Trump’s US$100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unlawful tax, judge rules
A federal judge on Monday struck down a US$100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign...
US adds Alibaba, BYD and other Chinese tech champions to military company blacklist
The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and dozens of other Chinese companies to its list of entities it says are linked to China’s...
Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex-chief justice at national park protest
Published: 1:23am, 9 Jun 2026Updated: 2:20am, 9 Jun 2026 Riot police fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters rallying on Monday against plans...
Trump will ask Supreme Court to revive his US$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN
US President Donald Trump told the US Supreme Court he intends to ask the justices to revive his US$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN...
Hungary MPs back plan to cut their own salaries by 40 per cent
Published: 11:54pm, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 12:30am, 9 Jun 2026 Hungarian lawmakers unanimously voted to slash their incomes and allowances on Monday, as Prime Minister...
Iranians exhausted by prospect of more fighting with Israel: ‘no hope’
Published: 11:10pm, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 12:08am, 9 Jun 2026 Residents of Tehran awoke on Monday anxious and drained by the prospect of full-scale war...
UK’s Starmer gives Apple, Google 3 months to stop children sending nude images
Published: 10:41pm, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 12:42am, 9 Jun 2026 Apple and Google have been given a three-month ultimatum to make it impossible for children...
US’ 250th anniversary celebrations will put its decline on display
There is a long tradition of reading a nation’s character in the way it marks its own milestones. When the United States turned 150,...
Afghan women detained by Taliban in clothing crackdown
Published: 10:01pm, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 10:42pm, 8 Jun 2026 Afghan residents in the western city of Herat have told of witnessing multiple women detained...