Tag: US citizens

Facebook to pay $4.79 mn fine for discriminating against US citizens

Facebook is to pay the fine for discriminating in favour of foreign workers on H1-B visas and against American citizens and permanent residents.

October 20, 2021

‘US immigrants will be denied if they can’t afford health care’, says Donald Trump

The proclamation said that immigrants will be barred from entering the country unless they are to be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering or have enough financial resources to pay for any medical costs.

October 5, 2019

2018 FIFA World Cup | US warns citizens of terror attacks

The US government has asked citizens to reconsider visiting Russia.

June 16, 2018

Number of US citizens backing gun control rises: Poll

The number of US citizens who want more gun control is growing, an NPR/Ipsos poll issued on Friday said. Three-quarters of Americans said gun laws should be stricter than they are today, up from 68 per cent in a October 2017 survey following the Las Vegas shooting, Xinhua cited the latest poll as saying. The...

March 3, 2018

Trump declares opioids public health emergency in US

US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis “a national public health emergency” in the country. In an address at the White House, Trump said the growing epidemic spares “no part” of the country, promising his administration will spend “lots of money” to find non-addictive painkiller, Xinhua news agency reported. “This epidemic is...

October 27, 2017

Libya bans entry of US citizens in retaliation

Libya’s interim government on Wednesday announced it would ban entry of US citizens into Libyan territory in response to a decision by Donald Trump to suspend the entry of Libyans. The eastern government called the move by the US a “serious escalation” targeting Libyans, accusing the country of placing Libyans “in the same place with...

September 28, 2017

Most Americans oppose preemptive strike on DPRK: Poll

An overwhelming majority of US citizens oppose a preemptive strike on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and trust US military leaders instead of President Donald Trump to handle the nuclear crisis responsibly, a poll revealed on Sunday. According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll, 67 per cent of US citizens believe that the...

September 25, 2017

56% Americans say Trump ‘tearing the country apart’

Fifty six per cent of Americans have said that they believed President Donald Trump was “tearing the country apart” instead of drawing people together, according to a new poll. While the findings are sharply divided along partisan lines – with 15 per cent of Republicans describing Trump as “tearing the country apart” and a whopping...

August 31, 2017

200 immigrants to be sworn in as US citizens

About 200 immigrants will be sworn in as new US citizens at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Massachusetts US District Court Judge Dennis Saylor will preside over the naturalisation ceremony today afternoon. The library will present everyone with a commemorative edition of Kennedy's inaugural address. Kennedy served as America's 35th...

July 12, 2017

North Korea detains third US citizen

North Korean authorities have detained a US citizen of South Korean origin, bringing the number of Americans held by Pyongyang to three, sources in Seoul said on Sunday. The latest detainee, a man in his late 50s identified only by his surname Kim, was arrested on Friday at the international airport in Pyongyang as he...

April 23, 2017