly in the realm of video-trained robotics and AI. However, Cuban remains sceptical about Musk’s vision of humanoid robots dominating the future. Speaking on the Prof G Markets podcast, Cuban highlighted that while robotics will be crucial for productivity,…

A Chicago alderperson was shoved and handcuffed by the federal immigration agents while she was questioning them at a Humboldt Park Medical Centre on Friday.While sharing details, Alderman Jessie Fuentes said that she was at Humboldt Park Health following a report of immigration agents at the facility. When she questioned the agents about having a…