How new federal rules could boost for-profit colleges despite quality concerns. (AI Image) President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to redirect federal funding from elite universities like Harvard to trade schools signals a significant shift in the US higher education landscape. While Trump lacks the direct authority to reroute the $3 billion in research grants appropriated…
A sense of unease intensified in Bangladesh overnight amid protests in the civil administration and the business sector over the policies of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. The mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper carried a report headlined “protests in the secretariat, NBR turned dysfunctional, Nagar Bhan under lock and key”, referring to an…
US universities brace for losses as Europe attracts global talent and Trump policies deter students. (AI Image) For decades, international studentshave been a vital part of the US higher education system, contributing not only to academic diversity but also to the country’s economy. In the 2023–24 academic year alone, foreign students brought in over $43…
Follow live updates on Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. Months before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope, a social media account under his name expressed criticism of Vice President JD Vance, sharing an article that called the vice president’s interpretation of Christian doctrine “wrong.” The piece, published in The National…
In the sprawling flatlands of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, near the small town of Give, a family-owned company called Welcon has been gearing up to build giant, cylindrical wind turbine towers for a multibillion-dollar project. The project, a wind farm called Empire Wind, is being built by the Norwegian energy giant Equinor in the waters off…
Donald Trump and Jerome Powell US President Donald Trump is taking credit for any signs of economic strength in the US while blaming President Joe Biden for recent weaknesses, including the first-quarter contraction in GDP. In a wide-ranging interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump also lobbed fresh criticism at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…
Warren E. Buffett took a shot at President Trump’s efforts to use tariffs to batter global commerce on Saturday, as his $1.1 trillion conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, braced for potential hits from American trade policies. “Trade should not be a weapon,” Mr. Buffett said at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, a perennially popular event that has been…
The Trump administration is weighing a range of proposals aimed at encouraging Americans to marry and have more children, signalling a growing openness to a new cultural agenda focused on reversing the country’s declining birth rate. In recent weeks, White House aides have met with policy advocates and conservative groups aligned with what is known…
Chinese app TikTok mock US customers amid tariff war US TikTok users are increasingly encountering a surge of videos from Chinese content creators encouraging Americans to purchase goods directly from Chinese factories—an apparent strategy to sidestep the Trump administration’s tariffs. These viral clips, often filmed at manufacturing facilities purportedly producing for major US brands like…
It has been a chaotic few weeks in geopolitics. At the beginning of the month, President Trump announced tariffs that threw the global economy into turmoil. Investors panicked, stock markets plunged, and analysts predicted an imminent recession. Mr. Trump insisted that he would not change course, even as trillions of dollars in market value vaporized….