Live by the EO … die by the EO. Or so the Supreme Court says today, anyway — to the extent they said much at all. In an unsigned order that seven of the justices backed, the court stayed a district court decision that prevented the Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from...
President Donald Trump’s administration can temporarily revoke the legal status of over 500,000 migrants living in the US, the US Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The ruling put on hold a previous federal judge’s order stopping the administration from ending the “parole” immigration programme, established by former President Joe Biden. The programme protected immigrants fleeing...
BBC Five other beaches in Torbay also earned the award for 2025, including Broadsands Beach and Torre Abbey Sands A popular shingle beach has won an internationally recognised Blue Flag award for the 38th year in a row. Oddicombe Beach in Torquay has been featured by the programme, which recognises well-managed beaches with excellent water...
Nomia Iqbal and Cai Pigliucci BBC News, Buffalo, New York The BBC’s Nomia Iqbal asks Charl Kleinhaus about his refugee status in the US and about being called a “coward” Last week, 46-year-old Charl Kleinhaus was living on his family farm in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. With its scenic beauty, wildlife and deep canyons, it’s...
Something tells me that the foreign-student agitator issue won’t trouble Columbia University for long. They may not get the chance to be troubled by foreign students at all after yesterday’s disgraceful paroxysm of anti-Semitic intimidation and violence. As both John and David have already recounted, pro-Hamas demonstrators seized control of yet another building on the...
Democrats have urged the IRS internal watchdog to probe whether Trump targeting Harvard’s tax-exempt status is illegal. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he intends to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, despite the university’s recent moves to comply with many of the administration’s demands. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt...
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it was revoking the Temporary Protected Status — or TPS — for thousands of immigrants from Cameroon and Afghanistan who are currently living and working in the United States. The move, the latest attempt by the administration to roll back protections for migrants in the U.S. who cannot...
Getty Images The Indian pot belly – once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability – has long been a target of satire and social commentary. In literature, it quietly signalled comfort or complacency; in films, it became a shorthand for the lazy official, gluttonous uncle, or a corrupt policeman. Cartoons exaggerated it to...
The International Cricket Council is being lobbied to make T10 an officially recognised format in the future. Sources have told BBC Sport at least two full members are pushing for the ICC to consider granting List A status to T10 franchise domestic competitions. The inclusion of the format would enable the statistics from sanctioned T10...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London Regan Morris BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images Thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians will have their temporary deportation protections terminated, the US Department of Homeland Security has said. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found the conditions in Afghanistan and Cameroon no longer merited US protections, according to a statement from...
Exeter’s role as a UNESCO City of Literature has inspired a new book written by students from the city’s university. UNESCO Cities of Literature – published on 6 March, World Book Day – was written by University of Exeter MA Publishing students. The collection spotlights the different ways the UNESCO network – which comprises fifty-three...