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The co-chair of a newly formed task force fighting antisemitism at Harvard University has abruptly stepped down after barely a month at the helm. The sudden resignation by Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun, disclosed Sunday evening, is a setback for the Ivy League school’s efforts to combat antisemitism. Alan Garber, Harvard’s interim president, announced Sunday the full slate of members to the antisemitism presidential task force and explained Sadun has been replaced as co-chair because she “decided to refocus her efforts on her research, teaching and administrative responsibilities” at Harvard Business School. Sadun’s “insights and passion for this work…

An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistakenly believing them to be Quran verses. She was saved by police who escorted her to safety after hundreds gathered. The dress has the word “Halwa” printed in Arabic letters on it, meaning sweet in Arabic. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. Some people have been lynched even before their cases go on trial. Police told the BBC they first received a call at around 13:10 local (08:10 GMT) on Sunday that a crowd had gathered around a woman at…

Oppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday. Christopher Nolan’s film won best film cast, while Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr won individual acting prizes. Accepting the top prize on behalf of the cast, Sir Kenneth Branagh said they were all “grateful, humbled and proud”. The evening was peppered with remarks about the actors’ strike, which brought Hollywood to a standstill last year. Paying tribute to the US actors’ union, Sir Kenneth said: “Thank you for fighting for us, thank you for every Sag-Aftra member…

The Indian Railways has ordered an investigation after a freight train travelled more than 70km (43.4 miles) without drivers. Videos shared on social media showed the train zooming past several stations at high speed. Reports say the train ran without a driver from Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir to Hoshiarpur district in Punjab on Sunday. The railways says the train was brought to a halt and no-one was hurt. Officials told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency that the incident took place between 7:25 and 09:00 local time (01:55 and 3:30 GMT) on Sunday. The 53-wagon train, carrying…

Former nightclub bouncer Jake Knapp won a first PGA Tour event on only his ninth start as he took the Mexico Open by two shots. Knapp, 29, went into the final day four shots clear and saw his lead wiped out over the first seven holes. But he rallied on the back nine with his round of 71 enough to finish on 19 under, with Finland’s Sami Valimaki closest on 17 under. “Didn’t necessarily have my best stuff today, that’s for sure,” Knapp said. “Knew it was going to be nerve-wracking. Knew it was going to be tough,” the American…

Jurgen Klopp revealed his desire to write another chapter in Liverpool’s “wonderful book” before taking his leave at the end of the season, but this Carabao Cup final victory over Chelsea provided an unlikely story even by his own remarkable standards. Klopp’s line-up was stripped of some of its most precious assets going into a meeting with Chelsea’s billion-pound project, the odds on a Liverpool victory lengthening with the arrival of the team-sheet before kick-off. Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez were added to a list of casualties already containing keeper Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones. And yet,…

The boss of Ryanair has said holidaymakers will face higher fares this summer due to new Boeing planes arriving late. Chief executive Michael O’Leary said the delayed delivery of the planes will constrain capacity for passengers. He said that Ryanair’s ticket prices could be up to 10% more expensive this summer as a result. Ryanair hopes to get some compensation, but is focussed on getting planes delivered, he added. Mr O’Leary said that a delivery of 57 Boeing 737 Max 8200’s was due by March, but the firm thinks only 40-45 may arrive in time for the summer season.” Boeing…

British firms say they are facing higher shipping costs and delays of up to four weeks due to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, a business group said. More than a third of the firms surveyed by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said they had been affected. That figure rose to more than half among exporters responding to the survey. The added costs could contribute to higher prices in the UK economy generally, the BCC warned. “There has been spare capacity in the shipping-freight industry to respond to the difficulties, which has bought us some time,” William Bain, BCC…

In certain places at certain times, just staying alive is something for a boy to be proud of – let alone going out every day to find the food that keeps your family from starving. Every morning, Mohammed Zo’rab, 11, goes out into the southern Gaza city of Rafah on a mission. He takes a big plastic bowl and heads to schools that have become refugee centres, and to makeshift camps on the roadside where people suffer like his own family but might still find something to feed the child of strangers. Mohammed also goes to hospitals where the wounded…

A man has set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, US emergency services say. The incident happened at about 13:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Sunday. Officers from the US Secret Service extinguished the flames before the man was taken to hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries, the city’s fire department reported. A US Air Force spokeswoman was later quoted by US media as saying the man was an active-duty airman. The Washington police department is now investigating alongside the Secret Service and other relevant authorities. In a statement, police in the US capital said…