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US judge blocks Trump order banning foreign students at Harvard University
US judge blocks Trump order banning foreign students at Harvard University Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 16:02 The Ivy League school had sued in response, saying unenrolling international students wipes out 25 percent of student body Demonstrators rally at a protest organised by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard University leadership to resist interference by the federal government in Cambridge,...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:
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Harvard sues Trump administration over its ban on enrolment of foreign students
Federal suit calls move βblatant violationβ of constitutional rights with βdevastating effectβ on university and over 7,000 visa holders.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dies at age 81
One of Brazil's most famous artists, Salgadoβs life and work were portrayed in the 2014 documentary film βThe Salt of the Earth," co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:States, Environmentalists Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging
Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and more than a half dozen environmental groups have alleged in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has indefinitely and unlawfully frozen funds for a nationwide electric vehicle program. The complaint was filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Plaintiffsβ attorneys are asking the judge to require [β¦]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Josh Paul resigned over Gaza. What comes next?
Why resigning from the US government wasnβt enough for one official who stepped down.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Watch officer of ship that crashed into garden fell asleep, police say
Police say the ship's watch officer admitted to being asleep during the incident in Norway.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Budget airline Ryanair denies claims it will soon offer 'cheaper standing seats'
A series of recurring viral posts has falsely claimed that Ryanair and other low budget airlines will soon use 'standing' saddle seats, though the airline has denied this.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:US judge blocks Trump effort to bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students
The court injunction comes as the school launches a lawsuit calling Trump's actions a 'blatant violation' of its rights.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Judge blocks Trump ban on Harvard foreign student enrollment
A judge has blocked the White House's bid to halt Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students after the school sued the Trump administration. Harvard called the revocation a "blatant violation" of the US Constitution.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Rayner vs the UK Treasury: the βchaotic bunfightβ to secure cash for vital services
Deputy PMβs push comes as multiple Whitehall departments jostle for funding ahead of Spending Review
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Brazilian documentary photographer SebastiΓ£o Salgado dies aged 81
His 'Terra' institute released the information about the death of the photographer best known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:From fringe to federal: The rise of eugenicist thinking in US policy
Trumpβs inner circle is mainstreaming ideas that threaten the disabled, the elderly and the poor.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Congo-Kinshasa: As More People Are Driven From Their Homes In DRC Food Insecurity Worsens, Creating Heightened Humanitarian Needs Regionally
[WFP] Kinshasa -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the sheer scale of people being displaced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to escalating conflict, is pushing food insecurity to crisis proportions and deepening an already strained humanitarian response both internally and across the region.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:UK condemns arson attacks by masked Israeli settlers on town in West Bank
UK condemns arson attacks by masked Israeli settlers on town in West Bank The UK condemned Israeli settler arson attacks on the town of Bruqin, in the occupied West Bank, where 150 masked settlers set Palestinian homes and cars ablaze on Thursday evening. Palestinians were injured during the attacks. βUK condemns the latest appalling settler attacks in Bruqin,β the British Consulate General in Jerusalem said on X. β...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to prevent foreign students from enrolling at Harvard
Harvard filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts earlier Friday.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Fifth Round of Iran-U.S. Talks Conclude in Rome
Oman played the role of indirect mediator throughout the negotiations. On Friday, Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi announced that the fifth round of negotiations between Iran and the United States concluded in Rome, with limited but inconclusive progress. RELATED: U.S. Launches Endless War to Plunder Othersβ Resources: Pezeshkian βWe hope [β¦]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:DR Congo's parliament votes to lift immunity of former President Joseph Kabila
Current leader Felix Tshisekedi accuses his predecessor of helping the M23 rebels in the war-torn east of the country, allegations Kabila denies.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Ukraine, Russia begin what is expected to be largest prisoner swap since 2022 invasion
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Latest news bulletin | May 23rd β Evening
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Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Consequences be damned
But we suffer even if we did not make the decision β like not having water or electricity for 48 hours
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Amid the Devastating Cuts to US Aid, Can Australia Step up?
Local staff and their partners face the greatest challenges from reduced U.S. funding. Australia should focus its efforts here.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Ukraine and Russia take part in biggest prisoner swap since 2022 invasion
They each handed over 270 servicemen and 120 civilians on the Ukrainian border with Belarus.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:From Rhetoric to Reality: China-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic Accelerates
What began as political signaling is now becoming reality.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Iran, US finish latest round of nuclear negotiations, enrichment key issue
The talks seek to limit Tehranβs nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of some of the crushing economic sanctions the US has imposed on the nation.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Omani mediator says Iran-U.S. talks made ‘some but not conclusive progress’
Iran and the United States made βsome but not conclusive progressβ Friday in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome overTehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, the talks' Omani mediator said.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:'We did not sign up for this': Harvard's foreign students are stuck and scared
Harvard has around 6,800 foreign students currently - a third are from China, and more than 700 are Indian.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:OnlyFans has a shot at ditching its not-safe-for-finance image
Any buyer would be betting on reinvention, or at least diversification
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:JBS says shareholders approve US listing for worldβs largest meatpacker
Green light overcomes opposition from environmental and governance advocates
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Kallas backs North Macedonia's EU membership progress despite ongoing obstacles
The EU foreign policy chief expressed strong support for North Macedonia's EU integration on Friday, praising its progress and urging continued reforms amid geopolitical tensions.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Itβs Time for a New Global Arms Control Regime
Rather than resume nuclear testing, the Trump administration ought to strive to revive the moribund arms control regime.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Iran and U.S. hold a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issue
U.S. officials up to President Donald Trump insist Iran cannot continue to enrich uranium at all in any deal that could see sanctions lifted on Tehran's struggling economy. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi early Friday insisted online that no enrichment would mean βwe do NOT have a deal.β
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Throwing a party in an Airbnb this summer? Hereβs how the platform plans to stop you
Spain recently removed 65,000 Airbnb listings amid mounting backlash against the platform.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrolment at Harvard
Harvard said the US government's action came in retaliation for defying its political demands.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:New satellite photos show damaged North Korean warship
Kim Jong Un has called the shipyard accident a "criminal act" and vowed to find those responsible.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:15 aid trucks looted in Gaza, says UN, amid dozens more deaths in Israeli strikes
Raids were motivated by βhunger, desperation and anxietyβ, and support from the Israeli authorities is needed, the World Food Programme said.
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