The United Arab Emirates has restricted funding for its citizens who want to study at British universities, the latest sign of tensions over the UK's decision not to proscribe the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group. Abu Dhabi's decision to exclude UK institutions from a list of universities eligible for state scholarships comes as relations between the two historic allies have frayed in recent years. In June, the UAE higher education ministry published a list of global universities for which scholarships would be approved and qualifications certified, as part of reforms that limited funding to the best-performing institutions. Read more
When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it and towards independence since 1979.
A measles outbreak in South Carolina that began in October continues to rage, with the state health department reporting Friday that nearly 100 new cases have been identified just in the last three days.
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the tiny cities of Morgan Hill and Petaluma over their ordinances banning natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction.
What Californians Think of Dummkopf Trumpf
The Norwegian Nobel Institute said the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked, following remarks by Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado suggesting she might give her 2025 award to U.S. President Donald Trump. In a statement, the institute said the decision to award a Nobel Prize is final and permanent, citing the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, which do not allow appeals. The organization also noted that committees awarding the prizes do not comment on the actions or statements of laureates after receiving awards.
It's at least the third ruling against the president's March executive order targeting state election processes.
First Trump-Era Tribunal Opens as Truth Commission Turns to the Architects of the Crackdown
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign following two shooting incidents involving federal authorities this week, one of which was fatal.
Michael Fanone: The spree of ICE shootings against unarmed civilians is a tell.
ICE Out for Good vigils and rallies are being tracked online by Indivisible, the group behind the No Kings protests Read more
7 days after Pearl Harbor. This was the last time the Bears defeated the Packers in the playoffs. Read more
Vice President JD Vance announced that ICE will expand enforcement by conducting doortodoor deportations, hiring thousands of new agents and private "skip tracers," and building large detention facilities. Democrats and recent polls criticize the strategy as excessive and potentially unconstitutional.
Now, Mr. Brin and Mr. Page are cutting some ties with the state where they made their fortunes. In the 10 days before Christmas, an entity connected to Mr. Brin, 52, terminated or moved 15 California limited liability companies that oversee some of his business interests and investments out of the state, according to documents seen by The New York Times. Seven of the companies " including those that appear to manage one of Mr. Brin's superyachts and his interest in a private air terminal at San Jose's international airport " were converted into Nevada entities. Read more
Sweet child in time
You'll see the line The line that's drawn between Good and bad
See the blind man Shooting at the world
Bullets flying, Ohh taking toll
If you've been bad Oh Lord I bet you have And you've not been hit Oh by flying lead You'd better close your eyes Ooohhhh bow your head Wait for the ricochet
I wanna hear you sing Read more
Tucker Carlson has joined the multitude of conservatives with commentary on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed on Wednesday in Minneapolis by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. However, the former Fox News host had a starkly different reaction than many of his peers.
Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make thousands of arrests, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
