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Trump administration targets birth tourism with visa curbs: Who could face restrictions under new policy

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Trump administration announces new visa restrictions targeting networks, visa fixers and medical providers. (Bloomberg)

The United States has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting people who knowingly engage in or facilitate commercial “birth tourism”, including operators of birth-tourism networks, visa “fixers” accused of coaching applicants to commit fraud and foreign medical providers involved in such arrangements. Trump administration announces new visa restrictions targeting networks, visa fixers and medical … Read more

US visa policy: 3 new groups to face online background vetting from October 1; Key details here

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Starting October 1, media professionals and their families applying for US non-immigrant visas must publicly share their social media profiles. (AI Generated/Grok)

Starting from October 1, international media professionals, Mexican and Canadian specialists, and their family members accompanying them will be subject to compulsory examination of their public social media profiles during the US non-immigrant visa application process. Starting October 1, media professionals and their families applying for US non-immigrant visas must publicly share their social media … Read more

We are opposed to US policy of imposing tariff for political reasons: Cuban envoy to India

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We are opposed to US policy of imposing tariff for political reasons: Cuban envoy to India

Bhubaneswar, Cuba’s Ambassador to India, Juan Carlos Marsán Aguilera, on Saturday said his country was opposed to the US policy of imposing tariffs on others for political reasons. We are opposed to US policy of imposing tariff for political reasons: Cuban envoy to India He, however, claimed the island nation maintains a cordial relationship with … Read more

US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries

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US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries

By Nate Raymond US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries BOSTON, Sept 18 – A US federal appeals court rejected on Friday a Trump administration policy that allows authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to raise safety concerns. Ruling in … Read more

Trump’s Green Card rule challenged by a coalition of states and local governments who call new policy ‘catastrophic’

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Trump's Green Card rule challenged by a coalition of states and local governments who call new policy 'catastrophic'

Trump’s new Green Card rule, scheduled to come into effect from September 18, has been legally challenged by a coalition of states and local governments. A new Green Card rule is scheduled to come into effect on September 18, in which an officer can deny a Green Card to an applicant if they can potentially … Read more

Who is Julie Kaputa? New York high school student suspended over coffee, challenges school’s new food policy

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A senior at a high school in New York faced suspension for bringing a cup of coffee to class, yet she contested the school administrators for implementing a new policy regarding outside food without informing the public. A New York student was suspended for violating a new policy against outside food. (Unsplash) Julie Kaputa recounted … Read more

Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

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Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

Kelly LiuPhoto credit: www.actionfornature.org When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided to fill that … Read more

Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

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Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

More than 1.3 million plastic bottles were collected from coastlines and waterways worldwide in a massive volunteer cleanup effort that began 40 years ago with just 2,800 people on the Texas Gulf Coast. The International Coastal Cleanup, organised by Ocean Conservancy, drew about 630,000 volunteers in 2025, who removed nearly 13.9 million pieces of rubbish … Read more

US court overturns Trump’s immigrant visa freeze affecting 75 countries, calling policy ‘patently unlawful’

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Trump’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries blocked by US judge. (Getty Images via AFP)

A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, ruling that Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his legal authority when the State Department introduced the nationality-based restrictions. Trump’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries blocked by US judge. (Getty Images via AFP) US … Read more

Lawsuit seeks to ban Trump Media from charging for early access to president’s posts on US policy

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Lawsuit seeks to ban Trump Media from charging for early access to president's posts on US policy

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service at his Truth Social company offering early, exclusive access to his posts on U.S. policy. Lawsuit seeks to ban Trump Media from charging for early access to president’s posts on US policy … Read more