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Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard: ruling

Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard: ruling

A US judge ordered Wednesday that deep funding cuts by the Trump administration to Harvard University be overturned, after they were imposed over claims of anti-Semitism and bias at the Ivy League institution.

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Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies

Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies

France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.

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Former federal workers bring back climate portal killed by Trump

Former federal workers bring back climate portal killed by Trump

First came orders to scrub references to how climate change disproportionately harms marginalized communities. Then demands to erase mentions of the "Gulf of Mexico."

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Auger-Aliassime outduels De Minaur to reach US Open semis

Auger-Aliassime outduels De Minaur to reach US Open semis

Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame Alex de Minaur in a four-set battle lasting over four hours on Wednesday to reach his second US Open semi-final.

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NFL commissioner opens door for Swift Super Bowl performance

NFL commissioner opens door for Swift Super Bowl performance

Pop icon Taylor Swift, recently engaged to Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, is a definite "maybe" to perform at the Super Bowl, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told NBC's Today show on Wednesday.

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US strike marks shift to military action against drug cartels

US strike marks shift to military action against drug cartels

US President Donald Trump's deadly strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat from Venezuela marks a significant escalation from law enforcement to military action against cartels that his administration has branded as terror groups.

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Trump offers more US troops to Poland's nationalist president

Trump offers more US troops to Poland's nationalist president

US President Donald Trump offered Friday to send more troops to Poland as he welcomed the country's new nationalist president Karol Nawrocki to the White House with a military flyover.

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Florida to scrap all vaccine mandates, West Coast states push back

Florida to scrap all vaccine mandates, West Coast states push back

A top health official in Florida on Wednesday vowed to end all vaccine mandates in the state, including school requirements, likening the measure to prevent childhood diseases to "slavery."

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First Bond game in a decade seeks licence to thrill

First Bond game in a decade seeks licence to thrill

Developing the first James Bond video game in over a decade has felt like returning "back home" for IO Interactive, the Danish studio known for its own globe-trotting agent fantasy series "Hitman".

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Wildfire tears through California gold rush town

Wildfire tears through California gold rush town

A historic California Gold Rush-era town lay in ruins Wednesday after lightning storms sparked almost two dozen wildfires.

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