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  • Students chant ‘Free Mahmoud’ at Columbia University graduation

    Students chant ‘Free Mahmoud’ at Columbia University graduation

    There was one notable — and loudly noted — absence on Wednesday at Columbia University’s graduation ceremony: detained pro-Palestinian student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil.

    “Boo… Shame on you!” students chanted when Clare Shipman, interim president of the prestigious New York City school, took the podium.

    Columbia has been the site of demonstrations calling for an end to violence in Gaza for the past 18 months, and more recently, has seen student protesters arrested by the Trump…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • US Justice Department ends post-George Floyd police reform settlements | Donald Trump News

    US Justice Department ends post-George Floyd police reform settlements | Donald Trump News

    The administration of President Donald Trump has begun the process of ending the federal government’s involvement in reforming local police departments, a civil rights effort that gained steam after the deaths of unarmed Black people like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

    On Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice announced it would cancel two proposed settlements that would have seen the cities of Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, agree to federal oversight of…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Lessons From Google I/O 2025 To Cut $20 Billion In Healthcare Waste

    Lessons From Google I/O 2025 To Cut $20 Billion In Healthcare Waste

    U.S. health systems waste about $20 billion annually on manual administrative tasks that automation could eliminate. At Google I/O 2025, the headline announcement centered on Search with AI Mode powered by Gemini 2.5. Google positioned AI as the operating system for everything. This shift presents tangible opportunities for healthcare organizations to enhance operational efficiency, improve the patient experience and support better clinical outcomes….

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Tottenham defeat Manchester United to win Europa League final | Football News

    Tottenham defeat Manchester United to win Europa League final | Football News

    Brennan Johnson scores the only goal as Tottenham beat Man Utd to lift the cup and qualify for the Champions League.

    Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League final, lifting its first European trophy in more than four decades to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

    It is the first major title for Tottenham since it won the English League Cup in 2008, and its first European triumph since it won its second UEFA Cup — the equivalent of the Europa League now — in…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Court OKs Rite Aid Pharmacy Asset Sale To CVS, Walgreens And Grocers

    Court OKs Rite Aid Pharmacy Asset Sale To CVS, Walgreens And Grocers

    A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of pharmacy assets from more than 800 Rite Aid stores to CVS Health, Walgreens and grocery store chains including Kroger and Albertsons.

    The pharmacy assets include 64 brick-and-mortar…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Pro-Palestinian Columbia alumni torch diplomas

    Pro-Palestinian Columbia alumni torch diplomas

    Columbia University alumni burned diplomas and police arrested protesters outside a commencement ceremony.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • FDA will approve COVID-19 vaccine only for older adults and high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

    FDA will approve COVID-19 vaccine only for older adults and high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

    On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

    The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for people with one or more risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes. These risk factors include medical conditions such as asthma, cancer, chronic kidney disease, heart disease and diabetes.

    However, healthy younger adults and children who fall outside of…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

    FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

    On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

    The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for people with one or more risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes. These risk factors include medical conditions such as asthma, cancer, chronic kidney disease, heart disease and diabetes.

    However, healthy younger adults and children who fall outside of…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Trump ambushes South Africa’s Ramaphosa in Oval Office meeting

    Trump ambushes South Africa’s Ramaphosa in Oval Office meeting

    Cyril Ramaphosa's Oval Office visit began with a video making false claims of anti-white discrimination.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Netanyahu says Israel will control ‘all of Gaza’ after latest offensive | News

    Netanyahu says Israel will control ‘all of Gaza’ after latest offensive | News

    Israeli prime minister also outlines maximalist conditions for ending the war.

    The entire Gaza Strip will be under the Israeli military’s control at the end of its latest offensive, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in his first news conference since December, setting out maximalist conditions for ending the devastating war on the besieged Palestinian enclave.

    Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in relentless Israeli bombardments across Gaza in recent days, at least 82…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com