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Amid the U.S. H-1B visa crunch, India sees an unexpected upside. Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh’s IT minister, told Moneycontrol, “This is an opportunity for India for brain gain,” highlighting the potential for the country to attract skilled professionals who might otherwise head to the United States. The minister emphasized that India’s appeal goes beyond cheap labor. “If you look at Global Capability Centers in India, the product they’re offering, it’s for the globe,” he added. His remarks come against the backdrop of turbulence in the H-1B visa program under the Trump administration. The visa, long criticized for drawing skilled Indians...

STOCKHOLM — The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that was brokered by President Donald Trump had other unforeseen consequences, as sources reported hearing a sad Greta Thunberg ask if anyone else needed a flotilla. The climate change activist, who took up the Palestinian cause and led a fleet of seafaring vessels on a crusade to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, told those close to her that she now felt disappointed that her hopes for another flotilla expedition were no longer needed. "We're ready to set sail for any random cause," she reportedly said. "We were preparing...

ZDNET's key takeawaysWindows 10 support has ended, making Linux a possible alternative.It's a good time to consider switching from Windows to Linux.Switching to Linux can extend your computer's life and performance.I can still remember when I decided to install Linux on my very first computer (a Pentium 75). I'd been using Windows 95 and found myself more frustrated than not. I was experiencing constant blue screens of death, couldn't make the OS behave how I wanted, the software was expensive, and I hated the way it looked.So, I installed Linux over Windows, and the rest is history. I've been using...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) dared Democrats on Tuesday to challenge President Trump’s administration move to repurpose previously appropriated funds to pay service members during the government shutdown. “If the Democrats want to go to court and challenge troops being paid, bring it. OK,” Johnson said during a press conference at the Capitol.The Speaker said his understanding was that the administration had “every right” to move funds that had been appropriated by Congress to the Department of Defense, including research and development accounts that had not been spent and that could be used for military pay.Trump over the weekend directed...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo meets Cardinal Fernández in sign of doctrinal continuityPope Leo granted a private audience to Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández on Friday, October 10, in what is understood to be his ninth official meeting in his role as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.The meeting with the Cardinal, who was a key ally of Pope Francis, shows continuity at the heart of the Vatican between the two papacies. According to InfoVaticana.com, Cardinal Fernández “is close to Pope Leo XIV, who has chosen to keep him in his position at the head of the doctrinal...

Back in September, a judge ordered Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) to halt the suspensions of boys who complained about a "trans identifying" girl filming them in their locker room, and the Department of Education (DOE) slapped the district with Title IX violations. Initially, three boys -- a Muslim and two Christians -- were slapped with the suspensions. The punishment was later dropped against the Muslim boy, while the two Christians faced a ten-day suspension for "sexual harassment and sex based discrimination."The girl who filmed the boys in the locker room without their consent didn't face such consequences, and LCPS...

Morality isn’t made by committee.The latest sermon from HuffPost’s pulpit insists that “vertical morality” explains why MAGA Christians seem so unchristian. The author, in her infinite wisdom, claims that obedience to God makes people cruel, authoritarian, and conveniently Republican. In other words, faith with a backbone is now a threat to democracy.Let me start by asking a rather important question: if morality doesn’t descend from above, where exactly does it come from? From X polls? From whatever influencer cries loudest on TikTok? The article paints “vertical morality” as a primitive hangover from patriarchy — a moral monarchy that demands...

A “rare and potent storm system” hit Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, triggering evacuation warnings in burn scars due to the risk of debris flows. Up to 1.5 inches of rain was expected in valleys and along the coast, and 4 inches in the mountains and foothills. An atmospheric river hit Los Angeles in the early hours of Tuesday morning, bringing with it scattered downpours, powerful winds and fears of flooding. Evacuation warnings have been issued in areas ravaged by January’s firestorm — including the burn scars from the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire in Altadena, the Hurst fire in...

The International Monetary Fund says the global economy is performing better than expected despite Trump’s tariffs, but future growth prospects are at risk.The global economy is performing better than expected amid a historic upheaval in U.S. trade policy, but President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are beginning to erode prospects for future growth, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday in its latest forecast. Global growth this year is projected at an annual rate of 3.2 percent, up 0.2 percentage points from the fund’s July forecast and 0.4 points higher than April’s, which was prepared as the president finalized his announcement of...

Senator John Kennedy presentation to the Senate on who's in charge of the Democrat party and her role in the shutdown, in his usual unfiltered way. Video is 21 mins long

Vatican Creates Muslim Prayer RoomHow many Christian prayer rooms are there in Mecca?Pope Leo has been vocally championing the Muslim mass invasion of Europe, so at least he’s being consistent.Muslim scholars visiting the Vatican Apostolic Library are being accommodated with prayer spaces, its Vice Prefect has confirmed.Fr Giacomo Cardinali, Vice Prefect, said in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that Muslim academics had requested a small area in which to pray, and the library had agreed. “Some Muslim scholars have asked us for a room with a carpet for praying and we have given it to them,” he...

Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.When the Chinese government announced a new visa to attract young science and technology talent, it advertised the move as another step toward becoming the leading scientific power, one to which people from around the globe would flock.To many in China, it was a gross mistake.In the days before and since Oct. 1, when the visa was supposed to come into effect, commenters have accused the government of inviting foreigners to steal jobs from Chinese people, at a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many years, American and Chinese scholars worked shoulder to shoulder on cutting-edge technologies through open research, where findings are freely shared and accessible to all. But that openness, a long-standing practice celebrated for advancing knowledge, is raising alarms among some U.S. lawmakers. They are worried that China — now considered the most formidable challenger to American military dominance — is taking advantage of open research to catch up with the U.S. on military technology and even gain an edge. And they are calling for action.“For far too long, our adversaries have exploited American colleges and universities...

The employee, Ashley Tellis, is also a contractor with the Office of Net Assessment at the Department of Defense The Department of Justice said Tuesday that a State Department employee allegedly removed classified documents and met with Chinese officials. The employee, Ashley Tellis, is also a contractor with the Office of Net Assessment at the Department of Defense, and is considered a subject matter expert on India and South Asian affairs, according to the DOJ, https://www.foxnews.com/us/state-department-employee-allegedly-removed-classified-docs-met-chinese-officials

In September, the company announced a $1 billion investment to increase worker pay and lower health care costs.Despite concerns about tariffs and a slowing economy, Amazon’s hiring target matches last year’s."As we prepare for the busy holiday season, we look forward to welcoming 250,000 new teammates to our operations network," said Sandy Gordon, vice president of global operations at Amazon. In September, the company announced a $1 billion investment to increase worker pay and lower health care costs.Amazon, which employs about 1 million people in the U.S., said regular full- and part-time employees earn an average of $23 an hour...

Utilities, state governments, and private developers are racing to roll out faster, more powerful EV chargers. At the same time, automakers and tech giants across the globe are pouring billions into R&D to develop batteries that can take ever-higher levels of power. But what if there’s a better, easier, cheaper, and more effective way to cut emissions? What if, instead of faster chargers, we pushed for SLOWER gas pumps? I want to start this conversation by pointing out that there’s a precedent for this idea. Back in 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that limited the rate...

Summary Democrats target Maine as prime Senate seat pickup in 2026 Crowded field vying for Republican Collins' seat Mills is popular two-term Maine governor WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Maine Governor Janet Mills launched a U.S. Senate campaign on Tuesday, joining a crowded field of Democrats hoping to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins with a campaign that intends to portray the incumbent as an out-of-step defender of President Donald Trump.Mills, a 77-year-old popular two-term governor, enters the race as the establishment favorite. But her candidacy sets up a high-profile primary clash with oysterman Graham Platner, a progressive outsider who raised...

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The Nobel Committee has ignited a debate: Who gets to define “peace”? The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to María Corina Machado, one of the most prominent faces of Venezuelan opposition. The committee’s language is familiar – “rights,” “peaceful transition” – but the story behind it is not. Machado’s record combines volunteer election networks with long-running feuds over foreign funding which antedate Maduro; her name has appeared in cases allegedly tied to efforts to unseat the government – charges she rejects. The award lifts an internal struggle onto a global stage and drops it into a fresh context: for...