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US pushes to revoke scientific ruling that underpins climate regulations
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday moved to reverse a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and, more broadly, to combat climate change.
Columbia University to pay $200 million in clash with Trump
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» NEW YORK — Columbia University said Wednesday it will pay US$200 million to the US government after President Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding over what he said was its unwillingness to protect Jewish students.
China believes it is winning Trump's trade war
Oped, Published on 17/07/2025
» The most recent trade talks between the United States and China in Geneva and London provided little more than temporary relief in the conflict between the world's two largest economies. Despite US President Donald Trump's efforts to tout the stopgap measures as a "deal" that benefits America, China reads the scoreboard differently -- and believes it is winning. From its vantage point, it has weathered the storm and emerged more confident, more self-reliant, and more convinced that its long game is paying off.
Resetting development finance
Oped, Published on 03/07/2025
» At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development this week in Seville, delegates are calling for urgent action to fix a system that has stopped working. Prior to the third such gathering a decade ago, in Ethiopia, we had witnessed unprecedented advances towards reducing poverty, increasing school enrolment, and providing clean water worldwide. Today, however, progress is not only slowing but potentially stagnating -- or, worse, reversing.
Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» PARIS - Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it was the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools.
Pro-Palestinian protest leader details 104 days spent in US custody
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, recounted his experience surviving 104 days in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention after being targeted for deportation by the Trump administration.
Shrewsbury Bangkok Proves Thai Education Can Nurture Global Talent
Published on 09/06/2025
» As the world’s leading universities continue to attract talent from every corner of the globe, Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside has demonstrated that Thailand has the capacity to cultivate top-tier students who can compete with the best.
US Jewish groups wary of Trump’s war on anti-Semitism
AFP, Published on 07/06/2025
» NEW YORK - US Jewish groups are unified over the need to fight mounting anti-Semitic incidents across the country, but many are bitterly opposed to how President Donald Trump is seeking to counter the scourge.
Trump ban on Harvard foreign students’ US entry blocked for now
Published on 06/06/2025
» Harvard University won a temporary reprieve from President Donald Trump’s ban on its international students entering the US, a legal setback for the administration in its high-profile fight with the school.
Trump ramps up attacks on Harvard and Columbia
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ramped up his campaign against top US universities Wednesday, banning visas for all foreign students coming to attend Harvard and threatening to strip Columbia of its academic accreditation.