USCIS says there will be no second round of lottery for H-1B. In a major update, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that there will be no second lottery for FY2027. “US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000…
Caption: Top left: A cinnamon-colored black bear and her cub flee. Top right: Brown bears on alert after hearing the sound of engines from an off-highway vehicle. Bottom left: A bald eagle eats a freshly caught meal from the nearby stream, ignoring the control sounds of gull calls. Bottom right: A black bear continues to…
Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, passed away on Friday at the age of 89. His death was confirmed by his son, Daniel.Sobers was just 10 days short of his 90th birthday. Widely regarded as one of the…
Chinese entrepreneur Yang Zhilin’s AI milestone triggers social media debate as to why he left the US and founded his startup in China. As Chinese AI startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a new model touted to be almost as advanced as Claude Fable 5 or GPT 5.6 Sol, a major debate erupted on social media…
A rare combination of two major ocean climate patterns is drawing the attention of meteorologists this year. According to an analysis by Severe Weather Europe, a rare Atlantic Niña developing in the tropical Atlantic is coinciding with a strengthening Super El Niño in the Pacific Ocean. While these two events occur in different oceans, forecasters…
Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center in eastern Congo. (AP Photo) Seven American aid workers who had been involved in responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being quarantined at a US-backed bio-isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced new travel restrictions requiring Americans returning…
It is well versed how sometimes fans often try to emulate their favourite movie stars. Be it Salman Khan’s iconic bracelet or trying to match how Shah Rukh Khan smells. Now a cake seems to have joined that list. The cake of TN CM and Vijay’s 52nd birthday celebration has become a hit in Chennai,…
For centuries, shellfish poisoning has been a threat to humans, and we have had no way to stop it. The ‘red tide’ algal blooms found on the Pacific coast are deadly contributors, producing one of the most vicious neurotoxins known: saxitoxin (STX). Eat the wrong shellfish, and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) follows. There is no…
Celebrated Irish actor Brenda Fricker, whose memorable performances in ‘My Left Foot’, ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’ and the BBC medical drama ‘Casualty’ earned her worldwide acclaim, has died at the age of 81. She passed away on Thursday in Dublin. Fricker made history as the first Irish actor to receive an Academy…
The Statue of Liberty stands during sunset as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky on Thursday. (AP Photo) The build-up to Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Spain has been overshadowed by an unexpected opponent — thick wildfire haze drifting south from Canada, prompting air quality alerts across New York and New Jersey…