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As a result of battles over immigration policy and international student visas, fewer new students are choosing to study on U.S. college campuses this fall, and this comes at significant economic cost.The number of new international students studying in the United States for the fall 2025 semester fell by 17%, according to fall statistics released earlier this month by the U.S. Department of State and the Institute of International Education. International students at U.S. colleges and universities collectively contributed nearly $55 billion to the U.S. economy in 2024-25, including student spending as well as tuition revenue, according to IIE’s Open…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally requested a pardon in the long-running corruption trial, arguing that it is in the “public interest”. In a letter to President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his trial had become a “focus of intense controversy” and that Netanyahu had a “greater responsibility to the broader public in understanding the full impact of these events.” Prime Minister Netanyahu said it was his “personal interest” to prove his innocence in the ongoing trial, but “the public interest dictates otherwise.” The letter was filed on Thursday and made public on Sunday. As Israel’s head…
Legendary former West Ham player, coach and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79.West Ham announced that Bonds passed away peacefully on Sunday morning.A statement from Bonds’ family, released by West Ham, said: “We are heartbroken to announce the loss of our beloved father today. He was devoted to his family and was the kindest, most loyal, selfless and loving man.”“My father absolutely loved West Ham United and their amazing supporters and cherished every moment he spent at the club.”He will always be in our hearts and forever missed. We take comfort in knowing his legacy will…
Editor’s note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series dedicated to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet and their solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to promote awareness and education on key sustainability issues and inspire positive action. CNN — Deep within Nelson Lakes National Park on New Zealand’s South Island lies a magical blue-purple lake. Surrounded by steep alpine forests and fed by glacier water from Lake Constance, this lake is small but no less important. The lake was first discovered by the Maori iwi, Ngati Apa, who named it Rotomailewhenua, meaning ‘lake…
Manager Joe Root said he was confident of rediscovering his scoring touch after being drubbed by Australia in the Ashes opener and questioned the need for a pink-ball Test.England take on Australia in Brisbane as the second Ashes Test begins on Thursday. The tourists will be looking to react strongly to an eight-wicket defeat in two days in Perth, where Root had just 18 balls in his two innings. Root, the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, has played in each of England’s last seven day-night Tests, winning only two and losing five. Use Chrome Browser for a…
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides across Asia, leaving more than 600 people dead and hundreds still missing. Heavy rains from a cyclone battered parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia this week, creating a rare tropical storm in the Strait of Malacca, the narrow waterway separating Indonesia’s Sumatra island from the other two countries. According to a post by X, 47 flights were canceled at Chennai airport on Saturday as Sri Lanka was hit by another storm, with heavy rain currently approaching India’s southern coast. The weather claimed at least 303 lives in Indonesia, 153 in Sri Lanka,…
Lando Norris says he is hoping for “bad sleep” as he looks to win his first F1 world title at Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix.Norris will start the penultimate race of the season starting at 4pm (live broadcast on Sky Sports F1 builds up from 2:30pm) in second place behind pole sitter and closest title rival Oscar Piastri, with another title protagonist, Max Verstappen, in third. If Norris finishes ahead of Verstappen and at least four points ahead of Piastri, he will become world champion with a race to spare, while a win in Qatar on Sunday will seal the title.…
A worker walks in front of molten steel at a steel factory in Huai’an, eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on July 22, 2025. – | AFP | Getty ImagesOfficial data released on Sunday showed that China’s factory activity rose slightly in November but remained in contraction for the eighth consecutive month, while services weakened as the boost from earlier periods’ holidays wore off.According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index stood at 49.2, up 0.2 points from October. The figure was in line with economists’ forecasts polled by Reuters, but remained below the 50-point mark that separates…
Ben Whittaker blew out Benjamin Gbagi with a brutal first round stoppage in his return match to Birmingham.The Olympic silver medalist had his German opponent down and out within 2 minutes and 15 seconds in the opening match at the NEC Arena. Gabazi entered the ring as an unknown, but Whittaker immediately exposed that gap in class with ruthless and devastating precision. Whittaker’s quick hands landed a flurry of shots, sending Gabazi crashing to the canvas. When he got up, he was sent off with a hard overhand right.The win marked Whittaker’s debut with Matchroom Boxing, and he did so…
The black-robed priest pulled the white rope. Soon the bell started ringing. Evening Mass was beginning at the Monastery of Mar Maroun, or St. Maroun, in the town of Anaya high in the Lebanese mountains. The monastery, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, will be one of the destinations of Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, which begins on Sunday. The congregation was modest in number on this cool late November night, but the sound of hymns echoed through the air. It included hymns in Syriac, the dialect of Aramaic that Jesus is said to have spoken. Christianity in Lebanon is…