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US President Donald Trump unveiled a new million-dollar “gold card” immigration scheme, with his administration arguing that America must stop admitting “below-average” immigrants and instead prioritise high-earning, highly skilled applicants.Announcing the programme at the White House, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick claimed the existing system brings in immigrants who earn far less than US-born workers. “The…

Stephen Miller, White House aide and key architect of Donald Trump’s immigration policy, said that US would have been better off favouring immigrants from Western and Northern Europe over those from so-called “third world” countries. Unsuccessful immigrants giving birth to unsuccessful children Speaking to Fox News, Miller criticised the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which…

Sim J. Singh Attariwala, a well-known civil rights advocate and Director of the Anti-Hate Program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice, has been appointed as a Commissioner on the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission. He was appointed by District of Columbia mayor Muriel Bowser and confirmed by the DC Council. He became one of the…

Canada has taken a major step toward correcting a long-standing misunderstanding by clearly separating the sacred Hindu, Jain and Buddhist swastika from Nazi imagery in its federal anti-hate legislation. The change comes through amendments to Bill C-9, which aims to overhaul Criminal Code provisions related to hate crimes and hate symbols. Although the bill is…

JD Vance seems to be sick of Gen Z shenanigans, especially today’s memes. This particular meme that JD Vance was annoyed by was the most recent ‘6-7’ meme, and it was none other than his own kids that angered the US vice president into ‘banning those numbers.‘In a post on X, JD Vance described how…

A major mining move just unlocked 47,000 Saudi jobs / AI Generated Image Two big Saudi mining firms, agreed to exchange a set of exploration licences. In practice this means each company will take ownership of licences that better fit its strengths and project plans: Ma’aden will hand some licences to AMAK, and AMAK will…

A Pakistani military court has sentenced former inter-services intelligence (ISI) director general Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison after a 15-month-long court-martial on multiple charges, including political interference and violations of the official secrets act.The Field General Court Martial, held under the Pakistan army act, found Hameed guilty on four counts…

A major mining move just unlocked 47,000 Saudi jobs / AI Generated Image Two big Saudi mining firms, agreed to exchange a set of exploration licences. In practice this means each company will take ownership of licences that better fit its strengths and project plans: Ma’aden will hand some licences to AMAK, and AMAK will…

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been hiding for months, and even she didn’t go to collect her award, but her daughter went on stage. Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, accepted Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize on her mother’s behalf at a ceremony in Oslo City Hall….

Central Bank rate cut brings relief for UAE borrowers / Image: File The Central Bank of the UAE lowered its base rate for the Overnight Deposit Facility (ODF) by 0.25 percentage points, following a similar move by the US Federal Reserve. The cut takes effect immediately and is described by the bank as aligning UAE…