United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order into law keeping men out of women’s sports and also prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in women’s sports.
It has directed agencies to withdraw federal funding for any schools that refused to comply.
The order also directed the State Department to push the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make similar changes at the international level by making eligibility determined according to sex and not gender identity or testosterone reduction.
It was signed on the occasion of National Girls and Women in Sports Day in the US yesterday.
USPS backtracks on suspension of incoming parcels from China, Hong Kong.
The US Post Service (USPS) backtracked on a decision to suspend incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong, after fears of major trade disruptions.
According to media reports, the decision to suspend packages arriving from China and Hong Kong was a consequence of tariffs imposed on China by US President Donald. Alongside the tariffs, Trump also slashed a duty-free exemption for low-value packages, many of which come from Chinese-founded online retailers.
Yesterday, the USPS said it was working with Customs and Border Protection to put in place an efficient collection mechanism for the new China tariffs to ensure the least disruption to package delivery.