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US to Screen Social Media of Foreign Students for Anti-American Content

AFP - Foreigners seeking to study in the United States will be required to make public their social media profiles to allow screening for anti-American content under new State Department guidelines released Wednesday. The State Department had temporarily paused issuing visas for foreign students at the end of May while...

Trump Mulls Extending Travel Ban to 36 More Nations

AFP - The United States is considering extending its travel ban to 36 more...

Laos Among Highest for US Tourist Visa Overstays, But Lowest for Student Compliance

Laos is among the top countries with the highest overstay rates for The United...

Lao Students in Limbo as US Freezes Visas, Tightens Travel Rules

The Laotian Times/AFP - President Donald Trump's sweeping new travel ban came into effect...

Asian Markets Wobble as Trump-Xi Talks Offset by Musk Row

AFP - Asian markets stuttered Friday as optimism from "very positive" talks between United...

At Shangri-La Dialogue, Macron Warns of Superpower Tensions, Calls for New Bloc

The Laotian Times/AFP’s Damon Wake and Francesco Fontemaggi - French President Emmanuel Macron on 30 May speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore urged...

Musk to Exit US Government Role After Rare Break With Trump

By Danny KEMP/AFP - Billionaire Elon Musk on 28 May announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending,...

US Suspends Student Visa Processing as Harvard Protests Cuts

By Gregory WALTON, with Sebastian SMITH in Washington / AFP  On 28 May, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered a suspension of student...

Southeast Asian Leaders Meet to Talk Tariffs, Truce, East Timor

AFP, Isabelle LEONG and Jan HENNOP - Southeast Asian leaders meet Monday for their first summit since Donald Trump's tariff policies upended global economic...

Migrants, Including Lao, Deported from US to South Sudan Held in Djibouti

AFP, The Laotian Times -  A group of migrants deported from the United States towards conflict-torn South Sudan will be held for now in...

US Govt Revokes Harvard’s Right to Enroll Foreign Students

By Gregory WALTON/AFP - Donald Trump's administration on 22 May revoked Harvard's ability to enroll foreign nationals, more than a quarter of the student...