In internal notes circulated to staff, Amazon urged H-1B visa holders currently in the United States to remain in the country and advised those outside the US to return before the deadline date of 12:00 AM EDT on September 21, when the Trump administration’s new rules are set to take effect.
President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) issued a new presidential proclamation titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers” that introduces a major overhaul to the H-1B visa programme.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has ordered a probe into the death of singer Zubeen Garg, who died in a scuba diving accident in Singapore. FIRs have been filed against festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Gargs manager Siddhartha Sharma, while authorities verify all details.
The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready for the mission, former NASA executives say.
Shacknews wraps up the week with news highlights, including game reviews, rising Xbox prices, and Musk’s xAI raising $10 billion in funding.
Some games have a point of no return after which the rest of the story is inaccessible. Does Dying Light: The Beast have one?.
“8 years later, @RahulGandhi is vindicated yet again. He called it out back in 2017, and nothing has changed. India is still stuck with a weak Prime Minister,” Khera wrote on X.
Amid the growing hue and cry over the rising cases of violence against women and student, the Odisha Higher Education minister Suryabanshi Suraj on Friday revealed that as many as 19 complaints of sexual harassment have been filed by the female students at colleges and universities under the department in the past year.
Athletics’ Friday night game against the Pittsburgh Pirates had a full circle moment for All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson and his father Jack, a former MLB infielder.
On September 19, 2025, the 11th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held via videoconference. Key topics included support for a multimodal transport corridor linking Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Armenia, expansion of trade and investment, and cooperation in transport, agriculture, healthcare, culture, and tourism.
