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Washington: President Donald Trump-led US administration has intensified its crackdown on the US immigration system, suspending several major technology and IT outsourcing companies from the Permanent Labour Certification (PERM) programme -- a key route through which employers sponsor eligible foreign workers for employment-based green cards. The companies named in the latest action include Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. The move comes amid a broader US government push to investigate alleged abuse of H-1B visas and other immigration programmes, with officials arguing that foreign-worker hiring practices could hurt American employees. US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the action alongside…

Riyadh: Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a fresh ballistic missile attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, in a development that has further escalated tensions in the region. The reported attack disrupted air operations at the airport, with smoke later seen rising from a stationary aircraft. The cause of the blasts was not immediately established independently, and Saudi authorities had not issued an immediate response to requests for comment. The reported incident came amid a wider escalation involving Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with the Houthis having repeatedly claimed attacks on Saudi targets…

Scientists have warned that super El Nino is continuing to intensify as new forecasts suggest that the climate phenomenon could maintain its grip on global weather well into next year. In this regard, scientists said that the event is now pushing into unprecedented territory, with vast swathes of the planet forecast to experience unusually warm conditions as the Pacific Ocean releases enormous amounts of stored heat. El Nino to continue strengthening ahead of peak in December: WMO The World Meteorological Organiation (WMO) in its latest update predicted that El Nino will continue strengthening ahead of a forecasted peak in December.…

Stockholm: The Nobel Prize 2026 in Literature has been awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about USD 1.2 million). 76-year-old Carson's selection recognises a career spanning poetry, prose, translation, classical scholarship and teaching, with her writing often moving freely between different literary forms.  Carson had emerged as one of the prominent names in the run-up to this year's Nobel announcement.…