•Trump US President Donald Trump told reporters late yesterday he wanted to assure Chinese international students in the country that they would be fine amid his administration’s crackdown on academia. Trump’s administration this week said it would specifically target permissions for Chinese students, in its latest broadside against US higher ...
•US visa US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday ordered a suspension of student visa processing as President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up vetting of their social media, according to an internal cable. It is the latest move that takes aim at international students, a major source of revenue for US universities, after Rubio rescin...
The US will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced today, calling it a “common sense” decision grounded in sound science. The change follows last week’s announcement by Food and Drug Administration officials that they would limit approval of Covid shots — ...
•Israeli air raid on Gaza Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire proposal put forth by the United States for Gaza, according to Al Jazeera’s sources, but an American official rejected the claim and said the deal being discussed was “unacceptable” and “disappointing”. Israeli officials also denied that the proposal was from the US, saying yesterday [&...
•Graduation ceremony at Columbia University in New York Hong Kong has said it will open its universities to more international students, highlighting those affected by the US government’s move this week to block Harvard from enrolling foreign nationals. The sharp escalation in US President Donald Trump’s longstanding feud with the prestigious ...
•Donald Trump and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has voiced skepticism over ongoing nuclear negotiations with the United States, saying he does not believe the discussions will yield any results, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency. Speaking during this morning meeting with Iranian officials, Kha...
•Delta Airlines flight Six Nigerians have been deported from the United States of America, having been charged with various crimes in the country. Sources connected to the matter said their deportation was in connection with a decision by the US government to deport at least 3,000 Nigerians, who had been involved in various crimes in […...
•US President Donald US President Donald Trump’s administration slashed cancer research funding by 31 per cent in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a Senate report released today that accuses the White House of waging a “war on science.” The analysis, commissioned by the leftwing Senator [&helli...
•Boeing 777X airplane China has lifted a ban on domestic airlines accepting new Boeing aircraft, a report said today, after Beijing and Washington agreed to temporarily lower tariffs in a major de-escalation of their trade war. Last month the American aircraft maker confirmed that Chinese airlines had stopped accepting delivery of new planes d...
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump yesterday defended the decision to resettle a group of white Afrikaners in the United States as refugees, saying they were fleeing a “terrible situation” in South Africa. Trump’s remarks to reporters at the White House came just hours before an initial group of around 50 Afrikaners was set [&he...

