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Federal judge voids Trump’s $100,000 fee requirement for H-1B visas
A federal judge on Monday voided President Donald Trump’s requirement of a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas, ruling that he lacked authority to impose the new policy for a program used by companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers in specialized fields. US District Judge Leo Sorokin said that only Congress had the power to change federal immigration policy…
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Armenia’s pro-West government wins election despite Russian pressure
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party has won a crucial election billed as being key in deciding whether the country continues to move closer to the West. Pashinyan’s centrist Civil Contract Party secured 49.8% of the vote, with the Strong Armenia Alliance coming in second with 23.2%. The Armenia Alliance was third with 9.9%. Sunday’s vote was the first general…
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South Africa’s president unveils crackdown on illegal migration
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the nation to announce a raft of new measures to crackdown on illegal migration as tensions rise over anti-foreigner marches and frustrations about high unemployment. These steps include jailing employers who hire undocumented workers, setting up dedicated courts to speed up deportations of undocumented migrants and having a register with biometric data “for…
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Xi’s visit set to deepen China-DPRK ties
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, will pay a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from June 8 to 9 at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK. Xi’s…
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Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope’s open-air Mass
More than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in the Spanish capital, organisers said. He greeted the crowds as he made his way through the city in his popemobile on the second day of his official visit to the country, with King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia among…
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Xi Story: When lush mountains become a measure of governance
In August 2005, sweltering heat hung over a hilly village in east China. Inside a modest meeting room, an air conditioner hummed against the summer heat as Xi Jinping, then chief of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met local officials during an inspection tour. Yucun Village in northern Zhejiang had made a painful yet…
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Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach ‘invasion’ D-Day speech
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticised European nations over migration for allowing what he described as an “invasion” on their shores, during a D-Day anniversary speech in France. Hegseth was speaking in Normandy 82 years after allied forces stormed French beaches to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944. “Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies,” Hegseth…
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Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls ‘unprecedented’
Russian authorities say Ukraine has launched an “unprecedented attack” on and around St Petersburg, as the city hosts the final day of Russia’s annual economic forum. More than 140 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said, while the city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, urged residents to remain indoors for the first time since the war…
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Report: Iran supreme leader’s adviser says talks deadlocked over $24 billion and warns of wider war
A potential peace deal between the United States and Iran hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, a top Iranian official told CNN on Friday, warning that the US would “enter into a dark corridor” should it resume fighting. “The negotiations are at a deadlock and (US President Donald) Trump must break this…
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Ukraine strikes cargo ships and admits Romania drone blast
Ukraine says it has struck five ships carrying illegal cargo in the Sea of Azov and in coastal waters of Russian-occupied territories. The Ukrainian drone forces commander said the vessels were involved in “stealing” Ukrainian grain, as well as transferring military cargo and fuel. The strikes come a day after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky offered face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin…
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