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TopicUnited States of America

Topic: United States of America

Defended by husbands, scrutinised by media—why Sarah Jukaku and Rama Duwaji don’t speak

Women in public life are damned for being too visible, damned for being erased when they're not. Sarah Jukaku chose invisibility but got dragged into a Trump graphic anyway.

‘US interests more engaged than ever in Indo-Pacific’—full speech of Under Secy of War Elbridge Colby

On his first official trip to Southeast Asia as Under Secretary of War for Policy, Elbridge Colby pushes for a strong and growing US investment in the Indo-Pacific region.

Which US counties see unusually high police use of lethal force? New tool offers clues

Anomaly Detector is the first national-scale resource for identifying counties with unusual numbers of cases where police use more force relative to national benchmarks.

US teen wins prestigious STEM award. She was studying ant memory

While Cheung has just begun exploring the world of ants, at IISER Kolkata, Annagiri Sumana, a professor of biological sciences, spent over 15 years studying ant relocation.

Data centres are not remote and far away. In the US, 97% of them are in metros

A recent study published in Nature Cities analysed the locations of 4,283 data centres in the US and found that nearly 97.5 per cent of them are located in metropolitan areas.

Indian techies returning to Hyderabad from US with expired H1B. Who’s helping them find jobs?

Returning NRIs used to be a coveted tag among Indian headhunters chasing them with seductive salaries. Today, the job market in India itself has shrunk.

Before H-1B queues and green cards, A Sikh man fought to belong in America

From Taragarh, a small village near Amritsar, brothers Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind and Mr. Jagat Singh Thind witnessed the incredible racism of the early 1900s in the Western hemisphere.

Brazil blocks visas of US envoys Trump was sending to scrutinise the country’s electoral system

Lula government denies entry ahead of October elections, where his top challenge will come from right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, suggest polls.

If the US keeps messing with this spy agency, It’ll pay a high price

Critics say that repeated leadership changes and political appointments will risk weakening the US intelligence.

Belgium’s biggest victory against the US in FIFA World Cup was over politics in football

Belgium's 4-1 win is bigger than securing a berth at the quarter-finals. It was silencing a nation which had been doing things just out of muscle power. It was football's answer.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman