US Mauritius

This country will be most impacted if US passes new H-1B Visa Bill

It may not be a good time to be an Indian techie in America. Correction: It may not be a good time to be a non-American in Trump's America.

31 Jan 2017, business.mega.mu

James Clapper, the US intelligence chief, resigns

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his letter of resignation, he has told a congressional panel.

17 Nov 2016, business.mega.mu

Americans, it’s actually quite hard to move to Canada

For realtor Valarie Sampson, Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election is great news. By midday Wednesday, the website for her brokerage firm on Cape Breton Island in rural Nova Scotia had already gotten 3,200 hits, mainly from election-spooked Americans.

11 Nov 2016, business.mega.mu

US: Protesters across nation march to protest Trump; some demonstrations turn violent

Police in Portland, Ore., used pepper spray and rubber projectiles against protesters early Friday after anti-Donald Trump demonstrations erupted in several big cities and on college campuses across the United States.

11 Nov 2016, business.mega.mu

Markets plunge worldwide as Trump surges to the White House

Global financial markets convulsed Tuesday night as Donald Trump was projected to claim victory in the race for the White House after a polarizing campaign that investors had largely bet against.

09 Nov 2016, business.mega.mu

Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment

Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.

09 Nov 2016, business.mega.mu

7 hurt as pipeline explosion lights up the sky in Alabama, US

At least seven workers were injured Monday when an explosion occurred along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama, not far from where it burst last month, authorities said.

01 Nov 2016, business.mega.mu

AT&T-Time Warner deal: What does it mean for consumers?

AT&T's planned takeover of Time Warner would be one of the biggest deals the industry has ever seen, and one that will almost certainly affect consumers - especially in the US.

24 Oct 2016, business.mega.mu

Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005

Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone, saying that “when you’re a star, they let you do it,” according to a video obtained by The Washington Post.

10 Oct 2016, business.mega.mu

US: Who won the presidential debate?

David Gergen: Clinton crushed Trump, but was that enough? S.E. Cupp: Trump (mostly) did the job; Errol Louis: Where Clinton damaged Trump; Mel Robbins: Hillary Clinton got bad advice; Tara Setmayer: Trump kept taking the bait

27 Sep 2016, business.mega.mu

FBI Says It's Evaluating Abuse Allegations Against Brad Pitt

The FBI is gathering information about an incident involving Brad Pitt and his family aboard a private flight last week, the agency confirmed Thursday.

23 Sep 2016, business.mega.mu

Protesters march for third night in Charlotte, defying curfew

Protesters chanting “What curfew?” marched early Friday in defiance of orders by Charlotte’s mayor to clear the streets after midnight, as anger spilled onto the streets for a third night following a deadly police shooting that has become the latest showdown over questions on law enforcement and race.

23 Sep 2016, business.mega.mu

ISIS wing claims responsibility for Minnesota mall attack

The man who stabbed nine people at a Minnesota mall before an off-duty police officer fatally shot him has been identified as 22-year-old Dahir A. Adan, federal law enforcement sources and two Somali community leaders who are in contact with Adan's family said Monday.

19 Sep 2016, business.mega.mu

Police Hunt for Ahmad Khan Rahami in Connection With Manhattan Bombing

The police and federal agents are searching for a 28-year-old man, described as a naturalized citizen of Afghan descent, Ahmad Khan Rahami, in connection with the bombing in Manhattan on Saturday night, sending an unprecedented cellphone alert to millions of residents.

19 Sep 2016, business.mega.mu

Duterte's tongue the least of Obama's Philippine problem

It's not just a runaway tongue that worries the United States about the volatile new president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. It's what else he's thinking.

07 Sep 2016, business.mega.mu

Chris Brown arrested after hours-long police standoff at his house

Los Angeles police said they arrested singer Chris Brown on Tuesday evening on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

31 Aug 2016, business.mega.mu

US will hand over DNS supervision to ICANN, lessening its control of the naming system

Starting on October 1, the multi-stakeholder group ICANN will begin watching over the DNS, changing the US's 20-year role in governing the system.

19 Aug 2016, business.mega.mu

Rio 2016 Olympics: US swimmers 'invented robbery story'

US Olympic swimmers in Rio de Janeiro invented a story about a robbery in an effort to disguise a dispute over a damaged petrol station door, police sources have told the BBC.

18 Aug 2016, business.mega.mu

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport again

Actor says experience ‘really, really sucks’ after being detained for a third time in seven years, this time in LA

12 Aug 2016, business.mega.mu

Mom broadcasts daughter's beating on Facebook

"You wanna try me, right?" So begins the live Facebook broadcast of a mother beating and berating her 16-year-old daughter in their Savannah, Georgia, home.

27 Jul 2016, business.mega.mu