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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has escalated a sweeping H-1B fraud probe, serving legal notices on nearly 30 North Texas firms accused of exploiting the visa programme — including through alleged…
Nearly 99% of new food chemicals in the US are approved by the companies that make them — not the FDA. A Congressional hearing on…
A US congressional hearing on 30 April laid bare a stark partisan divide: Republicans citing data showing widespread student…
Former Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar said on Thursday, 30 April that the global order is undergoing sweeping…
Afghanistan's 2026 press freedom score ticked up slightly, but the numbers mask a devastated media landscape: 43% of media houses…
Iran's President Pezeshkian has signalled diplomatic openness — but with conditions attached. With the Strait of Hormuz under a…
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has put the world on notice: Tehran intends to rewrite the rules governing the Strait…
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday, 30 April raised serious alarm over a new analysis by the United Nations…
Dmitry Medvedev insists Russia holds no aggressive designs on Europe — but in the same breath warns that Europe's own war…
