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 Harvard University President Claudine Gay testifies before a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Gay resigns, Danish Queen steps down, #FreeMickey, and a Calmer New Years’ Eve in Paris

2: Of the three university presidents grilled by Congress in December about campus antisemitism, two have now resigned.

The Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse "Partners" statue outside Cinderella's Castle at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. ​
Analysis

Disney, 100 years of magic, princesses, and politics

The Walt Disney Company turns 100 years old on Monday, and after a century of fairy tales and magic, our hyperpartisan reality is encroaching on the Magic Kingdom.

A view shows Batman logo on a box of cocaine, said to be recovered by New Zealand Police.
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Hard Numbers: Batman found on cocaine, Disney censors Simpsons, Nicaragua jails priests, Bard flub costs Google billions

New Zealand’s navy intercepted a haul of 3.2 tons of cocaine floating in the pacific.

Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro votes during the election runoff in Rio de Janeiro.
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What We’re Watching: Bolsonaro’s next move, China’s forever zero-COVID, Iran’s public trials

Bolsonaro has yet to concede in Brazil; China's COVID curbs hit Disney & iPhones; Iran to publicly try 1,000 protesters.

Barr pressures DOJ to bring antitrust suit against Google
Tech in 60 Seconds

Barr pressures DOJ to bring antitrust suit against Google

Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of WIRED, discusses technology industry news today:

What's the deal with Google and antitrust? Should we be worried about the decline in stock for Apple, Amazon and Tesla? What is the controversy over Disney Plus's new movie, Mulan?