Saturday, April 27, 2024

News Desk

Columbia University’s Shafik criticized for Gaza crackdown but not censured

University oversight panel says president undermined academic freedom by allowing New York police break up Gaza protest.

Unemployed Engineers and MBAs: The Secret Army of Indian Election Consultants

These ‘politically neutral problem solvers’ do short stints in political campaigns and are valued for their data skills.

Lawyer warns arrest of Palestinian academic could set precedent for free speech in Israel

LONDON: The lawyers for a Palestinian legal scholar arrested on April 17 have said her detention was “political” and could set a “precedent” for the treatment of academics and free speech in Israel. Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a leading feminist academic with roles at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Queen Mary, University of London, was arrested after appearing on a podcast in March in which she discussed her work on state crimes, genocide, violence and surveillance in the context of the war in Gaza.

Kenya flooding death toll rises to 70 | TOME

More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing.

Student Protests and US Politics: The Generation Gap | TOME

Experts say growing protest movement on university campuses could help shift US policy on Israel in the long term.

Trump hush money trial: Day 4 takeaways | TOME

Former National Enquirer publisher faces grilling from Trump defence team as first full week of US testimony wraps up.

150 shells hit Lebanese border towns in response to Israeli killing

BEIRUT: The Israeli army responded on Friday to the combined operation carried out by Hezbollah in the occupied Shebaa Farms district — also known as Har Dov — with artillery shelling and airstrikes targeting the Tumat Niha area on the outskirts of Western Bekaa. An Israeli was killed near the country’s northern border in a Hezbollah attack. Israeli forces launched an airstrike on the outskirts of Shebaa and fired artillery shells on the outskirts of the town of Kfarchouba at dawn.