Columbia University caves to demands to restore $400m from Trump administration

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Measures include empowering security officers to arrest people, and reassigning control of Middle East department

Columbia University has yielded to a series of changes demanded by the Trump administration as a pre-condition for restoring $400m in federal funding the government pulled this month amid allegations that the school tolerated antisemitism on campus.

The university released a memo outlining its agreement with Donald Trump’s administration hours before an extended deadline set by the government was to expire.

Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Move takes effect on 24 April as president weighs also stripping parole status from some 240,000 Ukrainians in US

Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, in the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration.

It will be effective on 24 April.

Australian tourist killed and two injured as snorkelling boat capsizes off Bali

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Boat carrying 13 people capsizes in rough seas while travelling to island of Nusa Penida

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A snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman and injuring two others, police said.

The Sea Dragon boat was on its way from a port in Bali to Nusa Penida, a popular tiny island near Bali, when it was overwhelmed by high waves, local police spokesperson Agus Widiono said.

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Tense protests grow in Turkey over Istanbul mayor’s detention – Reuters

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Tense protests grow in Turkey over Istanbul mayor's detention Reuters
Thousands rally in Istanbul as Erdogan issues warning against protests over mayor’s arrest The Associated Press
Violent clashes as Turkey protests continue over detention of Erdogan’s main political rival CNN
Turkey's market rout worsens amid protests, worst stock slump since 2008 Reuters
Thousands join march in Turkiye’s Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest Al Jazeera English

Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in ramp up against Houthis – POLITICO

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

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US to deploy second aircraft to Middle East as it preps increased military force posture Al Arabiya English

London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power – The Washington Post

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power The Washington Post
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London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport The Associated Press
Sheriff Eric Flowers speaks on 2nd arrest made in fatal home invasion Yahoo

Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized – ScienceAlert

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5

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Oleg Gordievsky, the UK’s most significant cold war double agent inside the KGB, has died at his home in Surrey aged 86.

Gordievsky, who would eventually defect to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure, was considered a key agent operating for the UK’s intelligence services working within the Soviet Union.

What challenges lie ahead for the new IOC president?

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport.

Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Travel advice updated amid reports of ordeals at US border after Trump said country would only recognise two genders

Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.

Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would be no issues with travel documents.

Rubio slams CNN report he’s ‘frustrated’ by Witkoff’s role – The Hill

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

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Hundreds arrested in third night of Turkey protests

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Police arrested Istanbul's mayor, a key opposition figure, on Wednesday, sparking protests.

Three people die attempting to cross US-Mexico border amid California storm

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Admin

Authorities found two men and one woman dead in Otay Mountain wilderness due to harsh terrain and cold weather

Three people died last week as they attempted to cross the US-Mexico border near San Diego, California, amid a storm that brought near freezing temperatures to the challenging mountain terrain, according to the US border patrol.

Border patrol agents responding to two separate distress calls – that came within less than an hour of each other on 14 March – discovered two men and one woman deceased in the Otay Mountain wilderness area, the agency said in a statement. The following evening authorities responded to another call from someone stranded in the mountains with a broken ankle, according to the statement.