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BEIJING — Chinese students at Harvard were cancelling flights home on Friday (May 23) and seeking legal advice on staying in the United States after President Donald Trump's administration blocked the famed university from enrolling foreign students.

Chinese nationals made up a fifth of Harvard's foreign student intake in 2024, the university says.

As others digested Thursday's order, two Chinese students said they were added to WhatsApp groups in which panicked foreign students were frantically sharing legal advice on their immigration status.

"It's not going to be a complete turnaround, but a hardening of Chinese parents' existing concerns," said Ebel, who authored a report on Chinese students for British education think tank HEPI.

Among them will be a colossal Star Awards trophy, towering at 30 times its original size, placed at the red-carpet event.

Felicia also distinctly remember Star Awards 2022, as it was a significant moment for both her actor husband Jeffrey Xu and herself.

I got two best actor awards in 2014, that's got to be the highlight of my career," the 51-year-old said.

"And to be involved in this year's Star Awards, where there're so many other new actors, I'm just so glad that people still remember us.".

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) impounded 78 non-compliant Active Mobility Devices (AMD) in an islandwide enforcement operation in public areas and housing estates from May 19 to May 23.

In a Facebook post on Friday, the authority said this is part of ongoing efforts to address and prevent the rising number of fire incidents involving non-compliant Power-Assisted Bicycles (PABs) and Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) in residential areas.

Under the law, LTA can impound non-compliant PABs from any location, and non-compliant PMDs on public paths such as HDB common corridors and stairwells.

It is an offence to use non-compliant devices, and one may be fined up to $10,000, or face a jail term of up to six months, or both.

On May 23, he pleaded guilty to one count each of assault, harassment and doing an obscene act in a public place.

At about 1.52am, while the cat was consuming its food, the accused got sexually aroused by the cat.".

The offender then lowered his shorts and performed an obscene act on the cat before it moved away.

Another neighbour showed the cat owner the CCTV footage soon after.

HONG KONG — At least four people have died and 17 remain missing after torrential rain triggered landslides in China's southwestern Guizhou province on Thursday (May 22), with the military deployed to assist in rescue efforts.

Authorities also issued risk warnings for geological disasters in nearby areas.

China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change.

Authorities initiated their third-highest emergency response for heavy rain in mountainous Guizhou as well as the nearby provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi.

DUBAI — Iranian and US negotiators will resume talks on Friday (May 23) in Rome to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, despite Iran's supreme leader warning that clinching a new deal might be insurmountable amid clashing red lines.

President Donald Trump wants to curtail Tehran's potential to produce a nuclear weapon that could trigger a regional nuclear arms race.

Iran says it is ready to accept some limits on its uranium enrichment but needs watertight guarantees Washington would not renege on a future nuclear accord.

While rising US-Iran tensions over Tehran's uranium enrichment jeopardise nuclear talks, three Iranian sources said on Tuesday that the clerical leadership lacks a clear fallback plan if efforts to overcome the standoff collapse.

Two engineering and construction contractors have been fined over $4.6 million collectively for rigging bids in tender exercises for the upgrading of three community clubs.

Trust-Build Engineering & Construction was slapped with a penalty of $4,295,059, and Hunan Fengtian Construction Group fined $349,350.

Xing had rigged the PA tender bids for Trust-Build as a means to secure future business from them for his own company.

The competition watchdog then issued a Proposed Infringement Decision to Hunan Fengtian and Trust-Build on Oct 25, 2024.

Hundreds of roof tiles came crashing down from a historic drum tower in China's Anhui province on Monday (May 19), a year after extensive repairs.

In videos circulating online, hundreds of roof tiles were seen coming loose and cascading more than two stories within seconds.

County officials confirmed that the roof tiles from one side of the Fengyang Drum Tower had collapsed and added that no one was injured.

Fengyang Drum Tower was built in 1375, but much of it was destroyed during the Qing dynasty in 1853.

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Top Haitian ministers called for urgent security support from neighbours at a meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) on Thursday (May 22), while the US signalled it would not continue current funding aimed at holding back the nation's armed gangs.

"The OAS is uniquely positioned not only as a forum for diplomacy, but as a vehicle for coordinated, concrete action," Feinstein added.

"Haiti is on the brink of being fully controlled by criminal gangs and we cannot allow that to happen.

Haiti counts about 12,000 police and 1,000 military officers for a population of nearly 12 million, officials said.