- Friday, 22 August 2025
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Musk to reduce Doge role after Tesla profits plunge
Tesla boss Elon Musk says he will cut back his role in Donald Trump's administration after the company's profits and revenues plunged during the first three months of the year.
New Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan proposed, Hamas source tells BBC
A senior Palestinian official familiar with Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations has told the BBC that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have proposed a new formula to end the war in Gaza.
US stocks and dollar plunge as Trump attacks Fed chair Powell
US stocks and the dollar plunged again as President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on the US central bank boss calling him "a major loser" for not lowering interest rates.
Harvard University sues Trump administration to stop funding freeze
Harvard University filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop billions of dollars in proposed cuts.
Pope Francis dies aged 88
The Pope, who was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died at 07:35 local time on Easter Monday.
China warns nations against 'appeasing' US in trade deals
China has warned countries against appeasing the US in trade talks over President Donald Trump's tariffs.
El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees
El Salvador's president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country - if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners.
US Supreme Court halts deportation of Venezuelans under wartime law
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members.
Anxiety at US colleges as foreign students are detained and visas revoked
For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in unmarked cars to detention centres.
Trump says US will 'pass' on Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon
Donald Trump has said the US will "take a pass" on brokering further Russia-Ukraine talks if Moscow or Kyiv "make it very difficult" to reach a peace deal.
Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk
A Tesla whistleblower who has fought Elon Musk and his company through the courts for years has won the latest round of a long-running legal battle.
Telescope finds promising hints of life on distant planet
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands
The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the elite college rejected a list of demands from the White House.
Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems
More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq's central and southern parts of the country, health officials said.
Gold hits record high as Trump tariffs trigger US-China trade war fears
Gold has risen to a record high as investors are flocking to safe-haven assets, as concerns over the trade war between Washington and Beijing deepen.
