Jem Bartholomew

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jem Bartholomew

Good morning. The NYPD arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied part of the main library building on Columbia University’s campus yesterday, ending an hours-long standoff, roughly one year after student anti-war protest swept the Ivy League school. Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said she asked the NYPD to help clear the building after protesters had refused to leave despite being threatened with disciplinary action and possible arrest for trespassing.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jem Bartholomew

Good morning. At least 26 people, including several children, have been killed and 46 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Pakistan called the strikes an “act of war” and claimed it had shot down five Indian air force jets and a drone.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jem Bartholomew

Good morning. The Department of Education told Harvard University yesterday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school acceded to a list of demands from the Trump administration that would effectively cede control of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to the government.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jem Bartholomew

When Garrett Petters, a 29-year-old architect in Dallas, and his girlfriend travelled to Paris last year, one of their favourite parts was eating out. They enjoyed French duck, andouillette, plenty of bread, cheese and coffee and even escargot. But it wasn’t just Paris’s cuisine they admired. It was also the different tipping culture. “We were talking about how nice it is in Europe that they pay their waiters and waitresses and we don’t have to tip because of it, and isn’t that cool,” Petters said.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jem Bartholomew

Good morning. Donald Trump would not rule out using military force to gain control of Greenland, the autonomous territory within Denmark, a fellow Nato member. Since taking office, the president has repeatedly expressed the idea of expansion into Greenland, sparking widespread condemnation and unease on the island and internationally. Greenland is seen as strategically important for defense and as a future source of mineral wealth.