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An influencer on TikTok accused of catfishing men and handing them over to bandits has been caught by the police. Uroosa Solangi is a popular TikToker from Kashmore district, with most of her followers coming from rural areas of Sindh and Punjab. Using “honeytraps,” she lured many people from Punjab and Sindh to Kashmore, where they were kidnapped. When police investigated these incidents, they found evidence of a woman’s involvement. According to Kashmore ASP Muhammad Asher, earlier the dacoits of the Kacha area used voice filters for honey traps. After analyzing call records, police discovered that a woman was working…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA looming government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay and put key economic data — including the closely watched jobs report — on ice.Congress has just four days left to agree on a stopgap bill that will keep the federal government fully funded past Tuesday. But as the clock runs out, party leaders are only growing more entrenched in their opposition.Republicans, who hold narrow majorities in the House and Senate, want to pass a “clean” resolution to temporarily extend funding. Democrats…
A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | ReutersMore than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other topics have been taken down, CNBC has learned. The CDC received a directive from the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the agency, to remove certain webpages by the end of the day Sept. 19, according to an internal CDC email viewed by CNBC, which was…
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAnthropic is stepping up its global enterprise ambitions.The $183 billion artificial intelligence startup has grown its business customer base from under 1,000 to more than 300,000 in just two years, as demand for Claude’s models accelerates across industries and regions.On Friday, the company announced it will triple its international workforce and expand its applied AI team fivefold in 2025, as it scales beyond the U.S. and intensifies competition with OpenAI, Microsoft and Google.That expansion comes as international demand increasingly drives the company’s momentum.Claude’s global usage has reached an inflection point: nearly…
ISLAMABAD: Political leaders, human rights representatives, and journalists at a roundtable conference in Islamabad on Thursday announced the launch of nationwide movement against the 26th Constitutional Amendment, and formed a committee to campaign for the movement. The participants of the roundtable described the 26th Amendment as a serious threat to the independence of the judiciary and the Constitution. Senior lawyer Hamid Khan told the conference that a national convention will be held in Lahore on October 11 to mobilise support. At the event, a committee was formed under the chairmanship of senior lawyer Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan to lead the campaign…
Former Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg said Friday that tech companies should keep a distance from politics and people should feel “uneasy” about those firms intervening in the public space.”I generally don’t think that politics and tech innovation mixes very well,” Clegg told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I think it’s quite good when they kind of keep each other at a certain, respectful distance.”President Donald Trump’s deal with China this week to keep TikTok alive in the U.S. includes heavy doses of both elements, and the balance between the technology and political interests will be closely watched.Clegg said two details should…
Pacer Haris Rauf and opener Sahibzada Farhan were on Friday reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for gestures made during the Asia Cup Super Four match against arch-rivals India, ESPNCricinfo reported. According to the publication, the pacer was fined 30 per cent of his match fee by match referee Richie Richardson. At the same time, “It is understood that Pakistan batter Sahibzada Farhan was not fined and let off with a warning by Richardson. “Rauf was seen responding to heckling from Indian fans by signalling 6-0 with his hands and making gestures depicting the downing of aircraft, in apparent…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution gives the president the authority to transfer a judge from one high court to another under certain conditions. A constitutional bench (CB) of the apex court has unveiled its detailed order on petitions filed against transfer of three judges to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in February this year. On February 1, the Ministry of Law issued a notification for the transfer of Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro and Justice Muhammad Asifrespectively from the Lahore High Court, the Sindh High Court and the Balochistan High Court —…
Howie RubinJonathon Ziegler | Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesFamed retired money manager Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade, according to a new federal indictment.Rubin, 70, participated in sex acts with the women in luxury hotels in New York, and later, a rented penthouse apartment in Manhattan that was converted into a so-called “sex dungeon” outfitted with bondage, discipline, dominance, submission and sadomasochism equipment, authorities said.”During many such encounters, Rubin engaged in conduct beyond the scope…
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the “Trump Gold Card” and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.By slashing the price of the Gold Card from $5 million to $1 million, President Donald Trump has created one of the most…