A California library user has been charged for stealing rare Chinese manuscripts valued at $216,000, US officials announced on Thursday, reports AFP. The suspect, identified as Jeffrey Ying, 38, reportedly used multiple aliases to access centuries-old works, some of them dating back over 600 years, at the University of California, Los Angeles library, then allegedly […]
Masked protesters at Columbia University stormed the school’s main library building Wednesday, distributing flyers and hanging banners honouring Bassel al-Araj. The demonstrators, part of a group reportedly linked to the radical activist network Unity of Fields, renamed the reading room “the Basel Al-Araj Popular University”. The protesters passed around pamphlets describing al-Araj as a “militant […]
Fire at parking garage of Nashville’s main public library A massive fire broke out in the parking garage of the main public library in Nashville, the capital of the US state of Tennessee, on Tuesday. Many residents reported that they heard several loud explosions and saw thick black smoke rising from the building.The incident was […]
Tensions at Columbia University reignited on Wednesday when dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters entered the main library and staged a sit-in, disrupting student preparations for final exams. The demonstrators, many wearing masks and kaffiyehs, moved into the second floor of Butler Library shortly after 3 p.m., hanging banners and chanting slogans. They renamed the space “the […]
The US-Canada border runs through the Stanstead, Quebec library. Canadian authorities have complained that the US government is making it difficult for Canadians to access Stanstead, Quebec library that stands over the US-Canada border in its latest crackdown on migrants. Stanstead mayor Jody Stone said the latest action of restricting Canadians from the library undermines […]
