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Trump administration seeks to end Harvard ties amid standoff over school’s antisemitism policies

May 27, 2025

Indian government sends notices to online retailers for selling Pakistan flags days after military standoff

Indian government sends notices to online retailers for selling Pakistan flags days after milit standoff

May 15, 2025

Italy’s ‘Trump whisperer’ Giorgia Meloni to meet U.S. president amid trade standoff with Europe

April 17, 2025

Members from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) scuffle with police officers during a protest against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on January 03, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: VCG

S.Korean investigators’ unprecedented arrest attempt on Yoon suspended after standoff

March 29, 2025

Standoff near LAX connected to shooting of Santa Monica College employee

October 16, 2024

Iran ready to end nuclear standoff with West, President Pezeshkian tells UNGA

September 25, 2024

The internet thinks this video from Gaza is AI. Here’s how we proved it isn’t.
New video posted to social media from southern Gaza became the center of a heated internet debate about whether it was generated using artificial intelligence. The video, which started circulating Tuesday, shows a person in a camouflage-print face covering and baseball cap making a heart sign and a “shaka” sign with their hands in front…
U.S. will ‘aggressively’ revoke Chinese students’ visas, Rubio says
HONG KONG — The United States will start “aggressively” revoking the visas of Chinese students, Secret of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. The announcement is the latest move in the Trump administration’s campaign against U.S. universities and international students in particular,…
Trump administration ties bitcoin to US-China rivalry amid regulation revamp
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Bitcoin, once the symbol of decentralized, nongovernment digital assets, is now emerging as a chip in geopolitics, with the Trump administration calling for supporters to buy and hold the cryptocurrency as a way to outcompete China. Speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance…
China host Pacific island countries’ envoys as Taiwan issue looms
SYDNEY — China’s top diplomat host Pacific island leaders on Wednesday as Beijing seeks to weaken Taiwan’s diplomatic standing in the region. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with 11 of his counterparts and representatives from Beijing-friendly Pacific countries at the third China-Pacific Island Countries (PICs) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in the southern city of Xiamen.
Jayden Reed said meeting with Packers was “misinterpreted”
Jayden Reed met with the media for the first time since his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, talked to the Packers to discuss the wide receiver’s role. Reed said he knew about the meeting beforehand, but he he wasn’t worried about his standing with the team after the draft. The Packers selected Matthew Golden in the first…
Analysts query impact as ASEAN-Gulf-China summit breaks new ground
KUALA LUMPUR — As leaders from Southeast Asia, the Gulf, and China gathered in Kuala Lumpur for their first trilateral summit this week, Malaysia seized the moment to showcase ASEAN’s growing diplomatic reach. Diversify to strengthen the region’s resilience was the host’s underlying theme.
Bank of Korea cuts key rate as growth expectations wane
SEOUL — South Korea’s central bank cut its key policy rate 25 basis points to 2.50% on Thursday as it seeks to boost flagging growth. Last month, at the previous rate-setting meeting, the Bank of Korea held the rate steady at 2.75%, flagging uncertainty “due to changes in U.S. tariff policies,” and “the high volatility of exchange rates and the…
China’s ‘colonial boarding schools’ erode Tibetan identity, report says
TOKYO — An activist group that exposed the proliferation of what it calls China’s “colonial boarding schools” in Tibet four years ago has published new findings, documenting how they erode the Tibetan language, culture and identity. The Tibet Action Institute on Thursday published a report titled “‘When They Came to Take Our Children’: China’s Colonial…
Mushroom-tripping hikers mistakenly report a companion’s death, officials say
NORTH ELBA, N.Y. — Two hikers in New York’s Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken, officials said Wednesday. A state forest ranger responded to a call Saturday about a hiker who had reportedly died on…