Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner defended government orders to have police forcibly clear pro-Palestinian anti-war protesters from buildings at Humboldt University, despite criticism from some higher education leaders. Leaders of Humboldt University initially tolerated the protesters, who occupied several rooms in a university building on Wednesday, and opted for a dialogue with student activists and faculty. But on Thursday evening, police cleared the occupied building. Humboldt University President Julia von Blumenthal said the police operation was carried out under orders from Berlin’s minister for …