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The Ivy League school has filed suit to halt a US federal freeze on more than $2.2bn in grants.Harvard University has sued US President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the government’s pause of more than $2bn in funding for the US educational institution. “Over the course of the past week, the federal government has taken several actions following Harvard’s refusal to comply with its illegal demands,” Harvard President Alan Garber said in a statement on Monday. “Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze because it is unlawful and beyond the government’s authority,” Garber said. Among the…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff is moving to a new role at the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CBS News — the latest staffing shift after days of upheaval, after multiple top Hegseth aides were fired late last week.Chief of staff Joe Kasper will now work at the Department of Defense as a special government employee handling „special projects,“ the official said, adding, „Secretary Hegseth is thankful for his continued leadership and work to advance the America First agenda.“Kasper’s impending departure from the chief of staff role was first reported by Politico.The Pentagon faced a staffing shakeup last…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at a company event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon has delayed some commitments around new data center leases, Wells Fargo analysts said Monday, the latest sign that economic concerns may be affecting tech companies‘ spending plans.A week ago, a Microsoft executive said the software company was slowing down or temporarily holding off on advancing early build-outs. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are the leading providers of cloud infrastructure, and both have ramped up their capital expenditures in recent quarters to meet the demands of the generative…

A female Texas deputy was shot Monday near the Harris County Family Law Center in downtown Houston and the suspect was also wounded, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said authorities received reports of a shooting at the Criminal Justice Complex at around 12:30 p.m. The injured Harris County Pct. 1 constable deputy, identified as Sheila Jones, was taken to the Memorial Hermann Medical Center by helicopter.TEXAS TRACK MEET STABBING SUSPECT TOLD RESPONDING OFFICERS HE ‘DID IT’: DOCS A deputy was shot Monday near the Harris County Family Law Center. (KRIV)Jones was working security at the Family Law Center when…

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 21, 2025 5:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province’s fire marshal is investigating after man was found dead in a limousine that caught on fire last week in Whitby, Ont. Durham Region police say officers responded to the scene near Consumers Drive and Brock Street just before 9 a.m. on Thursday to assist with a fire call. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. They say firefighters were on…

South Koreans are HODLing crypto assets worth around $73.4 billion on domestic crypto exchanges, the nation’s central bank has claimed.Busan Ilbo reported that the total market capitalization of the crypto held in domestic wallets surpassed the 100 trillion won mark ($70.5 billion) for the first time in December 2024, per Bank of Korea (BOK) data.Koreans HODLing Billions of Dollars on Domestic PlatformsThe BOK published the data in its latest payment settlement report. This, the media outlet noted, is the largest monthly total since the BOK began publishing crypto-related data.The historical headquarters of the Bank of Korea in Seoul, South Korea.…

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An emotional Anthony Albanese has paused campaigning as he remembered the “people’s pope”, reflecting on Pope Francis as “one of the most consequential leaders of this century and our lifetime”.Speaking in Melbourne the Prime Minister, who acknowledged a reluctance to talk about his religious faith in public despite his formative Catholic upbringing, said the pope will be mourned not just by Catholics but by people from all walks of life.“At times like this, I think what people do is draw on who they are. Catholicism is just a part of me,” he said.“And one of the things about the Holy…

US trade officials finalised steep tariff levels on most solar cells from Southeast Asia, a key step toward wrapping up a year-old trade case in which American manufacturers accused Chinese companies of flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods. The case was brought last year by Korea’s Hanwha Qcells, Arizona-based First Solar Inc and several smaller producers seeking to protect billions of dollars in investments in US solar manufacturing. The petitioner group, the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, accused big Chinese solar panel makers with factories in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam of shipping panels priced below their…

Calls for more aid, support for police amid surge in violence in the Caribbean nation since the end of last year.Haiti is approaching a “point of no return” as it struggles to respond to escalating gang violence, the top United Nations official in the country has said. Maria Isabel Salvador, the UN special representative to the Caribbean nation, delivered the warning to the UN Security Council on Monday. “As gang violence continues to spread to new areas of the country, Haitians experience growing levels of vulnerability and increasing scepticism about the ability of the state to respond to their needs,”…