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    Columbia Students Occupy Campus Building During Pro-Palestinian Protest

    Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a building on New York’s Columbia University campus overnight into Tuesday morning, April 30, after the university began suspending students who had failed to leave an encampment.A large group of people left the campus encampment just after midnight and entered the Hamilton Hall building, the New York Times reported.Footage filmed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation showed the group linking arms outside the building blockading its entrance. The crowd are heard chanting “hey hey, ho ho, the occupation has got to go.”Images published by the Columbia Daily Spectator, the student newspaper, showed broken windows and masked protesters using barricades and zip-ties to hold doors shut.An NYPD spokesperson told the paper that officers were outside of campus but were not entering.This is a developing story. Credit: Party for Socialism and Liberation via Storyful

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    HSBC seeks new boss as Quinn makes surprise exit

    STORY: HSBC is hunting for a new boss. Current Chief Executive Noel Quinn surprised markets on Tuesday by saying he would step down. He says it’s time for a better work-life balance after five intense years at the helm. Reputed as a hard-nosed leader, Quinn won plaudits for steering the bank through the global pandemic. He’s also boosted shareholder returns by cutting jobs and withdrawing from less profitable markets. HSBC shares gained roughly 30% during his time at the top. Now he’ll stay on until a successor starts in the role. The bank says it’s already begun the process of a finding a new leader.All the news came as HSBC reported better-than-expected earnings. Pretax profit came in at $12.7 billion for the quarter to the end of March. Despite beating forecasts, that was down on last year as the firm grapples with inflation and the cost of expanding in Asia. HSBC also announced another $3 billion in share buybacks. Its Hong Kong-traded shares rose over 1% following the results.

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    Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is cancer-battling immigrant from Laos

    46-year-old Cheng Saephan was revealed on April 29 to be the winner of this month's $1.3 billion Oregon Powerball jackpot. Cheng, born in Laos, immigrated from Thailand to Portland 30 years ago. He has fought cancer for nearly 8 years.