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US judge skeptical of challenge to $100,000 H-1B visa fee

 A federal judge on Friday said US President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly-skilled foreign workers seems to fall under his broad powers to regulate immigration, casting doubt on a...

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Study reveals potato’s secret tomato South American heritage

Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern-day spud.

US and India launch powerful Earth-monitoring satellite

India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk II lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. — Reuters

Gunman kills four in New York skyscraper shooting spree

Members of the NYPD Crime Scene Unit work at the scene of a deadly mass shooting in Manhattan. — Reuters

Maduro's party sweeps Venezuela mayoral vote

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and Caracas mayor Carmen Melendez gesture to the crowd after results were released in Caracas. — AFP

Ecuador deports more than 600 inmates as Colombia cries foul

Inmates queue up before being deported to Colombia at the Rumichaca international bridge, Colombia. — AFP

US passenger Plane dives to avoid a collision

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Delta passenger flight has close call with B-52 bomber

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Trump diagnosed with vein issue

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Trump set to visit Pakistan in September

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. — AFP

Prosecutor asks Brazil Supreme Court to find Bolsonaro guilty of coup

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro attends a rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 29, 2025. A prosecutor asked Brazil's Supreme Court on July 15, 2025, to find Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup, in closing arguments after a trial that saw US President Donald Trump try to intervene on behalf of his right-wing ally. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP)

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary return from space station

Axiom-4 astronauts are pictured on the countdown video clock, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. — Reuters file photo

Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal

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Trump to send weapons to Ukraine

US President Donald Trump with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Washington, DC, on Monday. — AFP

Some US airports to let travelers keep their shoes on

Shoes at a TSA checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Aug. 19, 2021. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

New rules could end the beautiful chaos of Rio’s beaches

Several sellers of maté, or iced tea, at Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 2025. (Dado Galdieri/The New York Times)
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