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Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza – For the third consecutive day, Hassan Saad, 38, and hundreds of others took to the streets in Beit Lahiya, demanding an end to their suffering and a halt to the war on Gaza. Saad is one of the protest coordinators, working with 14 others who he says came together spontaneously to organise the demonstrations. The main trigger, Saad explains, was a Facebook discussion after new Israeli eviction orders were issued last Monday. “The nightmare of displacement once again was the primary reason that pushed us to do something to demand an end to the war…

President Donald Trump said Friday that the large law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services to the federal government during the Trump administration.The agreement, which Trump called “essentially a settlement,” calls for other actions and allows Skadden, Arps to avoid becoming the sixth elite law firm to be targeted by an executive order from Trump imposing various punishments.The deal came five days after the billionaire Elon Musk — one of Trump’s top advisors — tweeted “Skadden, this needs to stop now” in response to a social…

US president appeals to Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ban on his use of an obscure wartime law.The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th-century wartime law, while a court fight continues. The Department of Justice asked the court in a filing to lift Washington, DC-based US District Judge James Boasberg’s March 15 order calling for a temporary halt to the summary removals of the Venezuelans while a legal challenge to Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to justify the deportations plays out.…

Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 have hit central Myanmar, causing death and large-scale destruction in both Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand. Friday’s tremors were also felt elsewhere in the region. Authorities in Myanmar imposed a state of emergency in six states after structures collapsed and multiple deaths and injuries were reported. Later on Friday, state-run MRTV wrote on the Telegram messaging app that at least 144 people had been killed and 732 injured in the country. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the UN was mounting a response following a request from the Myanmar authorities. “Our team…

Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, gestures during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersCoreWeave, a seller of artificial intelligence technology in the cloud, is set to make its Nasdaq debut on Friday. The company priced shares at $40 in its IPO on Thursday, below its expected range, raising $1.5 billion.The offering has captured the attention of investors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, as CoreWeave represents the first pure-play AI IPO and the largest tech debut in the U.S. in four years.…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday branded the Baloch protesters, who took to the streets in Sindh and Balochistan, as active participants in a broader campaign of lawlessness and violence. “Hiding behind a facade of alleged grievances, these elements are operating in collusion with terrorists which is evident from their coordinated efforts to obstruct state responses, including synchronised roadblocks facilitating terrorist attacks,” said Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan at his weekly news briefing. He was commenting on a statement by the UN experts demanding the release of Baloch protestors. He said the comments lacked balance and proportionality, downplaying civilian casualties…

Tamim Iqbal was admitted to hospital on Monday after suffering chest pains while competing in a match in Bangladesh.Former Bangladeshi cricket captain Tamim Iqbal has returned home from hospital, days after suffering a massive heart attack during a local match. The 36-year-old was released on Friday. He was leading Mohammedan Sporting Club in a match of the 50-over Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on Monday when he was rushed to a nearby hospital, complaining of severe chest pain. Doctors inserted stents to repair an arterial blockage the same day, and Tamim was later moved to a bigger health facility in…

(L-R) Greenland politician Aqqalu Jerimiassen, Jens-Frederik Nielsen the leader of the Demokraatit party, the Prime Minister of Greenland Múte Bourup Egede and Vivian Motzfeldt of the Siumut party attend the announcement of a coalition agreement to form the next government, on March 28, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland.Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesGreenland presented a new government coalition agreement on Friday, just hours before a visit by U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Arctic island that President Donald Trump has expressed interest in acquiring.The new majority government will be headed by Democrats leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who had…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has dispatched his key foreign policy aide to Washington as part of Pakistan’s efforts to reset ties with the United States under the Trump administration. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Sayed Tariq Fatami is in the US capital and held a series of meetings with the Trump administration’s officials and influential Congressmen in order to open a sustained channel of communication with the new administration. Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan on Thursday confirmed to reporters at his weekly news briefing that the visit of Fatami was the official one. Sources said the…

CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator said Friday that the company’s IPO pricing, which came in below expectations, has to be placed in the larger context of the macroenvironment.”There’s a lot of headwinds in the macro,” Intrator said on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “And we definitely had to scale or rightsize the transaction for where the buying interest was.”The company, which provides access to Nvidia graphics processing units for artificial intelligence training and workloads, priced its IPO at $40 a share, below the initial $47 to $55 per share filing. The stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “CRWV.”The lower price provided…