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Trump escalated runner with Harvard

After freezing 2.2 billion dollars of financing for Harvard University, President Trump raised the pressure yesterday and threatened To cancel the tax exemption mode.

The battle between the Trump administration and the oldest elite university in the country was heading to a confrontation that could affect other American institutions.

Harvard University rejected the administration’s demands to make changes to the university’s policies and programs related to the employment of diversity and tolerance with the anti -Israel protests.

details: With gifts worth $ 50 billion, Harvard University is in a unique position to withstand the freezing of financing. The strong university rejected Trump’s demands Energy injection In other universities, you fear the anger of the president.

The effects of the ripples: Columbia University, which faced criticism of not hitting a more challenging situation, showed signs of a tougher tone yesterday. The new president pledged on behalf The university will not allow the government to “ask us to abandon our independence and independence.”

For more: Critics say the demands of the Trump administration are an attack on academic freedom. This is what to know About Trump targeting From universities.

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Scenes from Ukraine, where the truce looks far away

Two of our correspondents and photographer traveled to Sumi, a city in northern Ukraine, a day after the Russian air strikes hit a central neighborhood on Sunday, killing 34 people. They witnessed another Russian attack on Monday.

The Palm Sunday attack has become an argument that peace talks between Moscow and Kiev fail. In Sumi, the attack began preparing for a possible new Russian ground attack in the area.

Our correspondents wrote that the feeling in the name is “is an unforgettable fear and tension and tense nerves.” For residents, There are no signs From the ceasefire.

An autopsy showed that some paramedics were shot in Gaza in the head

The paramedics and rescue workers who were killed in an Israeli shooting died in Gaza last month from bullets mainly To the head or chestAccording to the autopsy reports obtained by the Times.

The corpse dissection reports stated that 11 men were wounded and that most of them had been shot several times. Three others were injured by shrapnel. The Israeli army said it was investigating.

Related to: An Israeli security guard was killed The hospital director said that 10 patients were injured in a field hospital in southern Gaza.

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The small Finnish city of Rovanimi described itself as “”Official Santa Claus Establishment“With a tourist season that will last from October to March. Local population is nothing but Jolly, with many complaints from the development of out of control.

Our correspondent traveled to the city, where tourism brings more than 400 million euros annually. A man wearing a red suit and a long white beard told him: “People who benefit from happy.” “Those who do not do – feel jealous.”

Long live souls: Elsa Honij is a fineThe art historian who published textbooks on black and female artists, died in 94.

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The battle on the roots of Van Gogh

Auves-Sur-Aise, a village near Paris, where Vincent Van Gogh spent his last days. There, in 2020 art experts identified some amazing roots on the side of the hill as shown in the “Roots of Trees” painting. There has been a conflict in the village since then.

The owners of a property were imprisoned near the roots in a battle with the municipality, which claimed part of their lands for a historic site. The contracting conflict led to the instability of the population as the new tourism season rises.