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CHALLENGES As they race against time, rescuers in Myanmar are also operating under tough conditions. One of the challenges the team faced was the hot weather. “It is 41 degrees (Celsius), so we had to institute a certain work-rest cycle in order to keep ourselves going for the prolonged ops and we also need to hydrate ourselves very frequently,” said Col Tay. The contingent was also one of the first teams on the ground and was requested to start work immediately, so it had little time to set up and establish communication with its base camp, he said. However, the…

United States President Donald Trump’s administration will review billions of dollars in federal funding for Harvard University amid an ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses. This announcement comes amid similar negotiations between the Trump administration and Columbia University over $400m in federal funding for the New York-based Ivy League school. Columbia recently agreed to a series of demands from the administration in a bid to keep the funds flowing – but the US government has not confirmed whether it will restore the contracts and grants that it paused. Here is more about what is happening with Harvard: Why…

President Trump’s interest in closing down the Education Department was never front and center to any of his three White House campaigns, but his explanation for shuttering the agency has always remained consistent.“Move it back to the states,” Mr. Trump said in his third month as a candidate in 2015. In the final days of the 2024 race, he told supporters, “Your state is going to control your children’s education.”Very little control over education has ever resided with the federal government, which is mainly in charge of administering college loans and enforcing civil rights in schools. Even so, Mr. Trump…

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-promised “reciprocal” tariffs are set to be unveiled Wednesday, adding further uncertainty to the Canadian economy and global trade with the U.S. Many unknowns remain on the new policy, which Trump has taken to calling “Liberation Day” for the U.S., including what rates the tariffs will be at and whether Canada could see some relief.Trump and his administration also appear to have different views on how broad the policy will be. He told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that “all countries” will face the new tariffs — at least at first — after his…

The King has returned to public engagements for the first time since his short hospital stay after he experienced side effects from ongoing cancer treatment.Charles presided over investitures at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, including presenting TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh with a CBE for services to horticulture and charity.He was pictured smiling and shaking hands with recipients while also wielding the sword while knighting Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor.Other recipients on Tuesday included world heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson, made an MBE for services to athletics, and Matthew Magee, the King’s deputy private secretary, who was made a lieutenant of the Royal…

Manila, which has a mutual defence pact with Washington, has been engaged in months of confrontations with Beijing over disputed areas of the South China Sea. Beijing claims almost the entirety of the crucial waterway, despite an international ruling that its assertion has no merit. United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Manila last week and said that “friends need to stand shoulder to shoulder to deter conflict to ensure that there’s free navigation” in the South China Sea. At this month’s Balikatan exercises, US and Philippine troops will conduct a “full battle test” of “all of the plans, all…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — When Dawn Staley drew up South Carolina’s final offensive possession, the goal was simple: Get the ball to Chloe Kitts.Kitts, the 6-foot-2 junior post, was South Carolina’s best offensive weapon in the fourth quarter. She scored eight of her 14 points in that quarter, but for her final two, she didn’t want the ball.After South Carolina left the huddle, Kitts turned to point guard Ta-hina Paopao and asked her, “Can you get the ball? Can you get the ball?” Paopao was taken aback and denied Kitts’ request.“Girl, what? Go get the ball,” she told her.Kitts got the…

China launched military exercises pressing in on Taiwan on Tuesday, sending warships and fighter planes in what Beijing said was a warning to the island democracy’s president, Lai Ching-te, after he called China a “foreign hostile force.”Chinese land, navy, air and missile forces would “approach close” to Taiwan and practice “seizure of overall control, strikes on sea and land targets, and the blockade and control of key areas and lanes” at sea, Senior Col. Shi Yi, a spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army regional command that oversees Taiwan, said in a statement issued on Chinese state-run media.Sometimes, China’s military does…

Voters in two congressional districts in Florida head to the polls on Tuesday, as Republicans aim to keep control of both solidly red seats and give themselves slightly more breathing room in the House, where they hold a razor-thin majority.However, the Democratic Party candidates in the two special elections have vastly outraised the Republican nominees – thanks to an energized base eager to resist President Donald Trump and his sweeping and controversial agenda. The races, in Florida’s 1st and 6th Congressional Districts, which Trump carried by 37 and 30 points in last year’s presidential election, are being viewed as early referendums…