The possibility of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being extradited to the United States appeared imminent on Tuesday after US officials sent assurances to British authorities that he would not face the death penalty or be prosecuted over his citizenship. could claim First Amendment protection.The assurances were the latest twist in a protracted legal battle to extradite Mr Assange, who has been accused by the United States of breaching the Espionage Act by publishing classified documents. They came after a remark by President Biden last week that the administration was considering a request from Australia, Mr Assange’s home country, to allow…
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Maurice El Medioni, an Algerian-born pianist who combined Jewish and Arabic musical traditions into a unique style he called “Pianoriental,” died March 25 in Israel. It was 95.His death, in a nursing home in Herzliya, on Israel’s central coast, was confirmed by his manager, Yvonne Kahan.Mr. Medioni was the last representative of a once-vibrant Jewish-Arab musical culture that flourished in North Africa before and after World War II, and drew proudly from both legacies.In Oran, the Algerian port where he was born, he was sought after by Arabs and Jews to play at weddings and banquets in the years between…
The University of Southern California has announced it has canceled plans for a commencement speech by this year’s valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim. The school said the decision stemmed from security concerns after several pro-Israel groups objected to her pro-Palestinian social media posts.The decision drew immediate criticism from the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as well as Ms. Tabassum, a biomedical engineering major.”I am so shocked by this decision and deeply disappointed that the university is succumbing to a campaign of hate aimed at silencing my voice,” Ms Tabassum wrote in a statement. She has…
When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took office in 2021, he pledged that his government would shift his country’s relationship with China away from one of economic dependence. Three years later, talk of reducing dependence on China has been replaced by calls for equal access to China’s market for foreign companies.That strategy puts the Germans at odds with many of their closest allies, including the United States and other European countries, who would like to see China curb its recent surge in green energy exports, including electric vehicles . US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen spoke about imposing trade restrictions on…
James Dean, a landscape painter who ran a NASA program that invited artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell and Jamie White to capture aspects of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions, died March 22 in Washington. It was 92.His son Stephen confirmed the death, at an assisted living facility.From the final Mercury mission in 1963 to 1974, Mr. Dean gave dozens of artists access to astronauts, to areas near the launch sites at Cape Canaveral (and the Kennedy Space Center), and to ships that retrieved astronauts from the oceans.Mr. Dean believed that artists offered a perspective that could not…
Federal regulators on Tuesday issued new protections for miners against a type of dust long known to cause fatal lung diseases – changes recommended by government researchers half a century ago.Mining companies should limit concentrations of airborne silica, a mineral commonly found in rocks that can be deadly when ground up and inhaled. The new requirements affect more than 250,000 miners who mine coal, a variety of metals and minerals used in products such as cement and smartphones. Tuesday’s announcement is the culmination of a fraught regulatory process that has spanned four presidential administrations.Miners paid dearly for the delay. As…
Watch live coverage of it January 6 obstruction case in the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court’s decision to review the propriety of an obstruction law that has been widely used against those involved in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, is already having an impact on some of the rioters.A small group of people convicted under the law have been released from custody — or will soon be — even though judges hearing arguments Tuesday are not expected to rule on the case for months.In recent weeks, federal judges in Washington agreed to release about 10 defendants serving…
The Daily Beast has long been an outlier in billionaire Barry Diller’s digital empire. As sites like Match.com and Expedia made millions over the years, Mr. Diller’s digital tabloid lost money, publishing one scoop after another but struggling to turn a profit.Now, Mr. Diller is making a big push to change that and has brought in Ben Sherwood, the former president of Disney ABC Television Group, and Joanna Coles, the former chief content officer of Hearst magazines, to help.Mr. Sherwood and Ms. Coles will receive an equity stake equivalent to about half of The Daily Beast, with IAC retaining a…
The old stock exchange building in central Copenhagen – one of the city’s oldest buildings, known for its ornate spire of braided dragon tails – partially collapsed in a major fire early Tuesday.No one was injured, according to a statement by King Frederik X. Images and videos on social media showed flames on the roof of the structure and dark clouds of smoke billowing over the city.It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the structure, which appeared to be undergoing renovations. As of early Tuesday afternoon, the fire was still burning with “pockets of fire” in the…
For people in eastern Ukraine, where nightly drone barrages from Russia overcome the army’s shaken air defenses, the response of Western allies to Iran’s airstrike against Israel this weekend produced uncomfortable comparisons.The militaries of the United States, Britain, France and others intervened to help Israel defend against a barrage of more than 300 Iranian drones and missiles, almost all of which were intercepted. A similar number of aerial weapons are launched against Ukraine on a weekly basis, its officials say, with many of the drones in these attacks being designed by Iran and now produced by Russia.Since the beginning of…