#3 university presidents to face grilling on campus antisemitism at House hearing

#3 university presidents to face grilling on campus antisemitism at House hearing

The presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Pennsylvania will be called to the mat Tuesday after weeks of backlash over their schools’ responses to surging antisemitism.   “Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen countless examples of antisemitic demonstrators on college campuses,” House Education Committee Chair Virginia…

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#California launches subnational partnership on reducing methane emissions at COP28

#California launches subnational partnership on reducing methane emissions at COP28

California, along with a group of international partners, announced the official kickoff of a subnational partnership focused on reducing methane, on the sidelines of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai this weekend. The Subnational Methane Action Coalition, unveiled at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP28) on Sunday, aims to further cooperation among jurisdictions that…

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#China accuses US Navy ship of violating its sovereignty

#China accuses US Navy ship of violating its sovereignty

China has accused a U.S. Navy ship of violating its sovereignty after the USS Gabrielle Giffords appeared near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the South China Sea. The appearance of the ship “seriously violated China’s sovereignty and security,” a statement from the Chinese military said, reported by Bloomberg. The ship “undermined regional…

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#Trump claims Biden is bigger threat to democracy

#Trump claims Biden is bigger threat to democracy

Former President Trump claimed President Biden posed a grave risk to democracy, returning the criticism most often associated with the prospects of his own return to the White House in 2024. “He’s been weaponizing government against his political opponents like a Third World political tyrant,” Trump said of Biden at a campaign event Saturday in…

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#Kirby defends US approach in Israel when pressed on red lines

#Kirby defends US approach in Israel when pressed on red lines

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby defended on Sunday the United States’s diplomatic approach in the Israel-Hamas war and would not commit to imposing any hard red lines on support for Israel. “We believe that the approach that we’ve been taking, Margaret, has had an effect,” Kirby told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the…

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