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NEW YORK: Columbia University backed off late Thursday from an overnight deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon an encampment there as more college campuses in the United States sought to prevent occupations from taking hold. Police have carried out large-scale arrests in universities across the country, at times using chemical irritants and tasers to disperse protests over Israel's war with Hamas. The office of New York-based Columbia University president Minouche Shafik issued a statement at 11:07 pm…

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actress and two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone revealed that she prefers to go by her given name, Emily, when possible. In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, alongside her The Curse costar Nathan Fielder, the actress when whether she'd correct a fan who called her by her real name instead of Emma, she responded, "No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily." Stone said "people that I work with" call her Emily, "when I get to know them," and noted that she made her stage name "Emma Stone"…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced Olympic legend Usain Bolt as an ambassador for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will be played in the West Indies and USA from 1-29 June, 2024. The announcement comes a few weeks ahead of the start of the biggest cricket carnival spectacle ever that will inspire a new generation of fans. Bolt’s global appeal alongside his out of this world athletic achievements and ability to transcend boundaries makes him a perfect fit for the biggest T20 World Cup ever.…

LAHORE: The Pakistan cricket team will travel to New Zealand soon after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan to play a white-ball series consisting of three ODIs and five T20Is. The decision was reached during a meeting between Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Scott Weenink at the PCB headquarters, Gaddafi Stadium. Chairman PCB thanked CEO NZC for the New Zealand team’s tour to Pakistan for the series. Naqvi told Weenink that security of the cricketers was of…

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's appearance as the chief guest at a passing out parade of female police officers wearing a police uniform has caused a stir. Maryam Nawaz appeared at the Chung Police Training School as the chief guest at a ceremony marking the passing out parade of a new batch of female police officers, wearing the police uniform as a gesture of goodwill and to express solidarity with the graduating recruits. However,  Maryam's participation in the passing out parade while wearing the…

WASHINGTON: Celebrity Chef Jose Andres called seven aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Gaza "the best of humanity" during a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral that was attended by hundreds, and punctuated by grief and ongoing questions about the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel mistakenly killed the seven people working for Andres' charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in an airstrike earlier this month, prompting worldwide condemnation and a demand by President Joe Biden…

The University of Southern California (USC) has called off its main-stage graduation ceremony this year, one week after canceling the valedictorian speech by a Muslim student who said she was silenced by anti-Palestinian hatred. New safety measures in place this year, such as additional screening procedures, will increase the processing time for guests "substantially," according to an update on USC's website. "As a result, we will not be able to host the main stage ceremony that traditionally brings 65,000 students,…

WASHINGTON: A pro-Palestinian US group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called police to clear demonstrator encampments. Palestine Legal, an organization that seeks to protect the rights of people in the US to speak out on behalf of Palestinians, urged the US Education Department to probe the school's actions, which it alleges were discriminatory against those who are pro-Palestinian. Last week, the university…

NEW YORK: Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable. Many accusers of the former Hollywood movie mogul condemned Thursday's decision, with the actress Ashley Judd telling reporters it was "an act of institutional betrayal." The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg signaled it planned to retry Weinstein. In a bitterly…

NEW YORK: Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the United States, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza. The growing protests follow mass arrests of demonstrators at some East Coast universities in recent days, and show a deepening dissatisfaction in the United States, historically Israel's most important ally, with the course of the war with Hamas. Pro-Palestinian protests have followed President Joe Biden, a self-declared "Zionist," for…

MADRID: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would step back from public duties "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings. Sanchez, who last year secured another term for his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) as leader of a minority coalition government, said he would announce his decision on Monday, April 29. "I need to pause and think," he wrote in a letter shared on his X account.…

TEHRAN: An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran's 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told an Iranian newspaper. Salehi in his songs supported months of protests in Iran in 2022 sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for allegedly wearing an "improper" hijab. Salehi was initially arrested in October 2022 after making public statements in support of the nationwide protests. He was…