44 h. ago ‘Total discrimination’: Chinese students facing US visa ban say their lives are in limbo

Across the US, hundreds of thousands of Chinese students are now uncertain about their academic future and some are considering moving awayChinese students in the United States are questioning their future in the country after the state department announced last week that it would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students and enhance scrutiny of future applications from China and Hong Kong.Chinese students hoping to study at Harvard, the US’s oldest and wealthiest university, are under particular pressure after the Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was banning the school from enrolling new foreign students. The presidential proclamation cited Harvard’s links with China as a particular cause for concern. Continue reading...

Society

51 h. ago Women’s rights advocate awaiting visa ‘devastated’ by Trump’s travel ban

Between 10,000 and 15,000 Afghans were waiting in Pakistan for their U.S. visas to be processed

Politics

2 d. ago Fear of being branded racists may have stopped authorities from saving starving toddler: Boy, three, was 'invisible and lost from view' of police and child services

Police and social workers' fear of being seen as discriminatory may have contributed to the death of Abiyah Yasharahyalah, three, who died in early 2020 from a respiratory illness.

Economics

3 d. ago London's canal of chaos: Furious homeowners battle against antisocial behaviour after boat party revellers had sex, flashed and used gardens as toilets

Residents with houses along the quaint Little Venice canal fear there will be a surge in anti-social behaviour if the licence is granted to GoBoat UK, a boat rental company based in London.

Events

1 week ago Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz make desperate plea after his family's 'hostage fears'

Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz have taken to social media, pleading with fans following his family's fear that he's being held hostage by the socialite

Events

2 w. ago The Harvard sports teams that could be wiped out by Trump’s visa threat

The Trump administration's decision would make the Ivy League school ineligible for international student visas

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: Independent readers praise Brexit reset deal – ‘Starmer is showing that Britain can act like a grown

Our community welcomed the move as a long-overdue step to cut red tape and begin repairing the damage caused by earlier Brexit agreements

Economics

2 w. ago My mum won’t let me have a smartphone. Is she being unfair? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

There are genuine concerns about young people using social media, but the main thing is that you talk to your parents about it• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerMy mum has always been protective, and I fear it is destroying my social life because I haven’t grown up with much access to social media. I don’t mean to say it’s OK to be exposed to social media at a young age, but it needs to be controlled in a certain way.Because I had a flip phone until the middle of secondary school, I haven’t had a TikTok or Snapchat streak with anyone because I never learned how it works. I know this might sound like me complaining over nothing, but it sometimes feels like my mum is purposely doing this to damage me. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: Starmer’s Brexit reset deal divides Independent readers – ‘both extremes will be unhappy’

Our community is torn on Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal, which faces last-minute disputes over fishing, and student fees

Economics

3 w. ago Readers' Letters: SNP must be worried as experienced MSPs abandon Holyrood

Reader is unsurprised to see John Swinney put spotlight on Scottish independence once again

Politics

3 w. ago CHRISTINA MCANEA: 'Care sector would have collapsed years ago without overseas workers'

UNISON General Secretary Christina McAnea writes for The Mirror as Keir Starmer's government announces major changes to immigration rules for care workers

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: ‘This will be disastrous’: Independent readers fear social care collapse after visa ban

Our community is sharply divided over Yvette Cooper’s care worker visa crackdown. While some labelled it “madness”, others argued it is time to reduce reliance on overseas labour and invest in training and better pay for UK workers

Events

3 w. ago Care homes face ban on recruiting workers from abroad in huge visa crackdown

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Government will close the care worker visa route to end the reliance on overseas staff in a crackdown on immigration unveiled on Monday

Economics