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Oracle’s extended rally, which has been driven by the company’s increasingly central position in the artificial intelligence boom, hit pause on Friday, with the stock tumbling 7%, its worst day since January.The slide came a day after the software company revealed a long-term outlook, boosted by AI, at an analysts’ meeting that was part of the Oracle AI World conference in Las Vegas.Oracle said on Thursday that it expects $166 billion in cloud infrastructure revenue in the 2030 fiscal year, up from $18 billion in fiscal 2026. The company now sees $21 in adjusted earnings per share on $225 billion…

K-P CM says he must consult PTI founder on the new cabinet and key governance issuesKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. SCREENGRAB Newly elected Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has written to the Chief Justice of Pakistan and also filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, seeking permission to meet the incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder, Imran Khan. The request, routed through the K-P Advocate General, asks the chief justice to direct the jail superintendent and the Ministry of Interior to facilitate the meeting, Express News reported. In his letter, Afridi stated that after the resignation of former chief minister Ali…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologized on Friday for making comments in support of President Donald Trump potentially sending federal troops to San Francisco, where his company is based. “Having listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials, and after the largest and safest Dreamforce in our history, I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco,” Benioff wrote in a post on X.The Trump administration recently deployed the National Guard to Portland, Oregon and Chicago, sparking protests and lawsuits and resulting in citizens and immigrants being detained without legal representation.In a story published late…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will immediately pause, and consider canceling, over $11 billion in projects due to the government shutdown, Trump administration budget chief Russell Vought said Friday.”The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to manage billions of dollars in projects,” Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said in an X post.The paused funds pertain to “lower-priority projects” in cities including New York, San Francisco, Boston and Baltimore, Vought said.The Army Corps of Engineers, which provides a wide range of public engineering services and comprises more than 37,000…

In a separate clash with Lakki Marwat Peace Committee, five terrorists, including TTP commander, were also killed Security forces killed eight militants during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Sultan Khel area of Lakki Marwat district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, official sources confirmed on Friday. The operation was launched following credible intelligence reports indicating the presence of proxy militants affiliated with the Afghan Taliban. Security personnel cordoned off the area through both aerial and ground surveillance, officials said. During monitoring, the movement of the militants was detected, prompting a swift and targeted response by the forces. A large cache of weapons and explosives…

Signage outside Western Alliance Bank headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, March 13, 2023.Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBig banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs had just finished taking victory laps after a blockbuster quarter when concerns emerged from an obscure corner of Wall Street, sending a collective shiver through global finance.Regional bank Zions late Wednesday disclosed a near total wipeout on $60 million in loans after finding “apparent misrepresentations” from the borrowers. The next day, peer Western Alliance said that it had sued the same borrower, a commercial real estate firm called the Cantor Group, for alleged fraud.The result…

The impact of artificial intelligence is being felt across the health-care industry, from tools that help analyze medical images, aid in drug discovery and complete cancer screenings.But increasingly, AI is being used to fight one of the biggest challenges that health care is facing: a time-challenged (and often burned out) workforce of doctors, nurses and support staff that wants to focus more on patients and care instead of other arduous administrative tasks.That’s leading health-care technology stalwarts like Epic Systems to invest in a variety of AI features that can do everything from helping patients book appointments or understand lab results…

Sources say extension was granted following a formal request from the Afghan Taliban regimePakistani soldiers keep vigil next to newly fenced border fencing along with Afghan’s Paktika province border in Angoor Adda in South Waziristan. Photo: AFP) Pakistan and Afghanistan mutually agreed on Friday to extend their 48-hour ceasefire until conclusion of planned talks in Doha, according to three Pakistani security officials and one Afghan Taliban source. Diplomatic sources have confirmed that the temporary ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghan Taliban has been extended at Kabul’s request, after the initial 48-hour truce expired at 6pm on Friday. According to the sources,…

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsKremlin envoy proposes ‘Putin-Trump tunnel’ to link Russia and U.S. ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Friday that a Russian proposal for Elon Musk and his tunneling business, the Boring Company, to build an undersea rail tunnel through the Bering Strait was “interesting” and he’d have to think about it.”That’s an interesting one,” Trump said when asked about the suggested tunnel from Russia to Alaska. “We’ll have to think about that. I hadn’t heard that.”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was “not happy” with the idea following Trump’s response.Kirill Dmitriev, an investment envoy for Russian President Vladimir Putin,…

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, to surrender and face an initial appearance on charges of mishandled classified information, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., October 17, 2025.Leah Millis | ReutersJohn Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of mishandling classified information, multiple news outlets reported.Bolton, 76, made his initial appearance in federal court in Maryland one day after being indicted by a grand jury, becoming the latest Trump foe to face criminal charges.Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General…