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The Manhattan district attorney's office, led by anti-Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg, dismissed trespassing charges against 30 Columbia University protesters who were arrested for occupying a campus building.In total, Bragg's office dismissed charges against 30 individuals arrested for occupying the building. As a result, the large majority of those who occupied Hamilton Hall will not face criminal penalties—46 people were arrested and charged in connection with the occupation.The 30 protesters who saw their cases dismissed Thursday were arrested in an April 30 police sweep of Columbia's Manhattan campus, which came less than 24 hours after they stormed Hamilton Hall, used tables, chairs, and a human chain to block entry to the building, and hoisted an "intifada" banner.Of the 112 people arrested that night, roughly two-thirds were affiliated with the university.The prosecutor also argued that Bragg's office lacked evidence to land convictions in the cases, given those who occupied Hamilton Hall wore masks and covered up surveillance cameras. New York City police arrested the occupiers while they were inside Hamilton Hall.
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China has officially defined behaviour aimed at Taiwan independence as a criminal act, threatening punishments up to the death penalty for perpetrators, in a move that analysts said would further inflame tensions across the Strait.The new rules defined Taiwan independence as a crime under Chinese laws for the first time, analysts said. In severe cases, such as “plotting independence with the help of external forces”, the death penalty applies, Sun Ping, deputy head of the legal department of the Ministry for Public Security, said at a press conference in Beijing, according to Taiwanese media. While the move was mostly symbolic, as Beijing does not have jurisdiction over Taiwan — which has its own government, borders, military and courts — it could discourage Taiwanese citizens from travelling to China, as well as make travel to other countries riskier. “This announcement has a threefold purpose: they aim to explain domestically how they are countering ‘Taiwan independence’, they aim to declare internationally their claimed jurisdiction over Taiwan and they aim to deter Taiwanese,” said Chang Wu-yueh, an expert on cross-Strait relations at Tamkang University in Taipei.
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Additional air-conditioning in buildings and other spaces, which is also driven by rising incomes, population growth and urbanization, means that the world could use more than double the electricity it does now to stay cool, leading to more planet-warming emissions, according to research released by the United Nations on Tuesday.“Extreme heat is now the deadliest weather event in my country at least, but this is true in many other places,” said John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, who joined representatives from other nations in Dubai to discuss the pledge.He added that finding ways to cool down in climate-friendly ways was critical. “We want to lay out a pathway to reduce cooling-related emissions across all sectors and increase the access to sustainable cooling.”If current trends hold, 10 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 could come from air-conditioning and other efforts to keep cool, the U.N. report said.“The cooling sector must grow to protect everyone from rising temperatures,” said Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program. “But this growth must not come at the cost of the energy transition and more intense climate impacts.”
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