H-1B fee hike: Who’s gaining from these visas – Indian IT or US firms?
Indian companies were the biggest beneficiaries for years. But that's changed; US firms now dominate visa recipients.
French towns fly Palestinian flag despite gov’t ban before recognition
The gesture comes as France prepares to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly.
Protesters in Brazil denounce bill to pardon Bolsonaro after coup attempt
Mass protests erupt in Brazil against bill granting amnesty to Jair Bolsonaro convicted over 2023 coup attempt.
Trump Heads to UN Gathering Facing Billions in Unpaid Dues – Bloomberg.com
- Trump Heads to UN Gathering Facing Billions in Unpaid Dues Bloomberg.com
- Playbook PM: UN begins big week — but Trump’s arrival looms Politico
- Ahead of His U.N. Speech, Remember That Trump Is Learning Geopolitics in Real Time Foreign Policy
- Travel to the United Nations for the 80th UN General Assembly High-Level Week, September 22-24, 2025 U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- Trump to address United Nations as voice of a shifting world order The Christian Science Monitor
Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah granted presidential pardon
He was arrested in 2019 in Egypt and sentenced in 2021 to five years in jail for "spreading false news".
Taliban rejects Trump’s threat to retake Bagram airbase in Afghanistan
The Taliban has rejected any notion that Bagram airbase would be returned to US forces.
Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Empire? – Rolling Stone
- Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Empire? Rolling Stone
- What Happened to “the West”? Foreign Affairs
- Replacing the Tail That Wags This Dog Is a Thucydides Trap Advisor Perspectives
- The decline of the West and the rise of ‘the Rest’ will lead to a new world order Chatham House
- Is The United States Losing Its Global Dominance? The Friday Times
Palestine’s ambassador to the UK raises Palestinian flag at London embassy
The Palestinian Ambassador to the UK raised the flag outside the London Mission as it became Palestine’s embassy.
Russia revives Soviet-era tactics to quash dissent, says UN expert – Reuters
- Russia revives Soviet-era tactics to quash dissent, says UN expert Reuters
- Russia escalating repression to silence opposition to war in Ukraine, UN human rights expert says PBS
- Ukrainian Civilians Suffer Systematic Torture in Russian Facilities, UN Says U.S. News & World Report
- 'We'll leave you to rot' — UN report details horrific torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity The Kyiv Independent
- Human Rights In Russia In 'Seismic Decline' Amid War On Ukraine, UN Expert Says Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russia accuses Estonia of airspace incursion falsity to stoke tensions
On Friday, Estonia reported that three Russian MiG-31 fighters had entered its airspace for 12 minutes.
Palestinian flag raised outside embassy in London after UK recognition
Palestinian Ambassador Zomlot says 'moment stands as defiant act of truth, a refusal to let genocide be the final word'.
Life “precipitously” worse for people all across Sudan
“We need to see countries step up on this humanitarian issue in Sudan.”
World summit to meet on two-state solution; 6 more nations set to recognize Palestine – The Times of Israel
- World summit to meet on two-state solution; 6 more nations set to recognize Palestine The Times of Israel
- France joins list of countries to recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN assembly - live updates CNN
- France Joins Allies to Recognize Palestinian State Bloomberg.com
- UN security talks under way as France prepares to join UK in recognising Palestinian state BBC
- Live: Support for Palestinian state grows as France set to join Britain and others in recognition Reuters
Trump honours Charlie Kirk as ‘martyr for American freedom’ at memorial
Over 70,000 people, including top conservative officials, attended the memorial for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
Ted Cruz urges Trump to back older retirement age for pilots
Worker groups oppose move, citing studies finding health risks and decline in cognitive skills with increase in age
Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who heads the US Senate’s commerce committee, has urged Donald Trump to support international efforts by an airline trade group to raise the mandatory pilot retirement age to 67 – despite opposition from a pilots association, which says such a move could increase travel risks.
In a letter first reported by Reuters on Sunday, Cruz asked Trump to support efforts the upcoming opening of a United Nations aviation meeting in Montreal.
Continue reading...Ted Cruz urges Trump to back older retirement age for pilots – The Guardian
Thousands protest in Brazil against bill that could grant Bolsonaro amnesty
Tens of thousands take to the streets of major cities to oppose a bill which could spare the ex-leader jail.
Reform branded ‘threat to democracy’ over Farage plan to remove thousands of migrants with leave to be in UK – politics live
Nigel Farage says Reform UK would scrap the main route that migrants take to gain British citizenship
Farage and Yusuf are now taking questions.
Q: [From the BBC’s Iain Watson] Will you withdraw the £230bn figure, because it has been withdrawn by the thinktank that produced it?
What we are attempting to do today is to make people realise that large-scale migration into Britain, where 50% at least of those that come, will never work and live off the British state, is actually making this country substantially poorer.
Continue reading...Trump hails Charlie Kirk as martyr to thousands at memorial service
The US president broke with the forgiveness message of Kirk's widow, Erika, to say he hated his opponents.
Trump hails Charlie Kirk as ‘a martyr for America’s freedom’ at memorial – US politics live
President’s message that he ‘hates’ his opponents contrasts with Erika Kirk’s forgiveness of the man charged with killing her husband
Donald Trump says he hates his opponents at Charlie Kirk’s memorial
Hundreds of environmentalists gathered in New York City’s Stuyvesant Square Park and a nearby Quaker meeting house on Sunday to rally in support of solar power and other forms of renewable energy. The event was part of a national “day of action” billed Sun Day, founded by veteran environmental activist Bill McKibben and first Earth Day coordinator Denis Hayes.
“It’s so sad to watch the sun going to waste,” McKibben said at a press conference, standing beside environmentalists and their children. “Every single day, energy from heaven going to waste while we drill down to hell for another dose of the stuff that is wrecking this planet.”
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