https://www.scmp.com/rss/522375/feed Columbia University: A prominent New York City-based private Ivy League research university, Columbia University is dedicated to advancing knowledge and providing a distinguished learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1754 as King’s College, it is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the US. Its main areas of activity span extensive research and teaching across science, medicine, law, humanities, and engineering. Noted for its rigorous... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bloomberg Bloomberg In early 2013, Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, was stressed about her US visa status. Later that year, she married an American citizen and her worries were gone. A Green Card followed, and in 2018, citizenship. Then Shuliak divorced her spouse: a woman named Jennifer who had been in a relationship with Kimbal Musk – Elon Musk’s brother – after Epstein connected them. “now that she’s an american you should throw her a big ole party,” one of Epstein’s go-to immigration lawyers... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343600/epsteins-girlfriend-married-woman-showing-how-he-gamed-immigration?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343600/epsteins-girlfriend-married-woman-showing-how-he-gamed-immigration?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:30:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Early in Donald Trump’s news conference on Tuesday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked a question that surely baffled people who avoided social media for Labour Day. “How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?” Doocy said to the president. Doocy was referring to speculation about Trump’s health that spread online during the long weekend, fuelled in part by the president’s relative absence from the public for several days. The incident has renewed – for a different president – questions... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324238/bruises-misstatements-how-should-presidents-health-be-covered?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324238/bruises-misstatements-how-should-presidents-health-be-covered?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:00:08 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Scientists in the US and China say they have developed a one-step method to safely turn toxic mixed plastic waste into petrol, with more than 95 per cent efficiency at room temperature. Compared to conventional ways of turning plastic into fuel, their process requires less energy, less equipment and fewer steps, making it scalable for industrial applications. At the end of this conversion process are the main components of petrol or gasoline, chemical raw materials, and hydrochloric acid. That... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3323139/first-us-china-team-turns-plastic-waste-petrol-one-step?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3323139/first-us-china-team-turns-plastic-waste-petrol-one-step?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:00:14 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Harvard University has signalled it is willing to pay US$500 million for workforce training programmes as part of a settlement with the White House to restore more than US$2 billion in frozen federal funds, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The administration is open to Harvard and other colleges paying penalties in the form of contributions to workforce training programmes, the person said. Last month, Brown University agreed to pay US$50 million over ten years for such... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321663/harvard-mulls-paying-us500-million-job-training-scheme-end-trump-feud?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321663/harvard-mulls-paying-us500-million-job-training-scheme-end-trump-feud?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:30:08 +0000 Ji Siqi Ji Siqi As global confidence in the US dollar erodes in the wake of Washington’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, economists at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions debated whether China’s yuan could emerge as a credible alternative to challenge the world’s dominant currency. US President Donald Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on allies and adversaries alike marked “another step in the process of diminishing the role of the dollar as a global reserve currency,” said Diana Choyleva, senior fellow of... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3315941/summer-davos-debate-chinas-yuan-ready-challenge-us-dollar-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3315941/summer-davos-debate-chinas-yuan-ready-challenge-us-dollar-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:00:13 +0000