The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad government and leadership reforms, a requirement that…
Confusion over President Donald Trump’s tariffs remains following a weekend of questions around trade in consumer electronics. On Friday the Trump administration paused its new taxes on electronics imported into the U.S. — signaling some relief from trade wars that have particularly escalated with China, a major exporter of technology from smartphones to laptops. But…
Luxury giant LVMH saw sales fall two percent to 20.3 billion euros ($23 billion) in the first quarter of 2025 as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs shook the global economy, the company said on Monday. The producer of Louis Vuitton bags and Dom Perignon champagne, owned by Europe’s richest man Bernard Arnault, generates a quarter…
Antoine Semenyo struck in the first minute as Bournemouth boosted their hopes of qualifying for continental competition with a 1-0 Premier League victory over fellow European hopefuls Fulham… © Japan Today
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Mich. (TCN) — A mother and her former boyfriend stand accused of killing a toddler nearly seven years ago. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office announced April 14 that 33-year-old Amanda Maison and 28-year-old Maurice Houle were both arraigned on a charge each of first-degree murder and denied bond. Maison and Houle were initially arrested…
Coachella 2025 boasted A-lister guest appearances, a dose of leftist politics, orchestral fusion and Y2K fashion. Here are takeaways from the first weekend of the premier festival that draws hundreds of thousands of revelers to the California desert: Pop reigns… with a hint of classical Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Benson Boone, Charli XCX, Tyla, Lisa,…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King. It was the latest wave in space tourism, where more of the rich and famous than ever before — or lucky and well-connected — can enter the zero-gravity realm traditionally dominated…
India is considering adopting the next-generation shinkansen bullet train being developed by East Japan Railway Co for a high-speed rail project underway in the western region, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Monday. The E10 series trains are expected to begin operations in Japan on the Tohoku line, which connects Tokyo with the country’s northeastern…
AUBURNDALE, Fla. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested a 41-year-old woman on suspicion of intentionally striking her estranged husband’s girlfriend with a car. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, on April 10, the victim and her boyfriend walked to a Circle K store to purchase some items. While walking to a friend’s home on Old Dixie…
The population of Japanese nationals stood at 120.3 million as of October 2024, down a record 898,000 from a year earlier, a government estimate showed Monday, amid the… © Japan Today
