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Warwick among universities that attended anti-protest coaching webinar hosted by law firm
Staff from the University of Warwick attended a webinar which coached universities on how to secure sweeping protest bans on their campuses, an investigation by Liberty Investigates and The Guardian has revealed. Documents obtained as part of the...

Guest opinion: Tom Thomas: We need new words to discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict
By Tom Thomas There has been much reaction to the horrible, criminal fire attack on a group of peaceful demonstrators on June 1. Some of this reaction surrounds Taishya Adams’ decision to not sign the city’s official statement on the matter. It...

Hats off to Israel’s volunteer-heroes
Just before I stepped into a guest lecture for a master’s class on innovation and entrepreneurship at the College of Management Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion, I made a short but unforgettable detour. A visit to the College’s food bank and...

Congress mocks Smriti Irani’s return to TV. ‘Everyone returning to original professions’
New Delhi: Former education minister Smriti Irani is reprising her role as Tulsi Virani in Ekta Kapoor’s magnum opus Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi after 17 years. Her return to acting was announced through a promotional video on Instagram. The...

Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties
The Anti-Defamation League has been a ubiquitous presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universities, often over the objections of students,...

US universities may lose $1 bln in revenue due to foreign student outflow — newspaper
LONDON, July 8. /TASS/. Dozens of US universities risk losing an estimated one billion dollars in collective tuition fees from new international students who are either unwilling or unable to study in the country due to actions by US President...

Gaza civil defence says 29 killed in Israeli strikes
Gaza's civil defence agency said that 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory devastated by 21 months of war. Among those were nine people killed in a drone strike on a camp for displaced people near Khan Younis,...

Divers clean Lake Van in eastern Türkiye to preserve its ecosystem
In an effort to reduce pollution in Lake Van and preserve it for future generations, divers have conducted an underwater cleanup, retrieving dozens of car tires, bags of plastic, and metal waste from the lakebed. The Van Metropolitan Municipality...

The United States of divergence: How ethnic studies became a fault line in American education
California once led the charge to revolutionize public education. When it passed a landmark law in 2021 requiring ethnic studies for all high school graduates, the state positioned itself as a national trailblazer, promising a curriculum that...

Amid Israeli research: 50M Americans to be diagnosed with obesity
Revolutionary Israeli medical research has transformed obesity diagnosis in the United States, fundamentally changing how tens of millions of Americans are classified for treatment. The groundbreaking study, spearheaded by Prof. Dror Dicker from...

Metal singer booed over Israel; his response goes viral
At Black Sabbath's farewell event held July 5 at Villa Park stadium in Birmingham, the guest appearance of David Draiman – the Jewish lead singer of metal band Disturbed – became the center of public controversy. Draiman (52), who was invited to...
Gaza Genocide Continues: ‘Israel’ Retaliates with Massacres of Children and Civilians in a Brutal Act of aggression
The Israeli occupation forces continue their intensive aggression against the Gaza Strip, targeting various areas by land, air, and sea, leaving dozens of civilians dead and wounded, particularly in areas where displaced persons are located. In...

Rich Shumate: “Free money” school voucher program is popular but not really free
Gov. Sarah Sanders’ school vouchers program has taught us once again a self-evident lesson about human nature: Free money is popular. For the upcoming school year, all parents in Arkansas qualify for about $6,800 in state subsidies for private...

Factors Influencing Adherence to Refills and Medications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Saudi Arabia: A Questionnaire-Based Study
Introduction Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose levels due to either insulin deficiency or insulin resistance.1 It is commonly classified into Type 1 (T1DM) and Type 2 (T2DM). T1DM is...
Is Trump really a dealmaker? Then push Israel for a Palestinian state.
President Trump was set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and potential ceasefire. A key obstacle to peace is the issue of Palestinian statehood, which Saudi Arabia insists is a prerequisite for...
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Now Israel nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after Pakistan: Does this help his case?
United States President Donald Trump is being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, again. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the American leader on Monday (July 7) that he was nominating him for the prestigious award, as they met for...

School Assembly News Headlines Today: Top International, Sports And National News For July 8
School Assembly News Headlines Today, July 8: Every headline makes a larger global impact, regardless of whether it belongs to politics, international affairs, sports, entertainment, or business. July 8 brings some strong and impactful headlines,...

Livestream: Iran hit Israel with “damage it has never suffered before”
Eli Gerzon The Electronic Intifada Podcast 7 July 2025 “Israel suffered very bad damage during the war, damage it has never suffered before,” says author Helena Cobban of the 12-day military confrontation with Iran. “But the US corporate media has...

Superbugs in the Surf: Israeli Sea Turtles Are Swimming With Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A new study has found that three out of four bacteria collected from sea turtles off Israel’s Mediterranean coast are resistant to multiple antibiotics—a red flag not just for marine life, but for human health as well. Researchers from the...

Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh joins University of Galway
Human rights lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh has joined the University of Galway as an adjunct professor. Ms Ní Ghrálaigh, based at Matrix Chambers in London, specialises in international law, civil liberties, human rights, protest law and...