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Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding

More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as U.S. President Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.

April 16, 2025 9:55 am
 

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Rahul Gandhi and his mother accused of money laundering

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia, the most senior members of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, have been accused in a money laundering case by the country’s financial crimes agency, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday.

April 16, 2025 8:57 am
 

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Top Hegseth adviser put on leave in Pentagon leak probe

One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.

April 16, 2025 7:53 am
 

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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.

April 15, 2025 4:52 pm
 

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New Zealand, US partnership remains important, says NZ Foreign Minister

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.

April 15, 2025 3:34 pm
 

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Hungary's parliament votes to limit rights of dual nationals and LGBTQ+

Hungary’s parliament has backed a range of constitutional amendments which will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and dual nationals.

April 15, 2025 1:23 pm
 

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China and Vietnam sign deals

China’s President Xi Jinping called on Monday for stronger ties with Vietnam on trade and supply chains amid disruptions caused by U.S. tariffs, as he attended the signing in Hanoi of dozens of cooperation agreements between the two communist-run nations.

April 15, 2025 12:13 pm
 

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Trump administration wants to halve State Department budget

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to halve the State Department budget, cutting more than $30 billion, in fiscal 2026, four U.S. officials familiar with the plan said on Monday – a massive reduction that could see nearly 30 U.S. missions shut down and foreign aid slashed by nearly 75%.

April 15, 2025 11:11 am
 

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China’s aircraft maintenance hub setting benchmarks

China’s first “one-stop” aircraft maintenance industrial base located near Haikou Meilan International Airport in Hainan Province is setting new benchmarks in the aviation world.

April 15, 2025 11:08 am
 

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Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover

Between 60,000 and 80,000 households – or up to 400,000 people, – have been displaced from Sudan’s Zamzam camp in North Darfur after it was taken over by the Rapid Support Forces, according to data from the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration.

April 15, 2025 10:24 am
 

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Trump administration cancels $3 billion climate-friendly farming program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration.

April 15, 2025 10:20 am
 

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Israeli makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim

Mediator Egypt has presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said on Monday, but a senior Hamas official said at least two elements of the proposal were non-starters.

April 15, 2025 9:34 am

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