Barnard College student expelled for role in Columbia Hamilton Hall takeover over Gaza
Columbia University Apartheid Divest ascribed the crackdown to outside pressure. The expulsion came a day after the Justice Department announced a task force.
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The ‘scary’ state of Whyalla steelworks’ bank balance revealed by administrators
Scathing assessment shows operation was losing $1.5m a day, running low of critical materials and owed creditors more than $1.3bnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Whyall…
Percival Everett’s ‘James’ is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction
Percival Everett’s “James” is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
Pope Francis back on ventilator after respiratory failure – The Washington Post
Pope Francis back on ventilator after respiratory failure The Washington PostPope Francis back on ventilation after suffering “acute respiratory failure”, Vatican says EuronewsArchbishop: Pope’s convalescence is reminder everyone …
More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report
Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to healthMore than half of adults and a third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, posing an “unparalleled thre…
Google updates Google Play on Android to highlight apps with widgets, adding a widget search filter, widget badges on app pages, and a curated editorial page (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google updates Google Play on Android to highlight apps with widgets, adding a widget search filter, widget badges on app pages, and a curated editorial page — There will be a new search filter for widgets, w…
Driverless Race Car Sets a New Autonomous Speed Record
A fully driverless Maserati MC20 Coupe set a new autonomous land speed record, reaching 197.7 mph at the Kennedy Space Center. The Verge reports: The Maserati was running self-driving software developed by Politecnico di Milano, Italy’s largest scienti…
Could Hamas Possibly Make This Any Clearer? – Commentary Magazine
Could Hamas Possibly Make This Any Clearer? Commentary MagazineView Full Coverage on Google News
Head of FBI New York office says he’s retired from the bureau after being ordered to do so
The head of the FBI’s New York field office who was reported to have resisted Justice Department efforts to scrutinize agents who participated in politically sensitive investigations has told coworkers that he has retired from the bureau after being di…
DRCongo public spending : report highlights systemic inequalities
MPs get $21,000 a month, soldiers $100. A new anti-corruption report says the Congolese government’s overspending is allowing the elite to benefit while other vital areas suffer from underfunding; not least the underpaid troops facing a rebel takeover…