- The president of the University of Pennsylvania has resigned following scrutiny of her testimony to a congressional hearing regarding antisemitism on university campuses. During the questioning she refused to explicitly say that calling for genocide against Jews would be a violation of the school's code of conduct, saying it was "context-dependent" (the most charitable interpretation of this might be that just what constitutes a call for genocide might be context-dependent, for instance whether the use of the "from the river to the sea" slogan qualifies). After the hearings she apologized and said that she would consider a call for genocide to constitute the sort of harassment or intimidation that the code of conduct prohibits, but the damage was done.
- Israel has designated a "humanitarian zone" to which Gaza's two million residents are expected to flee. The zone in question has an area of 8.5 km2 (3.3 mi2), which is smaller than Heathrow Airport.
- Western solidarity with Ukraine is starting to show cracks, apparently driven by domestic political considerations in the US and EU. Meanwhile Putin shows no sign of giving up.
- Severe storms, including what appears to have been a tornado, struck Tennessee yesterday, killing six people.
- Prices of durable goods are declining in the US. It is hoped that this is a sign that the overall inflation rate is coming under control without getting to the point where it slips into deflation.
- Alex Jones has been allowed back on the former Twitter by Elon Musk following a poll of users. As if you needed any more reasons to stay away from that site...
- The DNA testing service 23andMe may be facing a class action lawsuit following a data breach that gave hackers access to the genetic information of around 6.9 million people.
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