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A new AEI database called SOURCE, opens a window on the donations made by private foundations to the nation’s colleges and universities.gettyWhat are the higher education priorities of America’s private foundations? Which foundations spend the most? What activities do they prioritze? And which institutions reap the largest benefits? Answers to those questions are now available in a new database called SOURCE, the Searchable Open University Records of Charitable Expenditures.Developed by Tao Tan, affiliate scholar at the American Enterprise Institute’s Center for the Future of the American University, the interactive tool contains data on more than one million grants made by…

Back and forth over defence spending comes as NATO leaders set to meet in Ankara next week.Published On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has defended his country’s NATO defence spending, shortly after US President Donald Trump re-upped his criticism of alliance members.The statement on Friday came as NATO leaders were set to meet next week in Ankara. Trump has decried defence spending by members of the bloc throughout his political career, calling the balance of spending “ridiculous” and “one-sided” in his latest Truth Social posts on the issue earlier this week.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of…

Saleem Khader al-Ashqar, an established 32-year-old Palestinian goalkeeper, stepped out of his home last Monday in search of cooking gas following a request from his pregnant wife. He never returned. Al-Ashqar was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, ending a life dedicated to football and family.His death is the latest devastating blow for the Palestinian athletic community, with about 1,009 members killed since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, the official Palestinian Football Association (PFA) reported.Al-Ashqar is among 567 Palestinians to be killed by Israel in the football sector…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK’s wealth management industry still has “incredibly complex” fees and some firms even use “deliberate obfuscation” to disguise their true costs, according to the founder and chief executive of Netwealth.Charlotte Ransom established the discretionary wealth manager a decade ago with a focus on offering lower and clear charges to attract customers seeking financial advice and investment management. But she said the industry has not properly addressed the issue of complicated and hidden fees during this time, deterring many people from investing…

Militaries routinely send satellites to fly by rival vehicles and suss out their capabilities, but scaling up this kind of reconnaissance is increasingly seen by the U.S. military as a challenge best handled by the private sector. That’s why two space startups, True Anomaly and Rocket Lab, completed a rendezvous mission for the U.S. Space Force last week so complex, it was like something out of “Top Gun.” Their two rival satellites met up in orbit, close enough for one to capture imagery of the other. The exercise, dubbed Victus Haze, demonstrated the close inspection of a space vehicle soon…

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan SAN, has declared that the era of ballot box snatching and manual manipulation of election results is gone, assuring Nigerians that current technological safeguards are robust enough to protect every vote cast in the 2027 general elections. Amupitan made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja when he received the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, on a courtesy visit to INEC headquarters. Both institutions used the occasion to deepen collaboration on voter education ahead of the 2027 polls. The…

Eyemouth’s gull ranger hopes for a more harmonious existence between gulls and humans.

The pivotal month of July is upon us. For the Major League Baseball season, that means the All-Star break festivities, the beginning of the second half, and — most notably — the run-up to this year’s Aug. 3 trade deadline. For most teams, the goal is to contend and thus position themselves as buyers leading up to that deadline. The bar for such is looking pretty low this season, which may mean a fairly crowded buyer side and, thus, high demand for any talents on the block. That brings us to the seven teams about to be named. For them, their…

City officials confirmed to the BBC that somebody applied for street closure permits in the area, but did not reveal whom.But the city is not likely to have shut down Manhattan’s busiest corridor on a holiday weekend for just anybody. And this is not just any holiday weekend, it’s 4 July weekend marking America’s 250th birthday while the city also hosts the World Cup. The speculation heightened.Then the celebrities started to emerge.Paparazzi captured images of Antonoff, Swift’s longtime producer, sporting a tux and a toothpick dangling out of his mouth, reportedly heading to Thursday’s event at the Garden. His sister…

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