‘Are you the only Indian hire?’ AI engineer denied B1 visa for company offsite, Redditors point out he has to prove why the meeting can’t be held online

Indian AI engineer shares visa denial experience for company offsite in the US. Getting a US visa for travel and business purposes has become extremely tricky as visa officers reject applications if they even have the slightest doubt that the applicant may not come back to their home country country; or start looking for a…

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Illegal immigrant who murdered girlfriend sues Trump over campaign ad; seeks $75 million and US citizenship

Brandon Ortiz-Vite is serving 39–102 years for killing girlfriend Ruby Garcia. An illegal immigrant serving a decades-long prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend has filed a federal lawsuit against US President Donald Trump, seeking $75 million in damages, a public apology, and even US citizenship, claiming the president unfairly turned him into a political symbol…

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Indian-origin doctor sentenced to jail for six months in Ohio for secret bathroom recordings, will be registered as a sex offender for 15 years

Advait Deshmukh apologized to his victims during the sentencing. An Indian-origin doctor in Ohio’s Toledo has been sentenced to six months in jail after he admitted that he secretly recorded women in employee restrooms at Toledo Hospital. Advait Deshmukh was sentenced in June after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted tampering with evidence…

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In 1912, engineers saw a hidden power source beneath Egypt’s desert. More than a century later, the plan is now abandoned | World News

For more than a century, a vast empty basin in Egypt’s Western Desert was considered the site of one of the world’s most unusual engineering proposals. The Qattara Depression, a sunken stretch of land below sea level, was imagined as a place where seawater from the Mediterranean could be used to generate electricity. Engineers, geographers…

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‘Afraid he would not stop’: New UK charges detail rape allegations against Tate brothers

Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami over rape and sex trafficking charges Newly unsealed court documents have revealed detailed allegations against social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, choking and sex trafficking, as the brothers remain in US custody while fighting extradition to the United Kingdom.The federal filings, released Monday night, detail…

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Archaeologists discover three hidden 5,000-year-old ‘fairy houses’ on an ancient hillside in Italy | World News

Archaeologists working in Sardinia have uncovered three previously unknown prehistoric rock-cut tombs, known locally as domus de janas or fairy houses, adding fresh depth to a site that had already been studied for decades. The discovery took place at the Sant’Andrea Priu archaeological complex in the town of Bonorva, where officials say the new tombs…

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California deploys 400 goats and sheep as ‘firefighters’ to eat an invasive weed fuelling wildfires and threatening native ecosystems | World News

As California prepares for another intense wildfire season, an unlikely team of firefighters has taken to the fields of northeast Fresno. Around 400 goats and sheep have been deployed to graze across 180 acres of land overrun by yellow star-thistle, an invasive plant that not only crowds out native vegetation but also creates dry fuel…

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