3 Columbia Univ admins put on leave over alleged text exchange at antisemitism panel
Columbia University said it has placed three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged unprofessional text messages while attending a panel discussion about antisemitism on campus. The university said the administrators work for its undergraduate Columbia College, which hosted the panel discussion “Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present...
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Chinese hackers step up attacks on Taiwanese orgs
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Russia summons American envoy over deadly attack
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Armed militants kill priest and cops in Dagestan
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China, EU open to talks on plans to hike tariffs on Chinese EVs
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EU targets Russia’s LNG ghost fleet in new round of sanctions
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‘Ukraine won’t seek discount on entry commitments’
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UK schoolboy gets world-first epilepsy device fitted in skull
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Pre-dawn op saves 77 migrants from yacht near Greek Aegean islands
A group of 77 migrants were rescued off a crippled sailing yacht after a large overnight operation in the southern Aegean Sea, Greek authorities said on Monday. Nobody was reported missing or injured following the rescue between the islands of Amorgos and Astypalaia, Greece’s coast guard said. Three coast guard vessels,...
Dali cargo ship departs Baltimore for Virginia, post-bridge collapse delay
(): The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge’s supporting columns and caused the bridge to collapse. The 984-foot Dali started moving shortly before 8:30 am with four tugboats....
Indian man shot dead during robbery in US
In a tragic incident, a 32-year-old Indian man, who came to the US less than a year ago, was fatally shot during a robbery at a convenience store in the US state of Texas. Dasari Gopikrishna sustained critical injuries during a robbery incident at a gas station convenience store in Pleasant...
Britain’s Princess Anne admitted in hospital
Britain’s Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, is in hospital after sustaining minor injuries and concussion after an incident in Bristol, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The Princess Royal, 73, sustained the injuries at the Gatcombe Park estate on Sunday evening and remains in Bristol’s Southmead Hospital as a...
Fire at lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22
A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said. The fire began after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them at the second floor of the factory in...
‘Apple breached rules with App Store restrictions’
(): European Union regulators on Monday levelled their first charges under the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook, accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options on other venues. The European Commission said that according to the preliminary findings of its investigation, the restrictions that the iPhone...
Prosecutors to urge judge to bar Trump from inflammatory comments about FBI
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump is hearing arguments Monday on whether to bar the former president from public comments that prosecutors say could endanger the lives of FBI agents working on the case. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team says the restrictions are necessary...
