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CATL, a name that has become synonymous with cutting-edge battery technology, continues to solidify its position as the world’s largest lithium-ion battery manufacturer. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, CATL has been a crucial player in the electric vehicle ecosystem, supplying batteries to some of the biggest names in the automotive industry, including Tesla. Recently, CATL made headlines by unveiling its latest marvel – a new lithium-ion phosphate battery that promises to redefine the benchmarks for EV performance. This groundbreaking technology claims to add approximately 400 kilometers (around 249 miles) of range in just a 10-minute charge and enables...

<p>At a history class, a professor mockingly tells a female Jewish student she cannot possibly have ancestral ties to Israel because her eyes are green. During a lecture, a professor of Arab politics refuses to answer a question from an Israeli student and military veteran but instead asks the student, "How many Palestinians have you killed?" At a student meeting on the topic of divestment from Israel, a Jewish student is singled out as responsible for death of Palestinian Arabs. Those scenes are described by current and former students interviewed for an underground documentary that is causing a frisson of concern to ripple through the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University, where the incidents took place. The film, about anti-Israel sentiment at the school, has not yet been released to the public, but it has been screened for a number of top officials of Columbia, and talk of its impact is spreading rapidly on a campus where some students have complained of anti-Israel bias among faculty members. "The movie is shocking," one Columbia senior, Ariel Beery, said. "It is shocking to see blatant use of racial stereotypes by professors and intimidation tactics by professors in order to push a distinct ideological line on the curriculum," Mr. Beery, who was interviewed for the film, said.</p>

Pro-troops rally at site of historic anti-war demo 27 minutes ago BY DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Thirty-five years ago this month, the Low Library at Columbia University was the center of a protest storm as about 1,000 people barricaded themselves inside campus buildings for a week to demonstrate against the Vietnam War. On Wednesday, amid a growing backlash over a professor's recent anti-war remarks, the library plaza was home to another rally — this one supporting the coalition waging war in Iraq. Onlookers gathered to watch the speakers at the one-hour rally organized by the campus'...

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CONSERVATIVE CLUB conservative@columbia.edu www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative Contact: Ron Lewenberg Phone: (646) 824-9215 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 PM EDT, December 17, 2002 BELLESILES’S CASE SHOWS NEED FOR INSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN BANCROFT COMMITTEE AND COLUMBIA HISTORY DEPARTMENT Ever since Columbia University announced its choice of Michael Bellesiles as a 2001 Bancroft Award winner for "Arming America", they have been under increasing pressure to re-evaluate their position due to the historical inaccuracies and irregular research methodology in the book. Between the announcement and presentation of the Bancroft Award to the committee and history willfully ignored all evidence of flaws in the work and...