Sunday, March 9, 2025

New York University caves to President Trump's threat

 



President Donald Trump threatened to cut $400 million in federal grants to Colombia University for "continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students."

Interim president Katrina Armstrong, issued a letter on Friday that said the university takes the cuts "very seriously" and is prepared to work with the government on its "legitimate concerns."

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Man with the golden arm dies

 



James Harrison, the ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, has died at age 88.  His blood contained precious anti-D, used to make medication for at-risk newborns. 

Photograph: Australian Red Cross

 


ICE officers raid Kebab shop in New Jersey

 



ICE officers raided the Kebab restaurant in New Jersey and arrested, Emine Emanet and her husband, Celal Emanet, who moved to the US from Turkey in 2008 on an R1 visa.

Monday, March 3, 2025

"No Other Land" wins Academy Award for best documentary

 



“No Other Land,” which chronicles Israel’s demolitions in the Palestinian West Bank village of Masafer Yatta, won the Academy Award for best documentary feature on Sunday night.

 Israel’s culture minister bemoaned the win as a “sad moment.”

Zelenskyy gets better reception in London

 


European leaders during a summit on Ukraine at Lancaster House in London. 

Photograph: Christophe Ena/EPA

Nathan Cleary stole the show in Las Vagas

 




Nathan Cleary stole the show in Las Vegas yesterday, leading from the front in the Panthers’ 28-22 win over the Sharks at Allegiant Stadium.   

He met up with Mary Fowler who was in California with the Matildas for a 24-hour catch-up before he flew back to Vegas to re-join his Panthers team.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

A live-fire exercise carried out by China's navy 280km east of Sydney

 


Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong raised Australia's expectations around "safe and professional military conduct" with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Li, on the sidelines of G20 in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Source: Getty / Per-Anders Pettersson