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The secretary of state suggested that the US can revoke an immigrant’s legal status when they participate in protests that “severely undermine” “core American interests and American citizens.”
https://vanityfair.com/news/story/marco-rubio-basically-admitted-why-the-trump-administration-arrested-columbia-student-mahmoud-khalil Africa’s youngest leader is the face of the continent’s changing geopolitics | Middle East & Africa
https://economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/04/10/meet-ibrahim-traore-burkina-fasos-retro-revolutionary Maine officials said Friday the state will not comply with a ban on transgender athletes in high school sports in the wake of a Trump administration finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing the students ...
https://cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/transgender-sports-ban-trump-maine-doj/index.html The US Army’s base in El Paso, Texas — Fort Bliss — has been chosen as a site to detain and house potentially thousands of migrants, and contracts have already been signed to start the construction of migrant facilities on t...
https://cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/texas-army-base-migrants/index.html A heated email exchange between Richard Grenell, the interim head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and one of its artists left the musician “shocked” by what she called a “bizarre” interaction.
https://cnn.com/2025/04/10/politics/richard-grenell-kennedy-center-yasmin-williams-emails/index.html
Economy
After over a decade of civil war, and several months since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, small investments by Syrian families signal hope for the economy’s future.
https://csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0411/syria-economy-inflation-sanctions Markets are rattled as President Donald Trump’s trade policies stoke uncertainty about the global economy and a trade war with China escalates. Follow for live news updates.
https://cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-news-administration-tariffs-04-11-25/index.html Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.
https://cnn.com/2025/04/11/economy/us-consumer-sentiment-april/index.html President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China and the European Union must "jointly resist unilateral bullying", after a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing. Sanchez's visit…
https://france24.com/en/economy/20250411-live-eu-china-must-resist-unilateral-bullying-xi-tells-spain-s-sanchez Get the latest news on Canada from Mail Online.
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Tech
In David Cronenberg’s latest film, billed as his most personal work, Vincent Cassel, who stars alongside Diane Kruger and Guy Pearce, plays a grieving husband who has devised a novel way of never letting go, Justin Chang writes.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/the-shrouds-movie-review Will they become redundant as the technology develops? | International
https://economist.com/international/2025/04/10/there-is-a-vast-hidden-workforce-behind-ai Many African satellite city projects have aimed too high, and failed to launch. But one such project in Kenya, Tatu City, is bucking the odds.
https://csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2025/0411/tatu-city-konza-technopolis-kenya Follow FRANCE 24’s coverage of events in Paris and across France, Corsica and the French overseas territories. An insider look at French politics, culture, society, technology and sport through on-the-ground…
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Sports
Maine officials said Friday the state will not comply with a ban on transgender athletes in high school sports in the wake of a Trump administration finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing the students ...
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https://breitbart.com/news/topic/sports-2/ The Masters second round is coming to a close Friday and some big names are flirting with the projected cut line at Augusta. Here are live updates:
https://usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/masters/2025/04/11/masters-cut-updates-friday-leaderboard/83046644007/
Space
FRANCE 24’s analyses of the economic events and technological innovations shaping our world, including economic trends, energy markets, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and space exploration.
https://france24.com/en/business-tech/ The commander of the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland recently visited by Vice President JD Vance was removed from command on Thursday due to a "loss of confidence."
https://abcnews.go.com/International/commander-us-base-greenland-fired-email-critical-vance/story?id=120705531 Alexey Zubritsky, 32, is listed as a deserter by Ukraine and was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison. Officials say he abandoned his post after Russia seized Crimea in 2014.
https://humanevents.com/2025/04/10/ukrainian-pilot-defects-to-russia-flies-to-international-space-station-with-russian-crew The Blue Origin flight on Monday is fueled by some dubious claims.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/katy-perry-space-flight-jeff-bezos-blue-origin.html From breaking news to in-depth analysis and opinion on breakthroughs in science, medicine, space, and more, stay informed with the latest innovation news from The Daily Beast.
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