News Headlines - 18 November 2016
▽Trump agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump University lawsuits | Reuters
Donald Trump agreed on Friday to pay $25 million to settle fraud lawsuits over his Trump University real estate seminars, in what New York's attorney general called a "stunning reversal" for the U.S. president-elect.
Pictures released on Thursday evening by the Japanese government that showed Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner joining the president-elect for a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have led to widespread criticism on social media.
▽What now for science? | Science
Faced with the uncertainty of what the 2016 U.S. presidential election means for science, we may find some reassurance in understanding that the health of the nation’s scientific enterprise depends on much more than the attitudes of the particular person who is president. We must not forget that members of Congress and other national, state, local, and international officials also make policy and collectively constitute a considerable force that is in many ways more influential than the president alone.
▽Buckingham Palace to get ￡369m refurbishment - BBC News
Buckingham Palace is to undergo a 10-year refurbishment costing the taxpayer ￡369m, the Treasury has announced.
The Queen will remain in residence during the work, to begin next April.
▽Bob Dylan to come to Stockholm, may perform - The Local
Music icon Bob Dylan is expected to come to Stockholm next spring, as the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature will skip the award ceremony in December, a Swedish Academy member said on Friday.
