World News Live Updates: Top US officials will meet with Chinese delegation in Switzerland in first major talks of trade war
Top US officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and US trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their counterparts in Geneva in the most-senior known conversations between the two countries in months, the Trump administration announced Tuesday. It comes amid growing US market worry over the impact of the tariffs on the prices and supply of consumer goods.
World News LIve Updates: Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after occupying University of Washington building
- The students demanded that the university sever all ties with Boeing, including returning any Boeing donations and barring the company’s employees from teaching at or otherwise influencing the school.
- Boeing has donated over $100 million to UW since 1917, including $10 million for the engineering building, The Seattle Times reported. Because of Boeing’s donation, the aviation manufacturer was granted naming rights for the building’s second level.
- People dressed in black blocked the front of the building with furniture and used dumpsters to block a nearby road, university officials said.
India News Live Updates: Maharashtra cabinet approves law to establish Nashik Kumbh Mela authority
- The Maharashtra cabinet has approved a law to establish a Kumbh Mela Authority for planning the mega congregation scheduled to take place in Nashik in 2027, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Tuesday.
- The Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority (KMA) will be modelled after the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela Authority, which was granted planning powers.
- „In today’s cabinet meeting, we approved a law to facilitate the establishment of the Kumbh Mela Authority for the event’s planning,“ Fadnavis said after chairing the state cabinet meeting at Chondi village in Ahilyanagar district.
India News Live Updates: Union Cabinet meeting to be held today in Delhi
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World News Live Updates: Appeals court makes no immediate decision in detention cases of two university students
A federal appeals court made no immediate decisions Tuesday as it considered jurisdictional issues in the cases of a Turkish Tufts University student who has been detained by immigration authorities for six weeks and a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was recently released from detention.
A judicial panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York, heard motions filed by the U.S. Justice Department regarding Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi. The department is appealing decisions made by two federal judges in Vermont.
The Justice Department says Ozturk should not be brought to Vermont from a Louisiana detention center and that Mahdawi should be detained once again. It also wants to consolidate the students‘ cases, saying they present similar legal questions.
Immigration court proceedings for Ozturk and Mahdawi are being conducted separately.
A district court judge in Vermont had ordered that Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student, be brought to the state by May 1 for hearings to determine whether she was illegally detained. Ozturk’s lawyers say her detention violates her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process.
“She’s a cherished member of the Tufts community,” Esha Bhandari, one of Ozturk’s lawyers told reporters after the hearing. „She wants to finish her PhD. She’s scheduled to teach a class this summer. She should be released. Then the legal arguments can be dealt with.”
The appeals court paused that order last week in order to consider the government’s motion arguing the immigration court in Louisiana has jurisdiction over Ozturk’s case, not the court in Vermont.
Indian News Live Updates: Rajasthan governor stresses ‚respectable employment, income opportunities‘
Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagde on Tuesday said meaningful initiatives towards inclusive economic development are possible only when respectable employment and income opportunities are provided to every section of the society. Bagde held a review meeting of district-level officers in Bhiwadi on Tuesday.
He said considering the spirit of „work to every hand and income to every person“ as the foundation of self-reliant India, policies and schemes should be effectively implemented at the ground level.
While reviewing the progress of various public welfare schemes of the central and the state governments, he directed the officials that no eligible person should be deprived of the benefits of the schemes and wide publicity of the schemes should be ensured so that their benefits can reach the last person of the society and the real needy section can be empowered.
He directed to ensure timely, effective and result-oriented implementation of the schemes.
Bagde reviewed in detail the progress of various schemes of the departments of Rajivika, Dairy and Cooperatives including Jal Jeevan Mission, PM Surya Ghar Yojana, Kusum Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana, MGNREGA and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
He reviewed the preparations made for heat waves in the district and health services and emphasised the effective implementation of nutrition programmes.
The governor directed to conduct mass tree plantation across the districts.
He said not only plantation but also solid arrangements should be ensured for the protection and proper maintenance of these trees for the coming years so that every sapling planted gets an opportunity to become a tree and the goal of environmental protection can be realised.
He described education as a powerful medium of human welfare and directed to ensure the quality of schools and hostels.
World News Live Updates: Homeland Security chief says travelers with no REAL ID can fly for now, but with likely extra steps
Travelers who aren’t REAL ID compliant by the upcoming deadline this week will still be able to fly but should be prepared for extra scrutiny, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
Kristi Noem told a congressional panel that 81% of travelers already have IDs that comply with the REAL ID requirements. She said security checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification when the deadline hits Wednesday.
Those who still lack an identification that complies with the REAL ID law “may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step,” Noem said.
“But people will be allowed to fly,” she said. “We will make sure it’s as seamless as possible.”
Across the country, Department of Motor Vehicle offices extended their hours to help meet the demand. But despite that, some people waited for hours Tuesday to get a REAL ID ahead of the long-delayed deadline.
Renel Leggett, a college student from West Chester, Pennsylvania, spent hours getting her REAL ID and was not happy about it.
“I’ve been out here for three hours to get one ID when I’ve already had one that should have lasted me until about 2029,” Leggett said.
„You have to do it. But it feels like a waste of time,” she said.
REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that Homeland Security says is a more secure form of identification. It was a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission and signed into law in 2005.
Indian News Live Updates: Delhi sees below normal temperatures on Tuesday; light rain likely in coming days
The national capital may see overcast conditions and receive light rain over the next few days as the city recorded below-normal day and night temperatures on Tuesday in the after-effects of last week’s intense storm and heavy early-morning shower. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, 3.3 notches below the seasonal average, while the minimum temperature was 22.7 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees below normal.
The relative humidity oscillated between 68 per cent and 41 per cent.
The weather department has forecast cloudy skies with light rain or drizzle on Wednesday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to settle around 36 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively.
On Friday, the city experienced one of its wettest days in May in recent history.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Safdarjung weather station recorded 77 mm of rainfall in just six hours from 2.30 am to 8.30 am on the day. This was the second-highest 24-hour rainfall for May in Delhi since record-keeping began in 1901.
Meanwhile, the city’s air quality was recorded in the „moderate“ category, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 141 at 4 pm, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.
World News Live Updates: Trump halts US attacks on Yemen as Israel hits airport
President Donald Trump abruptly announced that the United States would end its attacks against Yemen’s Huthis on Tuesday, saying the rebels had agreed to stop harassing ships in the Red Sea.
In surprise comments at the White House, Trump said the Iran-backed rebels had „capitulated“ after the near-daily, seven-week US bombing campaign that left 300 dead, according to an AFP tally of Huthi figures.
There was no official comment from the Huthis, who have been firing missiles and drones at ships on the vital trade artery during the Israel-Hamas war, saying they are acting in solidarity with the Palestinians.
„The Huthis have announced… that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight,“ Trump said during a White House press appearance with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
„And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated,“ he added.
„They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that’s… the purpose of what we were doing,“ the US president said, adding that the information came from a „very, very good source.“
Trump’s comments came just hours after Israeli warplanes put rebel-held Sanaa’s international airport out of action in a series of raids that killed three.
Indian News Live Updates: Must sensitise healthcare personnel about fire safety, disaster mitigation, says Nadda
Union health minister J P Nadda on Tuesday highlighted the need for capacity building and sensitisation of personnel in healthcare facilities on fire safety and disaster mitigation in such establishments. Inaugurating the second National Workshop on Health Sector Disaster Preparedness and Response and Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities at Dr Ambedkar International Centre here, he said it shows the ministry’s commitment towards disaster and fire preparedness.
The workshop hosted by the Disaster Management Cell of the Health Ministry is being organised as a culmination of various activities held by it as part of ‚Fire Safety Week‘ in coordination with Disaster Nodal Officers from all states.
„We need to make our health facilities more resilient and resistant towards disaster and fire incidents. That is why it is necessary to organise such disaster management workshops regularly,“ Nadda said.
He also said, „We should focus on the preventive part of the disasters so that uninterrupted, comprehensive and quality health services can be ensured and we can stay vigilant and mitigate and address unforeseen situations.“
Urging all the stakeholders to contribute towards this front, the minister stated that „the responsibility lies not only with the top tier officials but also with the grassroots workers and paramedics.“
