Tesla asks shareholders to restore Elon Musk’s bn pay deal | Automotive Industry

Tesla asks shareholders to restore Elon Musk’s $56bn pay deal | Automotive Industry

Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm says company believes in ‘big risks for the chance of big rewards’. Tesla has asked shareholders to reapprove a record-breaking $56bn pay package for CEO Elon Musk after a US judge rejected the deal. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Tesla…

NPR editor resigns after accusing US outlet of liberal bias | Media News

NPR editor resigns after accusing US outlet of liberal bias | Media News

Uri Berliner quits broadcaster days after being suspended over essay accusing network of lacking viewpoint diversity. A senior editor at a public broadcaster in the United States who accused his employer of liberal bias, igniting heated debate about standards in journalism, has resigned. Uri Berliner, an editor with National Public…

Columbia University leaders face scrutiny over anti-Semitism on campus | Education News

Columbia University leaders face scrutiny over anti-Semitism on campus | Education News

Leaders from Columbia University have appeared before a committee in the United States Congress to face questions about alleged instances of anti-Semitism on campus. The hearing was a sequel of sorts to a similar panel held in December, featuring the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts…

Biden urges Congress to end impasse and send aid to Israel and Ukraine | Politics News

Biden urges Congress to end impasse and send aid to Israel and Ukraine | Politics News

Citing Iran’s weekend attack against the US ally, President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass stalled legislation that would provide billions in military and other aid to Israel. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Biden wrote, “[If] Iran succeeds in significantly escalating its assault on Israel, the US…

Columbia president faces anti-Semitism Congress hearing: What’s at stake? | Israel War on Gaza

Columbia president faces anti-Semitism Congress hearing: What’s at stake? | Israel War on Gaza

On Wednesday, Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will face a congressional committee over allegations that the leadership of the Ivy League school has failed to protect students and staff from rising anti-Semitism on its New York City campus. The university is one of many elite schools across the United…

Pro-Palestinian protesters paralyse roads in US cities over Israel attacks | Israel War on Gaza News

Pro-Palestinian protesters paralyse roads in US cities over Israel attacks | Israel War on Gaza News

Demonstrators block highways and shut down travel in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest. Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked major roads in the states of Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest, temporarily preventing travel into some of the United States’s most heavily used airports, onto the Golden…

Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of staff worldwide amid falling sales | Automotive Industry News

Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of staff worldwide amid falling sales | Automotive Industry News

CEO Elon Musk says in memo that job cuts will leave firm ‘lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle’. Electric carmaker Tesla plans to lay off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Elon Musk. Musk told…

Armourer for the film Rust sentenced to 18 months in fatal on-set shooting | Courts News

Armourer for the film Rust sentenced to 18 months in fatal on-set shooting | Courts News

A New Mexico state judge cited Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s apparent lack of remorse in her decision to impose the sentence. The weapons supervisor for the film Rust has been sentenced in the United States to 18 months in prison for her role in the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins….