As summer heat intensifies in Japan, farmers are adapting by working through the night and before dawn.

<article data-history-node-id="446105" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-military-prepares-possible-escalation-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-military-prepares-possible-escalation-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Report: Israeli military prepares for possible escalation in Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli army is planning for a possible escalation in Lebanon that would last for a number of days, according to Israel's Channel 12.&nbsp;</p> <p>The broadcaster claimed that Israeli&nbsp;exercised "restraint" in recent times so that talks with Lebanon remain unaffected.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The Israeli political leadership has not approved some operations proposed by the army in recent days in response to Hezbollah's activities, in an attempt not to affect the course of the negotiations," Channel 12 reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli attacks on south Lebanon continues despite peace discussions. The army has killed over 4,346 people since early March, with&nbsp;12,301 others wounded in the same period.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Multiple sailors have tried to jump overboard.

<article data-history-node-id="445908" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-students-and-staff-sue-columbia-university-over" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-students-and-staff-sue-columbia-university-over" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian students and staff sue Columbia University over discrimination</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>A group of current and former&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>students and staff have sued Columbia University, accusing the Ivy League school of discriminating against Palestinians and targeting pro-Palestinian activism on campus.</p> <p>The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court this week, alleges that Columbia subjected Palestinian students, faculty and staff to unequal treatment following the Hamas-led attacks on southern&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;on 7 October 2023 and the ensuing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza perpetrated by Israel.</p> <p>According to the&nbsp;<a href="https://forward.com/news/844430/columbia-university-lawsuit-palestinian-antisemitism/" target="_blank">complaint</a>, Columbia "actively participated in and amplified" what the plaintiffs describe as racially, ethnically and politically motivated targeting of Palestinians.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-students-and-staff-sue-columbia-university-over-alleged-discrimination">Palestinian students and staff sue Columbia University over discrimination</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A pro-Israel supporter (right) confronts people at a vigil and protest for Palestine outside of Columbia University in New York City, on 7 October 2025 (Adam Gray/Getty Images/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="adcb4a23-e0c6-4566-bbd8-848ac5055659" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/063_2239343462%20%281%29.jpg" width="6637" height="3733" alt="A pro-Israel supporter (right) confronts people at a vigil and protest for Palestine outside of Columbia University in New York City, on 7 October 2025 (Adam Gray/Getty Images/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A pro-Israel supporter (right) confronts people at a vigil and protest for Palestine outside of Columbia University in New York City, on 7 October 2025 (Adam Gray/Getty Images/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.