Fact check: Will ‘big beautiful bill’ really allow Trump to delay election? No, the US president would not be able to delay or cancel elections if his tax-and-spending bill becomes law. Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2025
Harvard battle is Trump’s ‘Mao moment’: lessons from China’s state-sanctioned university crackdown During the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong pushed for the closure of Chinese universities, seeing higher education as little more than a breeding ground for counterrevolutionary bourgeois intellectuals. After closing for a period, China’s universities reopened on a limited basis from 1970, with selection criteria based on class background, revolutionary… The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025
US presses NATO to agree defence spending hike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he thinks that the committment to the increased budget will happen this month. Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2025
Donald Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries US President Donald Trump has resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from… The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2025
Trump-Musk feud: Elon’s dad blames fight on fact both men are ‘tired and stressed’ Errol Musk said his son had “PTSD from the White House” and made a “mistake” by publicly challenging the president The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025
Are American Tariffs Hurting China? This Netizen is saying 'I Think We're Probably Doing Even Better' Chinese shoppers benefit from diversified supply chains, decreasing dependence on US goods while finding better quality and prices in local markets. International Business Times UK · Jun 5, 2025
Wes Anderson names actor he’s tried and failed to cast the most: ‘It used to be every movie’ Filmmaker says he once tried to secure the Oscar-winner ‘three movies in a row’ The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025
Is Selling Pre-Owned Watches Tariff Proof? Second Hand Rolex Interests Rise Amidst Soaring Retail Hike As Swiss watch prices rise amid looming US tariffs, Gen Z and millennials are driving a surge in the pre-owned luxury watch market, fuelled by a desire to invest International Business Times UK · Jun 5, 2025
NATO set to approve new military purchases as part of a major defense spending hike NATO defense ministers are set to approve plans to buy more weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and North Atlantic The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025
Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine like ‘children fighting in a park’ in White House meeting with Friedrich Merz – as it happened US president adds ‘sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while’ as he and German chancellor also express unhappiness with Russian invasion The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students? International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide. Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2025
Russian strike kills 5, including 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin At least five people, including a one-year-old child, were killed in a Russian drone strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said Thursday The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025
Donald Trump bans travel from 12 countries to the US as he warns against threat from 'foreign terrorists' ‘We will not let what happened in Europe happen to America,’ says US President as he issues travel ban Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025
Trump demands investigation of Biden over use of autopen - Roll Call President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into possible malfeasance in the Biden administration, related to Joe Biden's health. Roll Call · Jun 5, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025 Vigil held for victims of Boulder firebombing attack as suspect's family fights deportation Hundreds of people have gathered at the local Jewish Community Center for a vigil to support the victims of the firebombing attack in Boulder
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025 Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian nuclear bombers captured on camera IN FULL
Euronews · Jun 5, 2025 Beasts and besties: German chancellors and US presidents through time German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets US President Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. It might be the beginning of a terrible friendship. How did Merz's predecessors cope with the respective men in the Oval Office? Euronews checks out some of the key pairings through time.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025 Thursday briefing: How Geert Wilders’ exit from Dutch coalition might set up his own comeback In today’s newsletter: The Dutch government collapsed after Wilders pulled out of the coalition – leaving renewed political uncertainty as parties scramble to redefine their positions
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025 Why is defence such a hard sell? The same reason Starmer is struggling in the polls Decades of failures have left liberal democratic governments unable to command public confidence when it really matters, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Euronews · Jun 5, 2025 Trump signs proclamation restricting student visas for foreign students planning to study at Harvard Trump says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make a decision on whether or not Harvard’s almost seven thousand currently enrolled foreign students will be able to keep their visas.
Reason · Jun 5, 2025 Trump's Massively Cruel New Travel Ban He has banned nearly all new immigration and other entry by citizens of twelve countries, and imposed severe restrictions on seven more.
Fortune · Jun 5, 2025 Nintendo's Switch 2 could breathe new life into the video game giant—if Trump's trade war doesn't upend it all Nintendo's comeback moment meets geopolitical headwinds.
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025 Harvard wins relief as judge halts Trump’s fresh bid to ban foreign students Harvard spokesperson calls president’s order ‘yet another illegal retaliatory step’
The Guardian - US · Jun 5, 2025 Trump orders inquiry into Biden’s actions as president over ‘cognitive decline’ reports Investigation will fuel GOP campaign to discredit ex-president and undo pardons and orders issued at end of his term