President-elect Donald Trump. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: Aligning with billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a contentious debate, President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday expressed his support for the H-1B visa programme, that allows the entry of highly skilled foreign workers into the United States. “I’ve always liked the (H1-B) visas, I have always been in favour of the visas, that’s why …
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A drone view shows houses in the flooded area next to the Taquari River during heavy rains in the city of Encantado in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 1, 2024. — Reuters Brazil has seen a dramatic rise of climate disasters in recent years, compared to two previous decades, a new study says. “Climate disasters have become more frequent …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident” following the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this week in Kazakhstan. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned towards Kazakhstan and …
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The wreckage of the Azerbaijani Airlines-operated Embraer 190, flight J2-8243, near Kazakhstan’s Aktau city on December 35, 2024. — AFP MOSCOW: Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday. Putin called Aliyev as speculation grew that Russian air defence …
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Israel’s army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, as the World Health Organization said Israeli assaults on medical facilities are a “death sentence” for thousands of Palestinians. An Israeli military assault on the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out of service, the WHO …
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