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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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Indigenous protest blocks entrance to UN climate summit

Brazil's Minister for Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara during a meeting with Indigenous leaders at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil. — AFP

Trump signs bill to end record-breaking US shutdown

US President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to end the US government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, DC. — Reuters

End to US government shutdown in sight as stopgap bill advances

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters, at the US Capitol in Washington. — AFP

Venezuela announces military deployment to counter US presence

Members of the Bolivarian group stand in formation during a military training, in Caracas. — Reuters

Senators take major step toward ending shutdown

The US Capitol on the 40th day of the partial government shutdown, in Washington, DC. — Reuters

US airport disruptions may get worse this week

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UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 cargo planes

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Jamaicans have been turning to solar. It paid off after the storm

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More than 1,000 flights cut in US shutdown fallout

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US braces for flight chaos as shutdown drags

Travellers arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. — AFP

US shutdown sends airlines scrambling as travel chaos looms

Air travellers face the commute at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a day after US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that he would order 10 per cent of flights at 40 major US airports to be cut starting on Friday unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached, in Atlanta, Georgia. — Reuters

Argentina's ex-President Kirchner on trial over bribery scandal

Argentina's former President and vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

NY elects mayor on big election night for Democrats

Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater, New York. — AFP

Mamdani to Trump: 'Turn the volume up'

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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, capping meteoric rise

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