Qatar Airways said on Thursday it will offer free laptops to business class passengers flying to the United States, in an effort to provide a unique solution to the recently imposed US ban on electronic devices. In a statement, the Doha-based carrier said it would begin offering a “laptop loan[Read More…]
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Iranian infant Fatemah arrives in US for heart transplant surgery
Iranian infant, Fatemah Taghizaheh, in need of life-saving heart transplant surgery arrived Tuesday at a Portland hospital with her family after being temporarily banned from coming to the US by President Donald Trump’s executive order. The infant was referred to an Oregon hospital by Iranian doctors for an urgent surgery[Read More…]
Qatar Airways to fly barred nationals after US travel ban stayed
New York Governor offers to help Iranian infant who can’t enter US for heart transplant
An Iranian infant, who was unable to get into USA for heart transplant surgery, can receive care in New York if the Trump administration can permit her into the country, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Fatemah Taghizadeh’s parents booked appointment with doctors in Oregon for emergency surgery on February[Read More…]
Uber CEO quits Trump business council after users boycott cab service
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit US President Donald Trump’s council of business leaders following intense criticism and boycott calls in the social media over the company’s tie to the Trump administration. Kalanick wrote to his employees that he’d spoken with Trump on Thursday to “let him know that I[Read More…]
How Twitter reacted to Trump Hotel’s ‘favourite travel memory’ tweet
In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order banning nationals from seven countries from entering USA, the neo-Nazi approach has been resisted all across the globe. Social media campaigns calling to boycott Trump business entities got huge supports. An old Twitter post from Trump’s hospitality business had drawn backlash after[Read More…]
Muslim ban: Noted tech firms to meet to file legal challenge against Trump’s order
A group of noted tech firms is planning to meet on Tuesday to discuss filing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump’s order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations said a spokesperson for a company organizing the gathering. The meeting was called together by GitHub, a[Read More…]
Muslim ban: Iranian film maker Asghar Farhadi to miss Oscar ceremony
Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi, nominated for Oscar, will be unable to attend this year’s ceremony in the wake of US President Donald Trump banning nationals from seven Muslim countries from entering USA. Farhadi is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film for the movie ‘The Salesman’, which tells the[Read More…]
Petition to ban Trump from meeting UK queen gathers 80k signs in an hour
Federal judge stays Trump’s Muslim country travel ban
A federal judge in Brooklyn put an hold on portions of US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel for tens of millions of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The temporary halt of the inhumane decision provided relief to scores of refugees and others who were trapped at airports across[Read More…]