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September 30, 2025 5:51 PM

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week

More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn is a damaging loss of institutional expertise. The official resignations begin on Tuesday for workers who opted into a deferred exit program that kept them on the payroll through September. The buyouts are a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s push to shrink the...

September 29, 2025 10:12 PM

Trump meets Netanyahu for pivotal talks on Gaza peace proposal

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for pivotal talks on Monday to press him to back a Gaza peace proposal aimed at ending a nearly two-year-old war that has seen Israel face growing international isolation. In Netanyahu’s fourth visit since Trump returned to office in January, the right-wing Israeli leader was looking to shore up his country’s most important relationship after a slew of Western leaders formally embraced Palestinian statehood last we...

September 29, 2025 3:42 PM

Under Trump, US cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia

Australian beef has replaced U.S. supply in China since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars that have in previous years gone to the U.S. cattle industry into Australian pockets. U.S. shipments to China, worth around $120 million a month, collapsed after Beijing in March allowed permits to expire at hundreds of American meat facilities and as Trump unleashed a tit-for-tat tariff war. Other U.S. farm exports to China, the world...

September 26, 2025 7:42 PM

2,417 Indian nationals have been deported or repatriated from US since January 2025: MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that 2,417 Indian nationals have been deported or repatriated from the United States since January 2025. During the weekly media briefing, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated India's firm stance against illegal migration, emphasising commitment to promoting legal pathways for migration. "The number of deportations that have happened from the United States since January; 2417 Indian nationals are deported or repatriated from the United Sta...

September 24, 2025 8:11 PM

Kremlin says Trump’s Ukraine shift mistaken and swayed by Zelenskiy

The Kremlin on Wednesday flatly rejected what Donald Trump said was the rationale behind his rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, saying it appeared that the U.S. president had been influenced by Ukraine's leader and was mistaken. In an abrupt shift in Ukraine's favour, Trump said on Tuesday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he believed that Kyiv could recapture all of its land taken by Russia - which controls around one-fifth of the country - and that it should act...

September 24, 2025 6:25 PM

Kremlin says process of restoring ties with US is proceeding ‘much more slowly than desired’

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the process of restoring relations between Russia and the US was proceeding "much more slowly than desired." Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin would like to speed up work on removing what he called irritants in bilateral relations and said there were many areas where Russia and the US could cooperate in the interests of both countries. More to follow... (Reuters)...

September 24, 2025 4:26 PM

Trump’s H-1B visa fee increase raises US doctor shortage concerns

The Trump administration's plan to dramatically raise fees for H-1B visas is drawing concern from U.S. healthcare groups who say the move could worsen staffing shortages as more than half of healthcare workers consider changing jobs within the next year. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reviewing policy changes that would increase the cost of applying for H-1B visas to as much as $100,000 from the current top of $4,500. The H-1B program allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers i...

September 23, 2025 10:22 PM

Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally

President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism of global environmental initiatives and multilateral institutions. Scientists say climate change is real, mostly caused by humans, and getting worse. They point to rising temperatures, stronger storms, and melting ice as clear signs. Groups like the UN have warned that waiting too long to act could cause ...

September 23, 2025 9:25 PM

Trump administration proposes new H-1B visa process favoring higher-skilled, better-paid workers

The Trump administration released a proposal on Tuesday that would rework the H-1B visa selection process to favor higher-skilled and better-paid workers, according to a related Federal Register notice, a move that follows a White House proclamation on Friday introducing a $100,000 fee for the visas. The new process, if finalized, would give heavier weight to applications by employers who pay high wages if annual requests for the visas exceed the statutory limit of 85,000, the notice said. The ...

September 23, 2025 9:16 PM

Trump condemns moves to recognise Palestinian state, wants hostages freed

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned moves by Western powers to recognise a Palestinian state, saying such steps would reward "horrible atrocities" by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump said world powers should focus instead on securing the release of hostages held in Gaza, nearly two years after Hamas seized them in the deadly attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war. France, Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal h...