Astha Rajvanshi

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Astha Rajvanshi |Dan De Luce |Abigail Williams

May 29, 2025, 6:15 AM EDTPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday set a two-week deadline for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make progress on ceasefire negotiations over Ukraine, adding thinly veiled threats about the consequences for Russia if he isn't satisfied.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Astha Rajvanshi

15 hours agoSecretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will begin revoking the visas of Chinese studentsWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields.” China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Astha Rajvanshi

May 28, 2025, 3:30 AM EDT / Updated May 28, 2025, 8:44 AM EDTJoël Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon at the center of France's largest-ever child sexual abuse case, was handed a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison Wednesday as his three-month-long trialreached its end. Le Scouarnec, 74, was convicted of sexually assaulting 299 victims over three decades, most of them girls and boys whose average age was 11.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Raquel Coronell Uribe |Julia Ainsley |Laura Strickler |Astha Rajvanshi

Updated May 28, 2025, 7:20 AM EDTVice President JD Vance and two of President Donald Trump's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, will speak today at an annual bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their attendance comes a day after the president's media company said it would raise $2.5 billion to purchase the crypto currency, and less than a week after Trump held a private dinner for investors in his meme coin.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Astha Rajvanshi

May 28, 2025, 5:44 AM EDTFormer Russian president Dmitry Medvedev raised the specter of World War III on Tuesday, as the rhetoric between the White House and the Kremlin ramped up over the war in Ukraine. Medvedev, now a top security official, was responding to President Donald Trump's post on Truth Social berating his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as Moscow continued to rain strikes down on its neighbor.