A 32-year-old Indian techie was shot by the police in California after he allegedly stabbed his roommate with a knife earlier this month, even as his family alleged racial discrimination and demanded a thorough probe into the circumstances leading to his death. US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes Russia's war on Ukraine could end if Europe tightened the financial screws on China. The Taliban government has ordered the removal of books written by women from Afghanistan’s university curriculum, as part of a new decree banning the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment.