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University’s top donor withdraws support over ‘ridiculous’ Covid rules

Millionaire slams ‘pedantic and ineffective’ Covid-19 policies still in effect at the college The UK’s Durham University has lost its biggest individual donor, multimillionaire Mark Hillery, who pulled his financial support over Covid-19 rules he slammed as “ridiculous.” A former hedge fund manager and university alumnus, Hillery donated almost £7m to the university’s Collingwood College […]

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Libyan general elections in limbo after eastern-based faction withdraws support from unity government

One of the two dueling parliaments in Libya passed a motion of no confidence in the unity government. The UN earlier warned that a civil war could resume if rivals don’t agree on a legal framework for the December election. The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) said its members voted to withdraw confidence in the […]