The Trump administration will direct US federal agencies to review their grants to Harvard University to potentially end or redistribute funding, as part of the White House’s escalating battle with America’s oldest university. The Government Services Agency (GSA) plans to circulate a letter to agencies “asking them to identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the annual National Memorial Day Observance in the Memorial Amphitheater, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 26, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was monitoring “positive” steps in trade talks with the European Union, after he agreed to delay a 50%…
Álvarez-Alonso et al The pebble on the left, before it was excavated, and on the right after being unearthed. Scientists in Spain say they have discovered the oldest full human fingerprint after unearthing a rock which they say resembles a human face and suggests Neanderthals could make art. A Neanderthal man is believed to have…
A 50-year-old legal precedent blocking parents from claiming childcare fees as a tax deduction will be challenged in a major test high court case. Since 1971, deductions for childcare fees have been denied by the Australian Taxation Office following the case of Ann Margaret Lodge, a single mother and law clerk who worked mostly from…
This article contains distressing descriptions of death Swedish authorities have charged a convicted terrorist over the 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned to death in Syria. Osama Krayem, 32 – a Swedish citizen – was on Tuesday charged with war and terrorism crimes relating to the death of Moaz al-Kasasbeh. Krayem is…
The EU executive has launched an investigation into four pornographic websites over alleged failure to prevent children from seeing adult content. After analysis of company policies, the European Commission accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of failing to have effective age verification measures to stop minors accessing their content. The investigation was opened under the…
The National Public Radio (NPR) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images National Public Radio on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump over his executive order to cease all federal funding for the nonprofit broadcaster. Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections of speech…
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his…
Sweden-based car maker Volvo Cars says it will cut around 3,000 jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures. The firm says the layoffs will mainly impact office-based positions in Sweden, representing about 15% of its white collar workforce. Last month, Volvo Cars, which is owned by Chinese group Geely Holding, announced an 18 billion Swedish…
Four people are still “very, very ill in hospital” after a car ploughed into fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory, the city’s metro mayor has said. A 53-year-old British man from the Liverpool area, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, was arrested after the “horrific” incident in Water Street in the heart of…
