Yashwant Raj

2 weeks ago | prokerala.com | Yashwant Raj

Washington, May 23 : A US judge in the state of Massachusetts on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's order revoking Harvard University's certification to enroll international students. The court decision came a day after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cancelled Harvard's certification to use the SEVIS system -- Student and Exchange Visitor Information System -- in an escalation of US President Donald Trump's attack on the Ivy League school.

2 weeks ago | prokerala.com | Yashwant Raj

Washington, May 23 : US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 25 per cent tariff on iPhones imported to the US, including from India, ratcheting up pressure on Apple to bring manufacturing back to the US from its international operations. "I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their Phones that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

2 weeks ago | prokerala.com | Yashwant Raj

Washington, May 22 : Two members of the Israeli embassy staff were fatally shot Wednesday night in Washington DC by a man who, the police said, had chanted "Free Palestine". The shooting took place outside an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee for young diplomats at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. The single shooter was identified by police as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago.

2 weeks ago | prokerala.com | Yashwant Raj

Washington, May 21 : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday grilled visiting President of South Africa, Cyril Cyril Ramaphosa, on the persecution of white farmers in his country with a video representation and news articles in a joint media interface at the White House. At one point, Trump asked staff to dim the lights in the Oval Office and play a video that showed a man calling for killing white farmers and snatching their lands. One clip apparently showed cars carrying bodies of killed farmers.

2 weeks ago | prokerala.com | Yashwant Raj

Washington, May 21 : President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed once again that he ended India-Pakistan hostilities, holding out to the two countries the lure of trading with the US. "I think I settled it through trade," Trump said in a media interview in the White House with visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, referring to the India-Pakistan hostilities. "We're doing a big deal with India. We're doing a big deal with Pakistan …What are you guys doing?