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International

‘Hello girls!’: Epstein donated to Harvard student group for years after sex conviction

The White House’s concession comes amid sagging approval ratings for President Trump.
International

Trump drops demand for cash from Harvard after stiff resistance

Larry Summers (above) and Jeffrey Epstein corresponded for years, more than a decade after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein’s deeply troubling ties

The judge, appointed by Democratic former president Barack Obama, said the evidence she had seen suggested US President Donald Trump “used anti-Semitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities.”
International

Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard: ruling

US universities have already warned that first-time foreign student enrolment on campuses are projected to fall by about 30 per cent this fall, potentially costing the education sector US$2.6 billion in tuition revenue.
Global Enterprise

Student arrivals to US continue to plummet, led by Asia decline

Andy Sieg, head of wealth at Citigroup, says: "While some are exiting Britain, others are “looking at the US, and changes in the US, and thinking maybe the UK is the place where my kids might want to go to college and might want to spend more time.”
Banking & Finance

Citigroup’s rich clients divert from US to UK despite higher taxes

A decline in international-student enrolment will not only hinder research at US institutions by shrinking the pool of talented assistants; it will also weaken the global pipeline of future scientists, diminishing the depth and quality of research worldwide.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

The high cost of Trump’s brain drain

US District Judge Allison Burroughs issued an injunction barring Donald Trump’s administration from carrying out its latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students amid an escalating fight pitting the Republican president against the prestigious Ivy League school.
International

US judge blocks Trump plan to close Harvard’s doors to international students

International students accounted for 27 per cent of total enrollment at Harvard in the 2024-2025 academic year and are a major source of income.
International

Judge extends pause on Trump bid to block Harvard foreign students

Trump’s crusade against Harvard University (above, its library building) and the country’s other top universities should give us pause, even if the fate of Ivy League universities an ocean away may seem mostly distant and unrelated to Singapore.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Harvard crackdown: Can Singapore become its own intellectual leader?

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