MIAMI: The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared Thursday in the Federal Register and will be formally published on July 20.The policy was implemented in Feb 2020…
Deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, scientists discovered a fungus with an extraordinary ability that could offer new clues in the fight against plastic pollution. Known as Pestalotiopsis microspora, the fungus can break down polyester polyurethane, a widely used type of plastic, and use it as a source of carbon. Even more remarkably, laboratory research…
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested Indian-origin man Nitish Kaushal in Vermont, days after adding him to its Most Wanted list as part of its crackdown on transnational organised crime.The FBI said Kaushal was arrested as authorities closed in on the Bhagwanpuria gang.According to the agency, Kaushal is allegedly involved in murder,…
Wanting something and actually working towards it are two very different states, and most people spend far longer in the first than the second. Arnold Schwarzenegger put the gap plainly. “Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets,” he said. The image does the work by itself. Climbing…
The issue has become increasingly urgent because Japan’s imperial family has very few male heirs. Japan’s parliament on Friday approved changes to the country’s imperial succession law, introducing measures aimed at preserving the shrinking royal family but stopping short of allowing women to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne despite strong public support for such a change.The…
In New Jersey, farmland is helping researchers explore whether livestock farming and solar power can successfully share the same land. At the centre of the project is a small herd of beef cattle grazing among rows of vertical solar panels, which have been installed without replacing the grass beneath them. While the cows continue their…
US President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator, Gabriel Perez, is under investigation by federal regulators over alleged insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, while the White House has placed him on unpaid leave, according to Reuters.The investigation centres on trades allegedly placed on Kalshi’s “mention markets,” where users bet on whether specific words or…
Fugitive in Ziaur Rahman assassination case arrested by Bangladesh detectives DHAKA: Former Bangladesh army Major Muzaffar Hossain – allegedly one of the masterminds and assassins of PM Tarique Rahman’s father and former President Ziaur Rahman – has been arrested after being at large for 45 years.The arrest of Hossain – identified in historical records and…
KYIV, UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing thousands into the streets Thursday across Ukraine to protest the ouster of his youthful defense minister – seen as an innovator of the country’s successful drone technology but who clashed with the traditional military establishment. The personnel overhaul, which included replacing his prime minister,…
Quote of the day by Richard Nixon from his farewell speech at the White House. On August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon, the 37th US president, announced his resignation, triggered by several scandals. The next day, Nixon delivered his farewell speech to his staff. It was a long speech in which he addressed the controversies that…
No Green Card if you are going to be a burden on the US government. Green Card gives permanent residency to an immigrant in the US. But no one should obtain that residency if they rely on taxpayers’ money and use benefits like Medicaid, food stamps, housing etc. The Trump administration issued this new rule,…
Pakistani MP challenges their military ( Image quality improved using AI) Pakistani politician and chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, delivered a blistering critique of Pakistan’s military and government, accusing them of failing to maintain order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan while warning that the country’s Pashtun regions were “drowning in blood.”“The country is…
