A woman whose UK citizenship was revoked after traveling to Syria to join the ISIL group (ISIS) should be able to return home to challenge the decision, a court ruled. The decision came Thursday, months after 20-year-old Shamima Begum lost the first stage of her case on the legality of …
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Foreign students still in danger of losing visas, despite agreement
The lawsuit over whether foreign students will lose their F-1 nonimmigrant student visa status and will have to go home if their schools switch to online courses has been settled. The Trump administration agreed to reinstate a directive it issued in March that increased the number of online courses they …
Read More »Sweden becomes an example of how not to handle COVID-19
Stockholm – Sweden is one of the richest countries in the world, and when nations began to deal with the coronavirus Earlier this year, Swedes took a completely different approach to their neighbors. While other nations quickly imposed blockades, Sweden allowed people to continue living largely as normal. Stores and …
Read More »NASA inspector general’s report roasts Lockheed Martin for Orion fees
Enlarge / / A model of the Orion Crew Module is seen Monday, March 30, 2009 during a press conference at the National Mall in Washington. POT NASA’s inspector general released a detailed report Thursday that investigates the time and money the space agency has spent to develop its Orion …
Read More »Olympic sprinter Deajah Stevens banned 18 months for missed tests
Olympic sprinter Deajah Stevens was suspended for 18 months on Thursday for missing doping tests and will miss the Tokyo Games. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which processes track and field cases, said Stevens was not available for three doping tests in 2019 in Oregon and West Hollywood. Three violations within …
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