Bloomberg Philanthropies will make a $600 million donation to four historically Black medical schools, a gift that will more than double the endowments at three of the four institutions.
Hamas said it chose Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader in Gaza and architect of the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, to succeed the former head of its political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week in Tehran.
Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, praising the former high-school teacher and football coach with a progressive streak as a homespun leader dedicated to inspiring people to “dream big.”
Months after protests rocked Columbia University’s campus, President Minouche Shafik proposed additional muscle for the school’s security force, including new authority to arrest protesters.
Bayer posted a second-quarter net loss and lower underlying earnings, weighed down by its crop-science division as agriculture companies cope with falling crop prices.
