Trump intensified a feud with Harvard
After frozen $ 2.2 billion in funding at the University of Harvard, President Trump expressed his pressure yesterday and threatened to revoke his status as a tax exemption.
The struggle between the Trump administration and the oldest and most elite university of the nation was directed to a showdown that could affect other US institutions.
Harvard has rejected the administration’s requests to make changes to the university policies and programs relating to the hiring of diversity and tolerance of anti-Israeli protests.
Details: With an allotment of $ 50 billion, Harvard is positioned uniquely to resist the freezing of the loan. The strong refusal of the University of Trump requests has injected energy to other universities fearing the anger of the president.
Chain effects: Columbia University, which faced criticism for not hitting a more provocative stand, yesterday showed signs of adoption of a harder tone. The new interim president promised that the university would not allow the government to “request us to give up our independence and autonomy”.
For more information: Critics say that the requests of the Trump administration are an attack on academic freedom. Here’s what to know about the Trump targeting of universities.
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Scenes from Ukraine, where a truce seems far away
Two of our journalists and a photographer went to Sumy, a city in northern Ukraine, one day after Russian air attacks hit a central neighborhood on Palm’s Sunday, killing 34 people. On Monday they witnessed another Russian attack.
Palm Sunday’s attack has become a discussion that the peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv are failing. In Sumy, the attack unleashed the preparation for a possible new Russian land assault in the region.
The feeling of Sumy “is of fear, incessant tension and frayed nerves”, wrote our journalists. For residents, there are no signs of ceased fire.
The autopsies showed that some doctors Gaza have been affected to the head
The paramedics and rescue killed in an Israeli shooting in Gaza last month died mainly from the shots in the head or chest, according to the relationships on the autopsy obtained since the times.
The relationships on the autopsy reported that 11 of men had a gun wounds and that most had been hit several times. Three others had injured chip wounds. Israel’s army said he was investigating.
Related: An Israeli strike killed a security guard and wounded 10 patients in a field hospital in the south of Gaza, said the hospital director.
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The small Finnish city of Rovaniemi has marked itself as “the official hometown of Santa Claus”, with a tourist season ranging from October to March. Local residents are far from cheerful, with many complaining about development out of control.
Our journalist traveled to the city, where tourism brings over 400 million euros per year. “The people who benefit from are happy,” said a man in red dress and a long white beard. “Those who don’t do it – are jealous.”
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The struggle for Van Gogh’s roots
Auvers-sur-Oise, a village near Paris, is the place where Vincent Van Gogh spent his last few days. There, the art experts in 2020 identified some gnarled roots on a hill like those represented in his final painting “Roots”. Since then there has been a conflict in the village.
The owners of a property near the roots were blocked in a fight with the Municipality, which claimed part of their land for a historic site. The loud dispute has shocked the residents just as the new tourism season warms up.