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WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday (May 28) that the US will start revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. US President Donald Trump’s administration will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields”, Rubio said in a statement. He added that the department will also revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from China and Hong Kong. The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond…

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Rep. Ted Lieu says it’s not “unreasonable” to think impeachment inquiry could begin in the fall – CBS News Watch CBS News On “The Takeout” this week, Major Garrett talks with Rep. Ted Lieu, who questioned former special counsel Robert Mueller during his testimony this week. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

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The U.S. Coast Guard is warning beachgoers to “remain clear” if they come across a silver-shaped cylinder along the shoreline, as it could be an armed flare.Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan said in a statement three phosphorus pyrotechnic flares were unaccounted for after a joint military exercise with the Coast Guard and Air Force earlier this month offshore Milwaukee. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan issued a warning for three missing phosphorus pyrotechnic flares. (Ninth Coast Guard District)SEVERAL PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED IN FLORIDA AFTER COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO SEPARATE HOLIDAY BOATING INCIDENTSDuring the exercise, four phosphorus pyrotechnics that were deployed did not…

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Canada’s gynecologists say COVID-19 vaccination “remains safe and strongly recommended” during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada issued the assurance Wednesday, a day after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a longtime anti-vaccine activist — declared the shot is no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women south of the border.Pregnant women who become infected with COVID-19 are at higher risk of severe illness requiring hospitalization and intensive care than women who are not pregnant, the SOGC said.Getting the COVID-19 vaccine also helps protect against serious complications associated with the virus,…

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The tax U-turn was then followed by a drive for savings that became almost comedic. Spending by ministries, agencies and local authorities was frozen; some offices switched off lights and suspended the use of elevators to save electricity. The president attacked some civil servants as “little kings” intent on stymying his agenda. If he cared so much about fiscal probity, wouldn’t it have been better to let the broad VAT hike proceed? The government looked like it didn’t know what it was doing. Instead of emphasising stability, a hallmark of Indonesian economic policy in the decades since the Asian financial…

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Cassie Ventura on alleged Diddy abuse Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to question Cassie Ventura after emotional testimony 03:27 R&B singer Cassie Ventura, the ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, gave birth to her third child two weeks after serving as a key witness for the prosecution in the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial. Deonte Nash, Combs’ stylist, confirmed Cassie had a baby during court on Wednesday as he testified during the ongoing trial. He said he called Ventura on Tuesday to congratulate her. Cassie Ventura cries on stand during Sean “Diddy” Combs trial on May 13, 2025.  Jane Rosenberg Ventura, now married…

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At least 10 Palestinians desperately seeking aid from a contentious and heavily criticised United States-backed organisation have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office. The updated toll on Wednesday comes a day after a harrowing video showed thousands of starving Palestinians rushing to get aid, with many of them herded into cage-like lines, from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution point in Rafah in southern Gaza. In a statement, the Government Media Office said Israeli forces “opened direct fire on hungry Palestinian civilians who had gathered to…

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