Tag: USA
US might ask social media passwords of visa applicants
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…]
Army to allow the completion of Dakota access pipeline
On Tuesday the Army declared that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of the disputed four-state project. However, construction could still be delayed because of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which[Read More…]
Trump unwelcome in UK, says the House of Commons
John Bercow, House of commons speaker taking a political stand, delivered rebellious undertones to Trump on Monday. With regards to an order signed by 170 MPs trying to prevent Trump from addressing parliament during his upcoming state visit, Bercow said: “An address by a foreign leader to both Houses of[Read More…]
Video: How Super Bowl ads teach the lesson of inclusion to Trump
Super Bowl, annual championship game of the American Football, is considered television’s biggest advertising stage, with $5 million for a 30 second slot. Many commercials aired during this year’s Super Bowl has a political bent and trolled Donald Trump and his policies. The TV adverts championed the diversity, equality, optimism,[Read More…]
Air France reopens flight services to passengers hit by US travel ban
Air France on Saturday had reopened US-bound flights to passengers affected by US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim majority countries, after the move was temporarily suspended by the Federal court. “Starting today we are implementing this court decision. Nationals from the countries concerned are being[Read More…]
Qatar Airways to fly barred nationals after US travel ban stayed
Watch how world trumps Donald through hilarious videos
As US President Donald Trump is trying to make America great again through his inhuman executive orders, misogynistic attitude, Xenophobia, racism and hate campaigns, world is responding to America’s neo-Hitler through hilarious trolls and spoof videos. Watch some of the best spoof videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5q5wTBhGRA\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sq-VPDtNK4 If you feel like trumping[Read More…]
Rex Tillerson elected as the US Secretary of State
Twitter staff donate $1.59M to fight Trump’s travel ban policy
Despite Twitter being Donald Trump’s most crucial marketing partner, it hasn’t stopped staff of the Twitter social media company from donating to one of the most prominent organisations opposing Trump’s policies. Nearly 1,000 employees made about $1.59 million donations to ACLU, which fights Trump’s recent executive order banning citizens of seven[Read More…]
US backs Syrian rebels with armored trucks for Raqqa fight
U.S. military says it has provided a small number of armoured vehicles to Syrian fighters hoping to defeat the Islamic State militants from their self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa. As per guardian reports, air force Col. John Dorrian says that reinforced security vehicles such as bulletproof trucks will keep the U.S.-backed[Read More…]
US travel ban ‘should be removed sooner rather later’ says UN
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres made it clear on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries. As per the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, refugees from all over the world will be prohibited from entering America[Read More…]
Two Kashmiri athletes denied US visa due to Trump’s policy
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…]
Indian IT giants to suffer due to H-1B visa reform
H-1B visa reform bill introduced in US, doubles the minimum wage
A new code has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000. This legislation was passed along with other laws. The doubling of salary will further make it difficult for firms to use the programme to[Read More…]
Clean-up starts at North Dakota pipeline protest camp
A number of dump trucks and heavy machinery were seen at the protest camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday. These vehicles cleared a large amount of garbage that has accumulated. Protesters came together for months against plans to route the $3.8 billion pipeline beneath Lake[Read More…]
Iran has tested ballistic missile disregarding UN resolution: US
Iran conducted its first ballistic missile test under Donald Trump’s presidency, in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. The United States has said that it is studying details of an Iranian ballistic missile test. Press secretary Sean Spicer said he[Read More…]
Pakistan warns US against the travel-ban policy
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman, gave a clear warning to Trump administration against including Pakistan in the list of travel ban nations. Such an act shall invite a “host of hostilities” between the two countries. Bilawal’s remarks came as the USA seeks to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority[Read More…]
More than a million sign petition to prevent Trump’s UK visit
The online petition to stop US President Donald Trump’s official UK visit has gathered more than a million signatures. Following Trump’s Muslim ban, the petition has garnered huge support online. British PM Theresa May announced the visit during her recent US trip. The petition alleged that Donald Trump’s UK visit[Read More…]
Starbucks to employ 10,000 Refugees over next 5 years
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a letter to employees on Sunday that it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations. The hiring would apply worldwide,[Read More…]
Canada to provide temporary home to those made helpless by Trump’s new order
Canada will offer temporary shelter to people stranded in the country as an aftermath of US President Donald Trump’s new order which bans the arrival of all refugees to the US for at least 120 days and barred entry for 90 days to people from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iraq, Iraq, Libya,[Read More…]
