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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 12

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summ at 1600 GMT, Jan. 12

January 13, 2025

Harvard files legal challenge to Trump’s effort to block visas for international students
Harvard University on Thursday filed a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to block visas for foreign students planning to attend the Ivy League college. “Singling out our institution for its enrollment of international students and its collaboration with other educational institutions around the world is yet another illegal step taken by the Administration…
Cow burps: Australia startup’s lick block helps cut Laos cattle emissions
LUANG PRABANG, Laos — An unusual project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cattle farming is underway in Laos, with the Australian company behind it planning to bring the initiative to additional countries. A factory owned by AgCoTech, located about 40 minutes from downtown Luang Prabang in northern Laos, produces mineral-infused lick blocks that help curb…
Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after cleaning sinuses with tap water
A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after cleaning her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report. The woman, an otherwise healthy 71-year-old, developed “severe neurologic symptoms” including fever, headache and an altered mental status four days after she filled a…
Japan dating app Pairs takes plunge on low-fertility South Korea
SEOUL — Eureka, which runs the Japanese dating app Pairs, is embracing a country that has an even lower birth rate than Japan’s. The company sees growth potential in South Korea’s online dating market, which it first entered in 2017 with a smaller presence.
Trump and Musk go ‘for the jugular’ as they exchange escalating attacks on social media
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Trump’s travel ban sparks confusion and fear among affected families
Anger and condemnation broke out as families, attorneys and immigrant advocates absorbed the blast from the latest bombshell delivered by the Trump immigration — a travel ban that stops or restricts people from 19 mostly African, Asian and Caribbean countries from entering the U.S. While the Trump administration said the travel ban is meant to…
Australia prepares to kick kids off social media despite doubts
Australia prepares to kick kids off social media despite doubts
Japan’s ispace says it has lost contact with lunar lander
TOKYO — Space startup ispace revealed early Friday morning that it “has been unable to establish communication” with a lunar lander, which had begun its descent to land on the moon. The company says it is still assessing the situation. It failed to land a probe on the moon in April 2023.
Tesla shares sink as Musk and Trump ridicule each other
Tesla’s shares have fallen 16% since CEO Elon Musk began bashing President Donald Trump’s massive spending bill last week, and the stock remains about 33% lower since Inauguration Day. The slide since May 27 follows Musk’s departure from the Trump administration and as the the two men’s relationship publicly unravels. Elon Musk, the world’s richest…