- Sunday, May 11, 2025
Time magazine on Wednesday named American Grammy-award-winning singer Taylor Swift as its Person of the Year. “Picking one person who represents the 8 billion people on the planet is no easy task. We picked a choice that represents joy. Someone who’s bringing light to the world,” said Sam Jacobs, the…
KRYSTLE KAUL, an Indian-origin foreign policy and national security expert with roots in Kashmir, has announced that she will run for the US House of Representatives from Virginia with a focus on core issues like public safety, education and healthcare. Kaul, if elected in 2024, would be only the second…
From meditation sessions to spiritual guidance and indigenous hymns, the atmosphere within the “faith pavilion” at COP28 stands in contrast to the high-stakes discussions at the UN climate talks in Dubai. Orthodox priests rub shoulders with Emiratis in flowing white robes and Jewish rabbis in the quiet, air-conditioned calm of…
NOBEL Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday (5) likened restrictions the Taliban has placed on women in Afghanistan to the treatment of black people under apartheid in a lecture in South Africa organised by Nelson Mandela’s foundation. Yousafzai survived being shot in the head when she was 15 in…
THERE is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley, the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man. Former president Donald Trump leads the US…
Three influential Congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation in the US House of Representatives to reduce the Green Card backlog and end country-based discrimination for employment-based visas, a bill, if passed, would benefit thousands of Indian Americans. Indian Americans, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Rich McCormick introduced the bill…
BRITAIN signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday (5) which it said would overcome a court decision blocking its plan to deport asylum seekers to the East African country, a ruling that dealt a huge blow to the government’s immigration policy. The Rwanda scheme is at the centre of…
FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson will make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday (6) with his personal reputation and that of the Tory government at stake. The inquiry has already heard damaging testimony about Johnson’s handling of the crisis, including claims…
Groups representing skilled professionals and students from India on Tuesday (5) expressed concerns over a lack of clarity around the UK government’s latest visa crackdown, branding the ban on family dependants as “unfair”. Home secretary James Cleverly tabled a five-point plan in parliament on Monday that would see foreign care…
NEW government figures published last month show that 47,000 Hong Kongers moved to the UK in the year to June 2023. They arrived under the government’s British National (Overseas) visa programme, set up after Hong Kong’s National Security law restricted its citizens’ democratic freedoms. In total, around 120,000 have arrived…
