JANUARY 16, 2019
Trump floats 'path to citizenship', says H1B changes coming soon
Both regular applicants and those with advanced degrees will now be clubbed together in a pool that is subject to a cap of 65,000, under a recent proposal.
The move will result in a 10% drop in H-1B visas for regular applicants, says ratings agency Icra.
A...
JANUARY 15, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India (299/4; Kohli 104, Dhoni 55 not out) beat Australia (298/9; Marsh 131, Maxwell 48, Bhuvneshwar 4 for 45) by 6 wickets.
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 15: Virat Kohli of India scored his 39th ODI hundred in the One Day International series between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on January 15, 2019 in Adelaide, Australia....
JANUARY 15, 2019
LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and leading to a no-confidence vote in her government.
Moments after the vote, May said it was only right to test whether the government still had lawmakers' support to carry on. Lawmakers will vote...
JANUARY 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Private donors put up $107 million to usher Donald J. Trump into office in style two years ago, and it is now clear just how enthusiastically his inaugural committee went to town with it.
There was $10,000 for makeup for 20 aides at an evening inaugural event. There was another $30,000 in per diem payments...
JANUARY 15, 2019
People from lands near and far braved the cold weather to take a dip in the icy waters, reaching the makeshift township of Kumbh Nagari, touted to be the world's biggest temporary city, as early as 4 am
Hindu pilgrimage Kumbh Mela 2019
New Delhi — The biggest pilgrimage on the planet has kicked off in India.
From now until...
JANUARY 14, 2019
The Intermediate People’s Court in Dalian, China, where Robert Lloyd Schellenberg of Canada is to be retried on drug smuggling charges. - Reuters
BEIJING — China’s diplomatic clash with Canada escalated sharply on Monday, when a Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death for drug smuggling at a one-day retrial ordered weeks after a Chinese executive’s arrest in...
JANUARY 14, 2019
Liquid gold is poured to form gold dore bars at Newmont Mining's Carlin gold mine operation near Elko, Nevada May 21, 2014. - REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Newmont Mining Corp. will buy rival Goldcorp Inc. in a deal valued at $10 billion, creating the world’s largest gold miner and cementing a return of M&A to the industry.
The transaction comes just...
JANUARY 14, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: A child makes a snow angel at the Washington Monument on January 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. - (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The DC area was hit with 4-7 inches of snow accumulation with the potential of another 2-4 inches. President Donald Trump is holding off from a threatened national emergency declaration...
JANUARY 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Even as President Trump is consumed by his standoff with Democrats over the border and the government shutdown, a potentially larger battle looms for the White House.
On Sunday, Republicans, Democrats and the president seemed to be preparing for the prospect that the special counsel’s inquiry into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia could...
JANUARY 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday as the longest ever, members of Congress were out of town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void.
He did not tip his hand on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse,...
