Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland

Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland

Federal officers in military gear … … clouds of tear gas … … crowd control munitions … [shots fired] … and locals who wants those those officers gone. “What are you guys protecting?” “Get the [expletive] out of our city!” In just over a week, the chaotic scenes in Portland grabbed the nation’s attention, and … Read more

WHO director-general upbraids Mike Pompeo over ‘unacceptable’ allegations

WHO director-general upbraids Mike Pompeo over ‘unacceptable’ allegations

GENEVA: The director-general of the World Health Organization has upbraided U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for making “untrue and unacceptable” allegations, responding to media reports saying Pompeo had claimed the health agency chief was “bought” by China. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted WHO was focusing on “saving lives” as he lashed out Thursday at … Read more

View: As US and China spar, India set for a perilous tightrope walk

View: As US and China spar, India set for a perilous tightrope walk

Look at India’s neighbourhood today, and discover it’s pretty much Chinese occupied, save Bhutan and the Maldives. Pakistan was always a China hand. SynopsisAs China’s clampdown on Hong Kong concentrated the American mind, Chinese actions on the border should clarify India’s. An honest accounting of the ‘new’ ground reality by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would … Read more

When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe COVID-19?

When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe COVID-19?

During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped pull the world along as the extra cash from tax cuts and government spending flowed through domestic and global markets. But if it was U.S. policy that pushed the world higher then, it is … Read more

Fox’s Chris Wallace grills Trump in interview – CNN Video

Fox’s Chris Wallace grills Trump in interview – CNN Video

“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace interviews President Donald Trump, fact-checking him in real time about various assertions including that Joe Biden wants to “abolish” the police. Source link

Biden as US president would help India get seat on UNSC: Former American diplomat

Biden as US president would help India get seat on UNSC: Former American diplomat

Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, if elected to power in the November elections, will help shape international bodies like the United Nations so that India gets a permanent seat on the Security Council, a former top American diplomat has said. India has been pushing for reforms of the United Nations, including the Security Council, … Read more

Donald Trump says he won’t order Americans to wear masks to contain coronavirus spread

Donald Trump says he won’t order Americans to wear masks to contain coronavirus spread

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said he would not order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, saying people should have a “certain freedom.” His comments came after Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, appealed to state and local leaders to be “as forceful as possible” in getting … Read more

Visa and Immigration – NRI – The Economic Times

Visa and Immigration – NRI – The Economic Times

Sending back foreign students is bad for everyone. Especially USAccording to the US National Science Foundation, in 2018, over 50% of doctoral students at US universities in computer science, engineering and mathematics were foreign students. Source link

S Jaishankar talks about bipartisan support in US for expanding ties with India

S Jaishankar talks about bipartisan support in US for expanding ties with India

New Delhi: The relationship between India and the US took about six decades to discover itself, but having done so, it is making up for lost time, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday while elaborating on the significance of fast expanding ties between the two leading democracies. In an interactive video session at … Read more

How ICE Helped Spread the Coronavirus

How ICE Helped Spread the Coronavirus

These four immigrants have something in common. They were recently deported from the United States, and they all had the coronavirus. Even as extreme measures were taken around the world to stop the spread of Covid-19, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, continue to detain people in the U.S., move them from state to state … Read more