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‘About 100 H-1B visa holders were on Amazon’s initial team that built AWS’: Ex-employee criticises US green-card suspension for tech firms

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‘About 100 H-1B visa holders were on Amazon’s initial team that built AWS’: Ex-employee criticises US green-card suspension for tech firms

Shobhit Mathur, co-founder and vice-chancellor of Rishihood University, has defended the contribution of skilled foreign workers to the US technology industry, recalling his experience of joining Amazon on an H-1B visa when the company was still making losses. In a post on X, Mathur said he was part of the initial team that built Amazon … Read more

Trump govt launches new ‘visa fraud strike team’ amid H-1B scrutiny as Microsoft, several other IT giants face green card crackdown

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Trump govt launches ‘visa fraud strike team’. (AP Photo)

The US Department of Labor is launching a visa fraud strike team and pursuing 16 fugitives linked to hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged theft, Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito announced, as the Trump administration steps up scrutiny of foreign-worker programs, including H-1B visas, and employer-sponsored immigration. Trump govt launches ‘visa fraud strike team’. (AP … Read more

Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team

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Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team

BACKA TOPOLA, Serbia — Ireland players again wore black armbands and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem before the teams’ second Nations League soccer match on Sunday. Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team The Israeli players also wore black armbands in memory of the people killed … Read more

Camp David huddle: Trump team discusses Iran war, possible Yemen offensive – report

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Camp David huddle: Trump team discusses Iran war, possible Yemen offensive - report

File photo: Houthi supporters shout slogans during a rally against Israel and the United States’ war on Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen US president Donald Trump’s top national security aides met secretly at Camp David on Friday for several hours to discuss the war with Iran and the Saudi-backed push against Houthi rebels in Yemen, three … Read more

Florida’s python team followed 40 tagged male snakes and ended the season with 177 Burmese pythons removed and more than 4,100 eggs taken from the ecosystem

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Florida’s python team followed 40 tagged male snakes and ended the season with 177 Burmese pythons removed and more than 4,100 eggs taken from the ecosystem

A season of tracking Burmese pythons across the difficult terrain of southwest Florida ended with 177 snakes removed and more than 4,100 eggs taken out of the ecosystem. The work, carried out by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and its python action team, covered about 200 square miles of Collier County between November 2025 and … Read more

The man considered the world’s last royal coachmaker died at 76 before finishing a 3-tonne carriage for King Charles III; his team says it is now 98% complete

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The man considered the world's last royal coachmaker died at 76 before finishing a 3-tonne carriage for King Charles III; his team says it is now 98% complete

Frecklington’s fascination with coachmaking began when he was just eight years old. For more than half a century, Jim Frecklington turned wood, metal, leather and gold into something increasingly rare: magnificent horse-drawn carriages built by hand. His workshop on Sydney’s northern beaches became the unlikely birthplace of vehicles destined for royal ceremonies, but his final … Read more

Port Tampa Bay sulfur tank fire: Fire crew on scene with Hazmat team; shelter-in-place at Harbor Island

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Representational. (X | Tampa Fire Rescue )

Update: The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 8:51 pm, after emergency responders brought the situation under control, according to an X post by Tampa Fire rescue. Representational. (X | Tampa Fire Rescue ) Initial report: Tampa Fire Rescue and its Hazardous Materials (HazMat) team responded to a reported Sulphur plant fire at Port Tampa Bay, … Read more

A Virginia teen started with a dessert fundraiser 2 years ago; his youth team has now rescued over 300,000 pounds of food and raised nearly $52,000

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A Virginia teen started with a dessert fundraiser 2 years ago; his youth team has now rescued over 300,000 pounds of food and raised nearly $52,000

What started as a simple dessert fundraiser organised by a teenager two years ago has grown into a student-led volunteer project that has rescued more than 300,000 pounds of food for families across Northern Virginia. Dhevesh Mahes started his sweet treats project to raise money for charity, but the effort soon grew after he connected … Read more

At 4, Casey Kloepfer lost his NYPD father on 9/11; 25 years later, he became an NYPD officer, wears his father’s badge number and plays for the lacrosse team his father founded

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At 4, Casey Kloepfer lost his NYPD father on 9/11; 25 years later, he became an NYPD officer, wears his father's badge number and plays for the lacrosse team his father founded

NYPD graduate Casey Kloepfer (left), gets his shield and officer Ronald Kloepfer (right) died on 9/11 At four years of age, Casey Kloepfer was too young to understand why his father never came home from work. Twenty-five years later, he carries that loss into the same department his father served, wearing his father’s badge number … Read more

Meet Callum Smith: The 23-year-old armless racing driver who steers with his feet at 110mph, joins Team BRIT alongside quadruple amputee Harvey Phillips and targets a historic Le Mans debut

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Meet Callum Smith: The 23-year-old armless racing driver who steers with his feet at 110mph, joins Team BRIT alongside quadruple amputee Harvey Phillips and targets a historic Le Mans debut

Callum Smith has joined Team BRIT alongside quadruple amputee Harvey Phillips. (Photo: SWNS) Callum Smith has never let the absence of arms stand between him and his passion for motorsport. The 23-year-old from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was born without arms but is now chasing an extraordinary dream, becoming the first armless racing driver to compete at … Read more