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Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funds after it rejects demands
The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the elite college rejected a list of demands from the White House. “Harvard’s statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges,” the Department of Education…
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El Salvador’s leader won’t return man deported from US in error
Watch: Bukele says he will not return Ábrego García to the US El Salvador will not return Kilmar Ábrego García, whom the US government deported to his home country where he is being held in a mega-prison. President Nayib Bukele made the comments during a meeting on Monday at the White House with Donald Trump,…
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Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 with breathing problems
Alfie Tobutt BBC World Service Getty Images The sandstorm blanketed parts of southern Iraq in an orange haze More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna province reported to the AFP news…
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What Trump really wants from Canada
BBC Machias Seal Island is a tiny dot on maps of North America. But the uninhabited, fogbound rock is significant for its location in an area known as the “Grey Zone” – the site of a rare international dispute between Canada and the United States. The two neighbours and long-time allies have each long laid…
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Couple arrested for breeding exotic cats in Spain
Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Guardia Civil Ministry of Interior Police say the couple’s activities were connected to a larger global trafficking organisation Spanish authorities have arrested a couple suspected of selling exotic cats online, including protected species like white tigers, pumas and clouded leopards. Civil Guard police raided the couple’s home on the island…
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More than 400 killed by rebel group in Sudan says UN
More than 400 people have been killed in recent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s Darfur region, says the UN citing “credible sources”. Last week, the RSF launched an intense ground and aerial assault on refugee camps surrounding the city of El-Fasher in an attempt to seize the last state capital…
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5.2 earthquake strikes California near San Diego
A 5.2 earthquake rattled San Diego, California, and the surrounding area on Monday afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at 10:08 local time (18:00 GMT) with an epicentre in Julian, California. The resort town is located in the Cuyamaca Mountains about an hour north-east of San Diego. Around two hours after…
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Katy Perry back on Earth after reaching space
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science reporter Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: Blue Origin launches an all-female crew into space Pop star Katy Perry and five other women safely returned to Earth after reaching space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket. The singer was joined by Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter…
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South Africa appoints special envoy to US to ease relations
South Africa has appointed a special envoy to the US in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries, which have worsened since Donald Trump’s return as president. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Mcebisi Jonas’s selection, adding that he would be “entrusted with [advancing] South Africa’s diplomatic, trade and bilateral priorities”. Jonas, a former deputy…
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Watch from launch to landing: All-female crew travels into space
Watch from launch to landing: All-female crew travels into space Source link
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