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April 15, 2025 3:06 PM

Harvard rejects Trump demands, gets hit by $2.3 billion funding freeze

Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands from the Trump administration that it said would cede control of the school to a conservative government that portrays universities as dangerously leftist. Within hours of Harvard taking its stand, the adm...

April 14, 2025 5:59 PM

Japan says no plan for big concessions in talks on US tariffs

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday his country does not plan to make big concessions and won't rush to reach a deal in upcoming tariff negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Japan, a long-time U.S. ally, h...

April 14, 2025 12:35 PM

South Korea begins criminal insurrection trial of ousted president Yoon

South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat" as he appeared in court on Monday for the start of a criminal trial over charges that he led an insurrection. The martia...

April 14, 2025 11:15 AM

Trump in excellent health, cholesterol well controlled, says White House physician

President Donald Trump remains in excellent health and his high cholesterol is "well controlled," White House physician U.S. Navy Captain Sean Barbella said in a report released on Sunday, two days after Trump underwent a routine physical. The repor...

April 14, 2025 10:14 AM

Japan PM warns US tariffs have potential to disrupt global economic order

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that U.S. tariffs have the potential to disrupt the global economic order, issuing his strongest warning to date about the damage President Donald Trump's decisions could inflict on the world econ...

April 13, 2025 6:44 PM

Ukraine says 21 killed by Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy

At least 21 people were killed and 83 others were wounded by a Russian ballistic missile strike in the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday morning, Ukraine's interior minister Ihor Klymenko said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy cond...

April 13, 2025 1:52 PM

WHO members close to accord on tackling future pandemics

Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday. The pact, whi...

April 12, 2025 7:45 PM

Global Justice, Love & Peace Summit opens in Dubai with historic assembly of Nobel Laureates

The Global Justice, Love & Peace Summit opened today at Expo City Dubai, marking what organizers describe as the world’s largest peace conference. Twelve Nobel Peace Prize laureates shared a single stage, joined by global leaders, policymakers,...

April 12, 2025 4:30 PM

Israeli forces have completed encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, military says

Israeli forces have completed the encirclement of Gaza's Rafah, the military said on Saturday, part of an announced plan to seize more areas of the enclave, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population. The military has issued repeated e...

April 12, 2025 9:42 AM

Iran, US to start talks in Oman under shadow of regional conflict

Iran and the United States will hold high-level talks in Oman on Saturday aimed at jump-starting negotiations over Tehran's fast-advancing nuclear programme, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening military action if there is no deal. Iran is a...

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