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Joe Biden's high-stakes trip to the Middle East, including Israel and Saudi Arabia

During his campaign for the US presidency, Joe Biden described Saudi Arabia as a 'pariah state' in the aftermath of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But since taking office, Biden's language has changed. This week, he is making his first trip to the oil-rich kingdom as president, as global…

France 24

Ex-Georgetown coach gets 2 1/2 years in bribe scandal

A former Georgetown University tennis coach has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school

The Independent UK

Georgetown dad acquitted in final college bribery scam trial

A father has been acquitted of paying off a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school in the final trial linked to the explosive college admissions bribery scandal

The Independent UK

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Ilya Shapiro Resigns From Georgetown University Law School

"Further analysis shows that you’ve made it impossible for me to fulfill the duties of my appointed post," writes Shapiro.

Reason

Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial

A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter into the school is set to face jurors in the final case linked to the sweeping college admissions bribery scandal to go to trial

The Independent UK

Climate crisis: what lessons can we learn from the last great cooling-off period?

The ‘little ice age’ of the 14th to the 19th centuries brought cold winters to Europe and unusual weather globally. Studying how humans adapted could be valuable

The Guardian - UK

Climate change may increase risk of new infections

African, Asian nations face the greatest threat of increased virus exposure from animals to humans

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Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and it's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, especially in Africa and Asia, according to a new study

The Independent UK

'Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars

The Independent UK

If the west can harbor Ukrainians, it can accept the many climate refugees to come

The Ukraine war has revealed the double-standards of the Global North’s immigration policies. Refugees from Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve the same sympathy

The Guardian - US

Memories of Albright: A legacy of bluntness and conviction

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is being remembered as a woman of conviction and determination who liked to say she told things like they were and not the way she might like them to be

The Independent UK

Humans may give viruses to animals in ‘spillback’ events more often than previously thought

Such events recently gained attention due to spread of Covid from humans to wild white-tailed deer

The Independent UK

Poll: Americans united in worry over political divisions, but not much else

Civility has gone downhill since Biden took office, voters say in a new Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service poll.

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Faculty Letter Against Firing Ilya Shapiro

I don't normally do this sort of thing, but in light of the continued calls to terminate Ilya Shapiro from Georgetown University Law Center because of his tweets last week, I was part of a group of professors who sent the following letter to Georgetown Dean William Treanor. (Signatories include…

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