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Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets for startup in China; FBI says: Betrayed both America and Google by …

A federal jury in San Francisco this week convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google’s trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology for the benefit…

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Smells like separatism: Oil-rich Alberta slipping from Thwadda Canada to America?

TOI correspondent from Washington: Canada is finding out the hard way why New Delhi is so tetchy about Khalistani capers in “Kannedda.” A growing separatist movement in the country’s oil-rich province of Alberta has ignited a full-blown diplomatic spat with Washington at a time when ties between the United States and its western partners are…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks out on Minneapolis ICE shootings; tells employees: I believe America is…

Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed heartbreak over the Minneapolis shootings, where two individuals were killed by federal immigration agents. In an internal memo, Cook revealed he discussed the situation with President Trump, emphasizing the need for de-escalation and America living up to its ideals of dignity and respect for all. Apple CEO Tim Cook has…

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Upset with America, French president Emmanuel Macron sends ‘welcome message’ to China with a request: Don’t export devices to Europe which …

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday (January 21) sent a “welcome” message to Beijing, inviting Chinese investment in the region, Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. However, the invitation came with a stern ultimatum regarding the quality and nature of Chinese exports: end to the “dumping” of subsidised, sub-standard goods…

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‘America is booming’: Trump lists accomplishments as he marks first year of second term — top quotes

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared as a “special guest” during the White House press briefing and listed out his accomplishments during the first year of his second tenure as POTUS.Here are the top quotes from his address: “These are our accomplishments,” Trump said while displaying a thick file of documents. “We have a…

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The new H-1B map: Where America pays global talent and where it quietly doesn’t

High vs. low floors: How city choice influences H-1B pay and career leverage On 20th January last year, when Donald Trump was sworn back into office, the H-1B programme entered a period of deliberate ambiguity. Within months, familiar fault lines reopened: renewed scrutiny of employer filings, sharper compliance signals from federal agencies, revived debate around…

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‘Make America go away’: MAGA has a new meaning in Greenland; how protesters are mocking Trump through caps

Has MAGA found a new meaning? Protesters in Denmark have taken to the streets to oppose US President Donald Trump’s rigid push to acquire the Arctic island — Greenland, wearing red baseball caps spoofing his iconic MAGA hats — this time emblazoned with the slogan “Make America Go Away.”MAGA hats have become symbolic of Danish…

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Who leads the world in maths? Asia tops, America stumbles and India doesn’t show up

Mathematics performance is not an inheritance of talent, it is a consequence of system design. For years, global education debates have leaned on familiar markers — enrolment ratios, digital classrooms, skills buzzwords. But the clearest comparative mirror still comes from one place: The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data on mathematical literacy,…

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