Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow and Beijing stand firmly against what he called “discriminatory” sanctions in global trade, accusing the West of undermining global development with restrictive measures. In a written interview with China’s state-run Xinhua news agency published on Saturday, Putin said the two countries would push to cut barriers in their booming…
Harvard University is under mounting pressure from its own community to walk away from a potential settlement with the Trump administration that critics say could undermine academic freedom and set a dangerous precedent for higher education, The Harvard Crimson reported.A letter signed by more than 14,000 students, faculty, alumni, and members of the public was…
Explosions were heard early Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, residents said, two weeks after India vowed to retaliate against Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than two dozen civilians. Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani part of the disputed territory of Kashmir, also reported hearing jets flying above. They…
President Trump’s executive order to defund NPR and PBS was met with fiery pushback on Friday, as the organizations challenged the legality of the move and said it could jeopardize access to vital information. The order issued late Thursday instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which receives and distributes over $500 million in taxpayer money…
Churchill Brothers were on Saturday belatedly declared I-League champions, earning promotion to the Indian Super League, after the AIFF Appeals Committee ruled against second-placed Inter Kashi, who have now vowed to challenge the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. “As per an order received from the AIFF Appeals Committee on Saturday, April 19,…
The Houthi militia in Yemen has vowed to retaliate after President Trump ordered large-scale military strikes on targets controlled by the group that it says killed at least 31 people. The group, which is backed by Iran, said that women and children were among those killed in the strikes on Saturday, the most significant U.S….
In his first meeting with top executives from PepsiCo, W.K. Kellogg, General Mills and other large companies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, bluntly told them that a top priority would be eliminating artificial dyes from the nation’s food supply. At the Monday meeting, Mr. Kennedy emphasized that it was a “strong desire and…
When Son Jun-ho, a key midfielder for South Korea’s World Cup soccer team, signed with a Chinese club, he was an indication of China’s ambition to dominate the world’s most popular sport. But after Chinese police officers detained him two years later, accusing him of bribery and match-fixing, he became a symbol of a different…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent the first day of his back-to-back confirmation hearings deftly avoiding questions about his views on vaccines. On the second day, when a prominent Republican senator insisted there was no link between vaccines and autism, Mr. Kennedy shot back that a new study “showed the opposite.” “I just want to follow…
Germany’s economic growth shrank for a second straight year in 2024, data released Wednesday showed. How to revive it this year has become a central issue as voters prepare to go to the polls next month to elect a new government. Manufacturing of automobiles and machinery fell sharply last year, as increased competition, especially from…