Yeshiva University (YU) announced that it is discontinuating the Hareni toeiva student club, saying that it has operated in a manner inconsistent with the university’s religious mission and the terms of a recent settlement agreement. The decision was outlined in a statement from the Roshei Yeshiva of YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), who directed the Office of Student Life to suspend the club’s activities. The Hareni club was established following a March settlement that resolved a nearly four-year legal dispute with the YU Pride Alliance, a student group advocating for official recognition of an LGBTQ+ club.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told The Associated Press “you cannot spy against an ally” after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump. Frederiksen’s comments Friday are the latest in the spat between Denmark, Greenland and the United States because Trump seeks to annex the strategic Arctic island. Denmark and Greenland insist that the mineral-rich island is not for sale, while Trump has not ruled out taking it by military force even though Denmark is a NATO ally.

China’s exports to the United States tumbled in April while its trade with other economies surged, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s tariffs offensive is hastening a shakeup in global supply chains. Total exports from China rose 8.1% last month from a year earlier, much faster than the 2% pace most economists had been expecting. That was much slower than the 12.4% year-on-year increase in March. Imports fell 0.2% in April from the year before. Shipments to the U.S. sank 21% in dollar terms as Trump’s tariffs on most Chinese exports rose to as high as 145%. With Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods at 125%, business between the two biggest economies has grown increasingly uncertain. China’s imports from the U.S.

Friends of Yishai Elyakim Auerbach hy”d, murdered in Gaza on Thursday, sing “V’yihyu Rachamecha” at his levaya – taking place just weeks after he got married r”l.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, who was appointed by Republican president George H.W. Bush but became an extreme liberal once on the court, has died at 85. He retired in 2009, giving President Obama his first Supreme Court vacancy, which he filled with Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Travelers seen pensively waiting out the sirens at Ben Gurion Airport during the Houthi missile minutes ago.

The IDF has successfully intercepted a ballistic missile this morning fired by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen targeting Israel, the military announced. No injuries or damage were reported. Sirens blared across central Israel, preceded by a three-minute early warning push notification sent to residents’ phones, alerting them of the incoming long-range missile. Since the IDF’s renewed offensive against Hamas in Gaza on March 18, the Houthis have launched 28 ballistic missiles and numerous drones at Israel.

Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade, attended by President Vladimir Putin and a slew of foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.

President Trump says he would support raising taxes on wealthy people to “help the lower and middle income workers.”