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Harvard students march after Trump seeks to cut remaining contracts
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» CAMBRIDGE (UNITED STATES) — Harvard students protested Tuesday after the US government said it intends to cancel all remaining financial contracts with the university, President Donald Trump's latest attempt to force the prestigious institution to submit to unprecedented oversight.
Trump ramps up conflict against defiant Harvard
AFP, Published on 16/04/2025
» CAMBRIDGE (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip Harvard's tax-exempt status if the country's most famous educational establishment refuses to submit to wide-ranging government oversight.
US defence chief seeks to improve Cambodia ties
Reuters, Published on 04/06/2024
» US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Cambodia’s leaders on Tuesday and discussed resuming military training programmes, in a visit aimed at reversing gains made by China amid concern about its growing presence at a Cambodian naval base.
Chinese hospital boss linked to child kidnappings
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2023
» The head of a hospital in China has been detained as part of an investigation into whether it worked with gangs to give kidnapped youngsters new identities, China Central Television reported on Tuesday.
Survey of 30 years of Chinese students in US reflects pressures as well as satisfaction
Published on 14/09/2023
» Chinese students mostly have a fond impression of their time in the US, although they increasingly report experiences of discrimination and pressure to express certain political views, according to a survey of three decades of Chinese students in America released on Wednesday.
US probe opened over Harvard's 'legacy' admissions policy
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policy of giving family members of former students and donors preference in admissions decisions, documents showed Tuesday.
Japan's macho cheerleaders fight to save a tradition
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» TOKYO - They are drenched in sweat, their hands bloodied from clapping, and their voices hoarse from shouting -- meet Japan's predominantly male and unashamedly macho "leadership section" cheerleaders.
Fidel Ramos, who helped end Marcos dictatorship, dies at 94
Bloomberg, Published on 31/07/2022
» Fidel Ramos, the former Philippine president who was head of the national police under Ferdinand Marcos before defecting and joining the “People Power” protests that ousted the dictator in 1986, has died. He was 94.
Canada Indigenous schools abuse: a timeline
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» OTTAWA - For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a failed policy of assimilation.
With Tiananmen gatherings banned, Hong Kongers remember in private
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» HONG KONG - As Saturday night fell in Hong Kong, democracy activist Chiu Yan-loy turned off the lights, lit a number of candles and observed a moment of silence to commemorate those killed in China's Tiananmen crackdown 33 years ago.