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Sep 17, 2026 - World

Make ICE Pay Act would block nearly $140bn in funding and redirect money to places reeling from Trump crackdownThe US congresswoman Ilhan Omar is set to introduce a bill that would make federal immigration agencies “pay the price” for terrorising vulnerable communities, blocking nearly $140bn in funding and redirecting it to local recovery efforts, the Guardian has learned.The Make ICE Pay Act, due to be introduced on Thursday, targets funding previously designated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Continue reading...

Sep 17, 2026 - World

The Trump administration canceled a grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in PittsburghScientific funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration may force researchers to close a study on Alzheimer’s disease risk among 600 aging people without sharing the results of cognitive tests with participants – even though researchers have all the data to do so.The Trump administration canceled a federal research grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in August. Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned. Now, they lack the time and money to assess data collected from trial participants. Continue reading...

Sep 17, 2026 - World

Policymakers keep steady course as jobs market comes under strain and Iran war pushes up energy costsBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold despite growing concern over inflation as the Iran war pushes households into a fresh cost of living crisis.Against a volatile backdrop in global markets as the fighting in the Middle East intensifies, the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) voted to keep its key base rate at 3.75%. Continue reading...

Sep 17, 2026 - World

At present, spouses and partners of international students can work in Australia, although the number of hours they are permitted to work varies depending on the student's course of study.

Sep 17, 2026 - World

World leaders are not impressed with President Donald Trump's claim that welcoming Canada into partnership constitutes a "hostile act," the Washington Post reported Thursday.Trump made this claim in North Carolina Wednesday in response to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to make Canada the European Union's first-ever "associate member." "If it's a good intention, that's fine," Trump said. "If it's a bad intention, we'll put very heavy tariffs on Europe."Now leaders from up north and across the pond are saying they don't intend to be influenced by Trump or the United States. Benjamin Haddad, France’s European affairs minister, said on French television Thursday that the U.S. has no veto over decisions made by the 27-nation bloc, according to the Post.“It is not up to a foreign power, not the United States or anyone else, to choose the geopolitical direction of the Europeans,” he said on Public Sénat. “Once again, we have a relationship ⁠with Canada, and we are fully entitled to seek to deepen it.”European Union Commission spokesman Olof Gill said the E.U. leader made clear that “the proposed strengthening of our partnership with Canada is not against anyone else, but for our common strength.”Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, set to address European lawmakers on Thursday, described a partnership between his country and the European Union as "natural."According to the Post, he said both wanted “a deeper partnership that reinforces our mutual sovereignty to create more opportunities and prosperity for our peoples.”