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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 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 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 12, 2025 2:48 PM

Why does Trump want to make US daylight saving time permanent?

Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue. This twice-a-year ritual of adjusting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn has be...

April 11, 2025 2:50 PM

In the era of tariff wars, India is on the right side of economics

President Donald Trump’s second elevation to the White House has ushered a domino effect in the global markets. Swinging like a pendulum, the markets are surviving between news cycles dominated by announcements from the Oval Office. Within a week, ...

April 11, 2025 2:22 PM

Russia and US bring ballerina and tech smuggler back home in prisoner swap

A Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine landed in Washington on Thursday after being freed in exchange for a man the U.S. had accused of forming a global smuggling ring t...

April 11, 2025 3:43 PM

Trump’s week of tariff turmoil rings recession alarm

A week of turbulence unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with financial markets again whipsawing and foreign leaders grappling with how to respond to a dismantling of the world trade order....

April 11, 2025 2:43 PM

Iran is giving talks with US a ‘genuine chance’, foreign ministry says

Iran said on Friday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States on Saturday "a genuine chance", after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed. Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that Washington and...

April 11, 2025 11:52 AM

Trump’s tariff pause brings little relief as recession risk lingers

A week of turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with markets again tumbling and foreign leaders trying to work out how to respond to a dismantling of the world trade order. Battered financ...

April 10, 2025 9:17 PM

India defies global office rental slump, clocks double-digit growth: Report

While global office rental markets continue to face headwinds, India’s office sector is bucking the trend with sustained growth in office leasing and rentals, according to a report by real estate firm Vestian released on Thursday. According to the...

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