The police response to Spain’s campus protests has been relatively muted while more than 2,000 academics stand by their university students. Madrid, Spain – Huge Palestinian flags are hanging on campuses across Spain as thousands of students protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Some classes have stopped this week as students demonstrate in Barcelona, Valencia, the Basque Country and Madrid.

Anti-Israel agitators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology took back their campus encampment after it was initially cleared by police.Administrators at MIT in Cambridge have been forced to deal with a new encampment on a site that was cleared but immediately retaken by demonstrators as they seek to continue their anti-Israel protest. The agitators have called for the school to divest from Israel and to stop investing in companies that assist the Jewish country.Protesters at MIT were given a Monday afternoon deadline to voluntarily leave or face suspension. Many cleared...

More than 15 years after Nepal officially became a secular democracy, the former Hindu monarchy may have a religious extremism problem, incited and aggravated by its closest neighbor. In an “alarming” development, Indian Hindutva ideology and politics have begun to spread throughout the country, as local experts and journalists report. This proliferation has resulted in a recent spate of attacks and restrictions on Christians reported within the country of 30 million.

General Christopher Cavoli, the head of U.S. European Command, warned this week that Russia’s military has grown stronger and has recovered faster from its war in Ukraine than the U.S. thought was possible. Cavoli, who is also the supreme allied commander of Europe at the Western security alliance NATO, made the remarks Wednesday during a House Armed Services hearing on National Security Challenges in Europe. “With the help of the United States, and invaluable help from other allies and partners, Ukraine has inflicted significant damage upon the Russian military,” he...

When Renewcell AB opened its inaugural commercial factory in 2022, it was hailed as a beacon of hope for a more sustainable future in fashion. Launched in a repurposed paper mill in Sweden, the world’s first industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling plant represented a project of unparalleled ambition that would pave the way for an entire new industry. Just over a year later, on Feb. 26, Renewcell filed for bankruptcy. The decision came four months after the public company issued a profit warning over slow sales of Circulose, the biodegradable pulp it...

OnePlus is about to launch two new products, EU-exclusive versions of the OnePlus Watch 2 and Pad Go tablet. Bingo Liu, CEO, OnePlus Europe, talked to me about the new products and the thinking behind them. The OnePlus Watch 2 was a major release for the company in recent months, upgrading every part of the company’s original smartwatch and receiving strong reviews. Liu tells me that the new watch was a success in sales, too: “Feedback has been phenomenal. In fact, in just the first 18hrs, we sold out and...

Polish FM: The EU has spent double what the U.S. has spent on helping Ukraine. Russia is now a more dangerous adversary than it was two years ago. This calls for change in how the war is fought. The first area where Ukraine and its supporters must change is war strategy. Until now, the West has adopted a strategic posture focused on defending Ukraine. This ensured the survival of Ukraine until now, but the revived and more dangerous threat of Russia means “defending Ukraine” is now a strategy for defeat....