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US trade rules breached? Singapore detains three in Nvidia GPU crackdown

Singapore has arrested three for alleged fraud in re-exporting Nvidia GPUs to China's DeepSeek, raising US trade concerns over possible breaches of export restrictions

Bronx daycare owner gets 45 yrs for fentanyl death: What is the case?

On Sept 15, 2023, 22-month-old Feliz-Dominici died after ingesting fentanyl at the daycare. Three other children, who were also exposed, survived after receiving treatment with a reversal drug

US govt on verge of shutdown as Trump pushes unilateral budget cuts

The longest government shutdown in US history during President Trump's first term, lasting 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019

Ex-wrestling executive Linda McMahon to lead US education department

The US Senate has voted to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the Education Department while also escalating efforts to achieve Trump's agenda. Already the Republican president has signed sweeping orders to rid America's schools of diversity programs and accommodations for transgender students while also calling for expanded school choice programs. At the same time, Trump has promised to shut down the department and said he wants McMahon to put herself out of a job. The Senate on Monday voted to confirm McMahon 51-45. A billionaire and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, McMahon, 76, is an unconventional pick for the role. She spent a year on Connecticut's state board of education and is a longtime trustee at Sacred Heart University but otherwise has little traditional

US won't 'put up with' Zelenskyy's stance on ceasefire much longer: Trump

This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social

'Tomorrow night will be big,' hints Trump before joint Congress address

US President Donald Trump sparked speculation with a cryptic social media post on Monday, saying, 'Tomorrow night will be big. I will tell it like it is'

UN rights chief concerned over 'fundamental shift' in US under Trump

Turk's speech to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva are his strongest remarks so far on the impact of the new US administration's policies

Trump wants Ukraine's rare minerals: What makes them so valuable?

For Ukraine, leveraging its mineral wealth could yield economic gains - but only with strategic agreements. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks security guarantees in any potential deal

China targets US agri, food products in response to Trump tariff threats

Trade tensions escalate amid US Tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico, which are set to take effect on March 4

Zelenskyy seeks to salvage US ties after explosive meeting in Oval Office

Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine would not concede any territory to Russia as part of a peace deal

European leaders race to craft plan to save Zelenskyy, US support

The UK and France were seeking to build what Starmer called a coalition of the willing to participate in peacekeeping forces

Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina amid dry conditions

Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina on Sunday amid dry conditions and gusty winds and evacuations were ordered in some areas. The National Weather Service warned of increased fire danger in the region due to a combination of critically dry fuels and very low relative humidity. In South Carolina, Gov Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency on Sunday to support the wildfire response effort, and a statewide burning ban remained in effect. Crews worked to contain a fire in the Carolina Forest area west of the coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach, where residents were ordered to evacuate several neighbourhoods, according to Horry County Fire Rescue. The South Carolina Forestry Commission estimated Sunday afternoon that the blaze was burning about 1.9 square miles (4.9 sq km) with zero percent containment. No structures had succumbed to the blaze and no injuries had been reported as of Sunday morning, officials said. The 410 personnel involved in the effort were expe

Trying to get Putin to negotiating table in peace talks: Marco Rubio

Rubio emphasised that any security guarantees for Ukraine are contingent upon the establishment of peace

Donald Trump declares English as official language of United States

During Trump's first term, his administration removed the Spanish-language version of the White House website, which was later restored under former President Joe Biden

US court rules watchdog chief must stay, calls Trump's removal bid unlawful

The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington has ruled, saying President Donald Trump's bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Saturday sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president's authority to oust the head of the independent agency that's likely headed back to the US Supreme Court. Dellinger sued Trump last month after he was fired even though the law says special counsels can be removed by the president only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Jackson, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic president Barack Obama, quickly reinstated Dellinger in the job while he pursued his case. The ruling comes as Dellinger is challenging the removal of probationary workers who were fired as part of the Trump administration's massive overhaul of the government. A federal board on Tuesday halted the terminations o

Why are Indians trapped in Myanmar's Myawaddy region in cybercrime scams?

Hundreds of Indians trapped in Myanmar's Myawaddy region were lured by fake job offers and forced into cybercrime; a crackdown by Thailand, Myanmar, and China aims to dismantle these scam hubs

How did global leaders react to the Trump-Zelenskyy White House clash

The reactions follow a tense Oval Office exchange involving Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, US President Trump, and Vice-President Vance, sparking global concern

US court finds Riju Ravindran, Camshaft, Think & Learn guilty of fraud

Think & Learn Pvt Ltd (Byju's) unlawfully orchestrated and benefited from a fraudulent scheme. Sham hedge fund Camshaft Capital facilitated the fraudulent scheme to defraud term loan lenders

Istanbul talks: Russia offers to restore direct air links with US

Russia has offered the United States to restore direct air links between the two countries during the latest round of consultations with Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Russian and US diplomats met in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss normalising the operation of their respective embassies that has been crippled by multiple round of diplomats' expulsions during previous years. The Russian Foreign Ministry hailed the talks as substantive and businesslike and noted in a statement that joint steps were agreed upon to ensure unimpeded financing of the activities of diplomatic missions of Russia and the United States on a reciprocal basis and to create appropriate conditions for diplomats to perform their official duties. The ministry said that it also offered the US to consider the possibility of restoring direct air traffic." It didn't add any details or possible time frame, and there was no immediate comment from Washington on the issue. US and other Western natio

US Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to be unlawful

A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration's massive dismantling of the federal workforce. US District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Department of Defense. OPM does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire or fire any employees but its own, Alsup said. The complaint filed by five labour unions and five nonprofit organizations is among multiple lawsuits pushing back on the administration's efforts to shrink a workforce that Trump has called bloated and sloppy. Thousands of probationary employees have already been fired, and his administration is now aiming at career officials with