Hong Kong students eyeing US universities advised to check social media accounts

Hong Kong students eyeing US universities advised to check social media accounts

Hong Kong students hoping to attend universities in the US should review their social media for content related to the country’s politics, an education consultant has advised, as uncertainties swirled amid reported flip-flopping over whether consulates could process visa applications for Harvard. Consultants on Sunday told the Post they were still trying to get confirmation…

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Radical-right Reform party makes gains in UK elections | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Radical-right Reform party makes gains in UK elections | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Leader Nigel Farage, a Trump ally, hopes to position anti-immigration party as significant political force in UK. The radical-right Reform UK party has made gains in local and by-elections, seeking to establish itself as a significant political force. The anti-immigration party won a fifth parliamentary seat, gained its first mayoralty, and took a number of…

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Palestinian Ahmad Manasra released from Israeli prison after nine years | Human Rights News

Palestinian Ahmad Manasra released from Israeli prison after nine years | Human Rights News

Ahmad Manasra, 23, has been released after completing nine-and-a-half-year sentence, lawyer says. A Palestinian who was arrested at age 13 for allegedly taking part in a stabbing attack has been released after spending more than nine years in prison, where he developed severe mental health issues but was repeatedly denied requests for early release. Ahmad…

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Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Reports say AI models from Microsoft were used as part of an Israeli military programme to select bombing targets in Gaza. A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees has interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. The protest began on…

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Tensions flare over pro-Palestine activism in PM Starmer’s UK constituency | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Tensions flare over pro-Palestine activism in PM Starmer’s UK constituency | Israel-Palestine conflict News

London, United Kingdom – Outraged by the onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza, a group of volunteers in the fashionable London borough of Camden urged the local council last year to stop investing in companies with ties to Israel. The petition, led by the Camden Friends of Palestine group and signed by more than 4,200 residents,…

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Children among dozens killed as Israel pounds Gaza from north to south | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Children among dozens killed as Israel pounds Gaza from north to south | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Health officials say at least 62 people are killed in a day as tens of thousands face forced displacement under latest Israeli orders. Renewed Israeli bombardments across the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of Palestinians, including children, as the Israeli army has issued a new round of forced displacement orders across the besieged territory. In…

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Korean American sues Trump admin to stop deportation over campus activism | Civil Rights News

Korean American sues Trump admin to stop deportation over campus activism | Civil Rights News

Yunseo Chung, 21, moved to the US when she was seven and now faces deportation over pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University. United States permanent resident and Columbia University student Yunseo Chung, 21, has sued US President Donald Trump’s administration to halt her deportation, accusing authorities of using the same tactics employed against other college activists…

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