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Thousands of H1-B visa holders in US may no longer be automatically required to leave the country while applying for permanent residency, after US immigration authorities issued a clarification on a controversial new policy introduced by the Trump administration.The clarification came days after the Trump administration released a major policy memo that narrowed the circumstances under which foreign nationals can apply for green cards from inside US. The move caused panic among international workers, including a large number of Indian professionals employed in the American technology sector.However, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) spokesman Zach Kahler later told Newsweek that many applicants who provide an economic benefit or serve the national interest could still remain in US during the process.“People who present applications that provide an economic benefit or otherwise are in the national interest will likely be able to continue on their current path,” Kahler said..

For thousands of Indian tech workers in US, losing a job now means more than just unemployment. It can also trigger a 60-day countdown that may decide whether they can continue living in the country with their families.As AI-driven restructuring sweeps through Silicon Valley, layoffs at companies such as Meta, Amazon and Oracle are leaving many Indian professionals on H-1B visas scrambling to secure new jobs before their legal stay expires.A viral post on X, cited by the American Bazaar, recently showed the anxiety spreading across Indian communities abroad. The post described the situation of an Indian engineer who had just been laid off from Meta.“An Indian engineer at Meta gets the layoff email at 11pm Bangalore time. His wife is on H-4. His kid is in 3rd grade in Seattle. His Bellevue apartment lease has 8 months left. His H-1B clock just started ticking — 60 days. Meta’s stock went up on the news. Zuck called it becoming more efficient. This is what AI transformation actually look..

AdvertisementDonald TrumpWorldUnited States & CanadaTrump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about January 6 defendantsAmong the releases removed from the site were those concerning seditious conspiracy cases against members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAssociated PressPublished: 4:09am, 25 May 2026The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the January 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda”.
The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the assault on the Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of Republican Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to halt the congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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AdvertisementUS-China relationsWorldAmericasCuba receives 15,000-tonne shipment of rice donated by ChinaThe communist Caribbean country has been under a US trade embargo since 1962, which is often blamed for shortages of food and medicine
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 3:53am, 25 May 2026A shipment of 15,000 tonnes of rice donated by the Chinese government to Cuba has arrived at the port of Havana, the island’s president said on Sunday.
The shipment is the first batch of a promised 60,000 tonnes that China says it will donate to Cuba, which is grappling with dire shortages.
“That noble gesture of solidarity will reach millions of consumers throughout all the provinces and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, in addition to our health and education institutions,” President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote on social media.
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A 24-year-old Sikh man has pleaded guilty after videos showing reckless gunfire from a Jeep on Crown land in Ontario triggered a police investigation and firearms charges.Gurkanwal Singh entered a guilty plea in a Bracebridge courtroom to careless use of a firearm after authorities linked him to videos showing guns being discharged in an unsafe manner in the Georgian Bay area.The case first drew attention in 2025 after videos went viral on social media showing several men stepping out of a vehicle on a bridge near Bracebridge and firing long guns into the air. Ontario Provincial Police described the behaviour as “careless and unsafe”.Court heard that on February 3, 2025, officers responded to a call in Georgian Bay Township, where they found a Jeep stuck on Crown land. Singh was identified as the driver and firearms were discovered inside the vehicle.Investigators later obtained footage from an Instagram account linked to Singh. According to the court, the videos showed him using multi..

The new Green Card rule is likely to impact the countries that receive the highest number of Green Cards but it is more complicated than that. The new Green Card rule announced by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has led to major confusion and anxiety among Green Card applicants, as the new rule says one may not be allowed to stay in the US before they receive their permanent residence. They have to go back to their own country and file the application from a consulate there. The USCIS said people who come to the US temporarily have so far been allowed to change their status in the US which should not be the case as their intention does not match: they come temporarily but want to become permanent residents. Hence, they should go back to their country and follow the due process from there, with the intention of becoming a permanent citizen.Experts said this is not a change of law but the minor tweak can have a huge impact. Earlier, the Donald Trump administration imposed a t..