Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in India for high-level talks aimed at strengthening economic and security ties between the two countries, during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, Rubio highlighted growing cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.
"We've expanded commercial ties now with more than 20 billion investments, 20 billion
and investments from Indian companies in the United States. We've deepened a security partnership for military exercises in the Indo-Pacific. And of course, as part of that, we recognize that in orderly and a secure consular system
“is vital to solidifying this important relationship."”
The two countries are also discussing tensions involving Iran. The trip comes on the heels of a visit to Sweden on Friday, where Rubio met with NATO foreign ministers. The Trump administration has tightened rules to apply for a green card, and PR's Jasmine Guard's reports temporary visa holders must now return to their home countries and apply
from there. In the past, visa holders have been able to file for an adjustment of status in the U.S.
and in many cases, stay while it was pending.
The memo reiterates that visa holders looking to get a green card, which is a permanent residency, must apply from their home countries, people like international students for skilled workers with H1B visas. In the memo, United States citizenship and immigration services, or USCIS, said the pathway to permanent residency has been abused for decades, and that people who are denied or
in waiting sometimes stay illegally.
“Immigration advocates say it would place people fleeing dangerous circumstances in vulnerable”
positions, and which they'd have to return to that danger. Jasmine Guards to NPR News, New York. Search and rescue operations are underway in northern China after an explosion at a coal mine left at least 90 people did, and PR's Jennifer Pack reports and investigation into what caused the blast is underway.
The gas explosion happened after 7 p.m. on Friday at a coal mine in northern China's transcee province. State media on Saturday initially reported there were 247 people on duty underground, and that the majority were brought out safely with only 8 deaths. It did not explain why the death toll has jumped.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a thorough investigation and said those responsible should be held accountable. China has a history of industrial accidents, but it has reduced the number in recent years
“with stricter rules and safer practices.”
Nazi province is known as China's main coal mining province.
It produces almost a third of China's coal each year.
Jennifer Pack and PR News Shanghai. This is NPR News in Washington. Google is changing what it means to Google. The tech company is integrating AI more deeply into its core internet search function, but as NPR's John Ruich reports, critics say it could mean fewer choices for users.
At its annual developer conference this week, Google said it's making its iconic search box more dynamic so we can expand with longer searches. Users can also put pictures or documents into it for new kinds of searches, and it's folding more AI into its search. The company has put AI over views on some searches for about a year, and it sees the
integration of the two as the way forward. Critics warn that AI answers could give consumers less choice as AI prioritizes suggestions over web links. That could also undermine the internet economy and businesses that are relying on clicks, including online shops, web advertisers, and even news organizations.
John Ruich and PR News. CBS News Radio has signed off after nearly a century on the air. For all of us at CBS News Radio, the hundreds of affiliated radio stations and the millions of listeners. This is CBS News.
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