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Getty Images Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House’s sweeping list of demands The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, after the institution said it would not bow to demands from Donald Trump’s administration. The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make … Read more

Chinese online retail giants Shein and Temu have warned US customers that goods will get pricier from next week, after President Donald Trump imposed hefty tariffs on goods from China. In almost identical statements, the rival companies said they have seen operating expenses rise “due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs”, adding … Read more

Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu BBC News, Washington Watch: White House says man mistakenly deported to El Salvador will ‘never’ live in US again The White House has dug in on its refusal to return a man who US officials have acknowledged was wrongly deported last month from Maryland to an El Salvador mega-prison. Press secretary Karoline … Read more

The leaders of Canada’s four major federal parties have been grilled about their response to US President Donald Trump and clashed over energy and housing in their first televised debate of the country’s election campaign. The French-language face-off marked a key moment in the election as it gave leaders a chance to woo voters in … Read more

Spanish police uncovered an illegal underground shooting range during a search of a home in the southern province of Granada. They suspect the range, located three floors underground, was operated by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms being supplied to drug gangs. Police said neighbours could not hear guns being … Read more

Stephen McDonell China correspondent BBC/Benjamin Begley The ‘silver train’ initiative aims to get retirees to visit remote parts of China and boost the local economy Beijing insists it will stand firm in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods. It has been trying to reassure everyone that the country is strong and the … Read more

Nora Aunor, one of the Philippines’ most celebrated film stars, has died at the age of 71. Ms Aunor’s death on Wednesday was announced by her children on social media, but no further details were provided about her cause of death. “She touched generations with her unmatched talent, grace, and passion for the craft. Her … Read more

Getty Images Neodymium is used to make the powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives As the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two countries are imposing on one another. But slapping reciprocal tariffs on Washington is not … Read more

Neyaz Farooquee BBC News, Delhi Getty Images Waqf disputes can stem from a number of reasons A controversial new law introduced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has put the spotlight on waqf, or properties donated by Indian Muslims over centuries. Waqf is a tradition across many Muslim-majority countries, where these properties are used … Read more

Community members from all ages in the small town of Chelsea, Michigan, a small town of 5,000 people, rallied to help a bookshop move to a new location by forming a human chain. A total of 9,100 books were moved one-by-one to the new retail space, about a block away.