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Qatar’s Academic Empire: How Foreign Billions Rewired the American University System — and Why Qatar’s Influence Stands Apart


By: Fern Sidman – Jewish Voice News For more than a decade, foreign governments have poured staggering sums into America’s most prestigious universities. These “gifts,” disclosed—often reluctantly—under federal reporting laws, have come from a constellation of nations spanning the Gulf, East Asia, Europe, and beyond. Yet among this mosaic of contributors, one country towers […]

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Reconstructing Gaza: The Devil is in the Detail


The world is on the cusp of making the same mistake with Hamas that it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Still, there is progress to be made if the involved parties pay attention By: Ben Cohen No doubt, the passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803 on the postwar reconstruction of Gaza […]

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Fatally stabbed dad of 4 was visiting Brooklyn NYCHA complex where he grew up: ex


Kevin Coleman, 48 was back at the Hughes Houses in Brownsville to hangout with friends when he was stabbed multiple times.

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Venezuela’s Maduro does peace dance as Trump weighs military options—video


Maduro turns rallies and dances into displays of defiance, calling for peace as the U.S. escalates military pressure.

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‘Coney Island Christmas’ to open Nov. 28 in Milford



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Mamdani must work to stop illicit vapes


Now that the dust is settling after the mayoral election and Zohran Mamdani is organizing his transition, it’s essential that he maintains the progress the Adams administration made in protecting N…

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The NYS comptroller can aid affordable housing


New Yorkers can’t afford to live where they work. Public school teachers in Brooklyn, autoworkers in Buffalo, mechanics in Mount Vernon, nurses in Syracuse, laborers in Hempstead: They can’t afford…

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В Москве подросток ранил ножом охранника, а затем задерживающих его полицейских


В Москве в торговом центре на Ореховом бульваре днем 23 ноября 16-летний Хусейн Гаджиев набросился на охранника с ножом. Тот сделал ему замечание.

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Ignoring Widespread Skepticism in Congress, Trump Administration Presses on With Promise To Disburse $2,000 Tariff Checks


Trump administration officials have said publicly that they may send out the checks without congressional approval, which could cost as much as $500…

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Wrong way do a Council pay raise: Salary hikes must be passed before Election Day


As reported in the Daily News over the weekend, the City Council is scheming to vote themselves a pay raise in the waning days of their current term, which ends on Dec. 31. We say scheming because …