The company constructing the Dakota Access pipeline declared on Monday that the project remains on track to start moving oil this week despite recent “coordinated physical attacks” along the line. A court filing on Monday from this company didn’t detail the attacks, but said they “pose threats to life, physical[Read More…]
Tag: USA
David Rockefeller dies at 101
Infosys decides not to apply for H-1B visa for junior staff
New York’s legendary columnist Jimmy Breslin dies
Jimmy Breslin, who died Sunday at 88, was a central character of New York journalism, notably with the New York Daily News. Breslin won a Pulitzer Prize for some amazing articles which include his works exposing police harassment in Queens. Of his remarkable works, the most impressive was an interview with[Read More…]
Senate questions Trump’s adviser in Russia investigation
The Senate investigation committee has asked one of Donald Trump’s longtime advisors to produce any documents that could be related to its investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Advisor Roger Stone says that he is glad to have an opportunity where he gets to publicly testify before the[Read More…]
US ‘must be paid more’ to defend Germany: Trump
Soon after the first meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President Donald Trump on Saturday, President Trump says that Germany owes “vast sums of money” to NATO and the U.S. According to Trump’s tweets, US”must be paid more” for providing defense, echoing his stance that European allies need to[Read More…]
Trump refuses to shake hand with Angela Merkel
US President Donald Trump has apparently refused to shake German chancellor Angela Merkel’s hand during a joint appearance at the White House. In a video, reporters asked Trump and Merkel to shake hands at the end of the photo op, as is customary during meetings between foreign leaders. Hearing the[Read More…]
Germany increases film funding by 55%
The German government on Wednesday approved a 55% increase in film funding to €150 million ($161 million) in a bold move to grow the local and international film business in Germany. According to reports, Culture secretary Monika Grütters confirmed on Thursday morning during the announcement of the nominations for this[Read More…]
Application for H-1B to be accepted from April 3
Hawaii federal judge blocks Trump’s new travel ban
A federal judge in Hawaii has placed a nationwide hold on the key aspects of US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban after hearing arguments that the executive order discriminates on the basis of nationality. The executive order was put on hold just hours before the new restrictions were to[Read More…]
Five Republican-nominated judges support travel ban
Trump’s lawyer demands apology from Snoop Dogg
US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen says rapper Snoop Dogg should apologise for his latest music video in which he parodies an assassination of Trump. In the video, a character named Ronald Clump gets shot with a prank gun. With his long, bright red tie and orange makeup,[Read More…]
Trump Paid $38 Million in income taxes In 2005
‘Suspending H-1B visas will do huge damage to US’
US govt seeks 60 days to respond to H1B visa cases
Racist video aimed at Indians surfaces on Internet
Days after the report of hate crimes against Indians, an anti-immigration website that features the video and photo of Indian families chilling in Ohio has Indian communities across the US worried. A report titled “Ohio – A Journey to Indian Park”, and an accompanying video, has been posted in the[Read More…]
North Korea’s missile launch a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions: Shinzo Abe
North Korea fired four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Monday morning into the sea off Japan’s northwest, South Korean and Japanese officials said. Military authorities in South Korea, Japan, and the United States all confirmed the launch of four intermediate range missiles, which traveled almost 1,000 kilometers (620[Read More…]
Trump expected to sign revised travel ban on Monday: US media
United States President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his executive order banning immigrants of seven Muslim-majority country in to US sowed controversy across the globe and chaos at airports, US media reported. It was unclear about the changes[Read More…]
Hate crime in US: Sikh man shot by masked man in US, attacker yelled ‘go back to your own country’
Deep Rai, a 39-year-old Sikh man, has been shot and wounded outside his home in Washington’s Kent city by a masked stranger on Friday when he was working on his car. The man alleged that the attacker told him to ‘go back to his country’ before shooting him in the[Read More…]
Headlines for March 5
Kerala’s infant mortality rate equivalent to US
US mosques get threatening letters
Donald Trump says he’s open to give undocumented immigrants citizenship
On late Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the USA is open to immigration legislation and that it would also provide a legal status to some people living in the US illegally and provide a pathway to citizenship to those brought to the US illegally as children. On a conversation[Read More…]
