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Patrick Collison, chief executive officer and co-founder of Stripe Inc., left, smiles as John Collison, president and co-founder of Stripe Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, March 23, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStripe has once again shown why sometimes it’s better to be private.During a February sell-off for fintech stocks, Block plunged almost 30%, its steepest decline since 2022, alongside drops of 20% or more for PayPal and Coinbase and a 9% slide in shares of SoFi. Meanwhile, Stripe on Thursday announced a tender offer for employee shares at…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar observed that the wording in the verdicts of Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) in Lahore and Islamabad regarding the transfer of May 9 accused to military custody was identical. This prompted Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel to remark that it seems ATC judges were weak in English. A seven-member Constitutional Bench led by Justice Amin ud-Din Khan heard intra-court appeals challenging the trial of civilians in military court. At the outset of the hearing, Civil Society lawyer Faisal Siddiqui argued that commanding officers had submitted requests to transfer the May 9 accused for military trial. He noted…

Christian Schmidt calls for the ‘immediate cessation of all activities that undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement’.The international high representative for Bosnia has accused the political leaders of the autonomous Serb region of seeking to destabilise the country, after the statelet passed legislation to bar the Bosnian national police and judiciary. Lawmakers in Republika Srpska, the country’s autonomous Serb republic, approved the legislation on Thursday after a state court banned its separatist leader Milorad Dodik from politics for six years and sentenced him to a year in prison for refusing to comply with decisions made by the high representative, Christian Schmidt.…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy departs after a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump was canceled following their Oval Office meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 28, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the White House on Friday afternoon following the collapse of talks with President Donald Trump after a televised explosive clash in the Oval Office.Zelenskyy did not respond to shouted questions from reporters asking him if a peace deal to resolve his nation’s war with Russia was now dead.The White House cancelled a joint press conference for Trump and Zelensky that was…

The main cabin of a American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER jet. Mary Altaffer | APAmerican Airlines is planning to test complimentary inflight Wi-Fi starting next week as pressure mounts on carriers to offer the service free of charge.The tests will be available on three flights: Between hub Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina and Raleigh-Durham International Airport; Charlotte and Jacksonville International Airport in Florida; and between Miami International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.More and more carriers have either launched or are preparing to offer free inflight Wi-Fi, making it harder for competitors to charge for connectivity. American’s prices vary and are some…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed to the US that it would deport all Afghans awaiting resettlement in America if the deadline set for their relocation were not met or their cases were turned down. The message was conveyed through the diplomatic channels after President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the Afghan refugee settlement program for 90 days. Thousands of Afghans, who worked for the US and other western countries during their campaign against the Afghan Taliban, fled to Pakistan and sought a temporary stay. Pakistan accepted the US and its allies request to allow them stay in the…

Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency, according to testimony from employees.In a trove of statements released late Thursday, federal employees said that the mass layoff was discussed in meetings they attended this month with senior CFPB leaders and members of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency.”My team was directed to assist with terminating the vast majority of CFPB employees as quickly…

Listen to article The murder of Mustafa Amir, who was killed by his acquaintences, took a turn with the revelation that he had appeared in court just hours before his death. According to reports, the Anti-Narcotics Court had removed Mustafa Amir’s name from a drug-related case prior to his death. Investigating officers confirmed that Amir passed away following his court appearance on January 6, 2024. Amir, who had been arrested on January 31, 2024, had been granted bail on March 20, 2024, along with co-accused Noman Yaqoob. However, arrest warrants had been issued for him until February 22, 2024, due to his…

But the film has found resonance in the present as well as the past, as Brazil grapples with the fallout of a modern-day coup attempt. Just last month, President Lula marked the second anniversary of a riot in Brasilia’s Three Powers Plaza, where protesters had hoped to spark another military uprising. Thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro descended on the plaza on January 8, 2023, just a week after Lula took office for a third, nonconsecutive term. There, the rioters ransacked the Supreme Court, the National Congress building and the presidential palace in Brasilia, clashing with security officers.…

United States funding cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes in many African countries could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent, health experts and aid organisations have warned. In South Africa alone, US funding halts could lead to 500,000 deaths in the next 10 years, an official of the Desmond Tutu HIV Center said on Thursday. The warning comes as countries begin to feel the effect of massive US aid cuts. Just after taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order that paused foreign aid assistance for an initial duration of 90 days. This…