Culture

As demonstrations against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalate on college campuses, law enforcement has apprehended hundreds of additional demonstrators all over the United States.  Boston police reported 108 arrests at Emerson College.  A total of 93 individuals were apprehended earlier today at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles on suspicion of trespassing.

Parts of the United Kingdom are expected to experience temperatures that fall to or below zero tonight and possibly again tomorrow. A portion of England experienced temperatures approaching 22 degrees Celsius earlier this month, which could have led some to believe that spring had arrived. However, as May approaches, temperatures have fallen precipitously, compelling some to reapply their winter coats and others to reactivate the heating system.

Twenty premier clubs have been informed of a proposed four-year agreement with FTSE-100 beverages behemoth Diageo that would cost more than £41 million.  The Premier League of English football is celebrating a £40 million sponsorship agreement with Guinness, which the Diageo-owned brand secured after Heineken withdrew its competition.

The decisive victory of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu's party in Sunday's parliamentary elections was not anticipated by many. This individual's victory in the presidential election the year prior was due to an accident.  During that period, the 45-year-old mayor of the capital Male abruptly registered as a proxy candidate for the presidency, after the opposition leader, former President Abdulla Yameen, was disqualified from running by the Supreme Court on account of a bribery conviction.