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Sally Buzbee, who has served as editor-in-chief of The Washington Post since 2021, has resigned, Publisher and CEO William Lewis announced late Sunday.She will be succeeded by Matt Murray, a former editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, according to Lewis. After the November election, Robert Winnett, a former deputy editor at the Telegraph Media Group, will take on the newly created role of editor in chief. Both men have worked with Lewis before.The Post’s sudden top-management, announced by Lewis alongside ambitious plans for a new editorial division, marks the British-born journalist’s biggest change yet since he became CEO…

The Taliban regime’s failure to address the terrorist threat has undermined its morale. Kamran Yousaf | June 3, 2024 Is Afghanistan once again becoming a battleground for great powers? After more than four decades of unrest and turmoil in the war-torn country, the international and regional powers that once vied for influence in Afghanistan reached a bare-bones agreement on Afghanistan’s future when US-led foreign forces withdrew from the region. The US, China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran and other key stakeholders agreed that Taliban rule in Afghanistan would be recognised only if it met certain conditions, including the establishment of an inclusive…

FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas baseball team has been selected as the No. 5 seed for the 2024 NCAA baseball tournament and will host the regional tournament at Baum-Walker Stadium.The Arkansas Regional will have the same bracket as the Charlottesville Regional, which will be hosted by 12th-seeded Virginia and will feature Mississippi State, St. John’s University and Penn State.NCAA Tournament regional tournaments are double-elimination, while super regional tournaments are best-of-three series.2024 NCAA Fayetteville Regional ScheduleAll times are Central TimeFriday, May 31Game 1 — Arkansas 17, SE Missouri State 9 – FinalSaturday, June 1Game 2 — Kansas State 19, Louisiana Tech 4…

Eyewitness News (WBRE/WYOU) — There are new developments regarding the sudden closure of a Scranton nursing home: 85 residents of Mountain View Care and Rehabilitation Center were evacuated Friday and relocated to other facilities. Advocates representing Pennsylvania nursing homes and their residents will hear arguments Sunday. 28/22 News reporter Gianna Galli followed the case all weekend. Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA), said this incident is very serious and could have a major impact on Pennsylvania’s nursing home care crisis. Mountain View is one of several nursing homes that have faced challenges in recent…

Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.After two years of dry investment, European technology startups are seeing new signs of growth as early-stage deal activity picks up and venture capitalists raise fresh funds. Creandum, an early backer of Spotify, Klarna and Depop, announced a €500 million fund on Monday, becoming the latest Europe-focused private tech investor to secure new capital for startups this year. The raise follows similarly sized deals including Accel Europe, which launched a $650 million fund last month, and Plural, a London- and Tallinn-based firm targeting…

Lewis on Sunday unveiled further plans to save The Post, including a new division of the newsroom focused on services targeting non-traditional news consumers. The core news division will soon include a premium subscription product similar to Politico Pro.Murray, 58, led the Journal for four years after being appointed by Lewis, who was then chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of the Journal. He will be succeeded by British editor Emma Tucker in 2023. Murray has since worked as a consultant to News Corp, which owns the Journal, and as a contributing editor to its email newsletter News Items.When…

In its latest assertive move along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, China has deployed its J-10 Vigorous Dragon fighter jets just 300 km from an Indian base that is home to Rafale fighter jets. While the deployment of the J-20 has been widely reported, the presence of the J-10 “Rafale Challenger” fighter jets has received less media attention. The J-10 is the only fighter jet deployed on either side of China’s border with Pakistan. Pakistan has inducted and deployed these single-engine multirole fighter jets to counter the French Rafale fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF).…

Bengaluru Five years after Noida-based HCL Technologies bought eight software products from IBM, the company’s investments in software products have not paid off as management had hoped: The business unit saw its operating margins fall by 680 basis points from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 24, despite revenue growing by $271 million during the period. Five years after Noida-based HCL Technologies bought eight software products from IBM, the company’s investments in software products have not paid off as management had hoped: The business unit saw its operating margins fall by 680 basis points from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 24, despite revenue…

The price of Ethereum has regained momentum after a volatile trading period, with prices rising recently on the back of rising expectations following the surprise approval of a spot Ethereum ETF by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Moreover, this regulatory approval has led to huge inflows into Ethereum exchange-traded products around the world, raising concerns about the viability of this bullish trend.Following the SEC approval, ETH saw record inflows.According to Coingape, Ethereum saw a massive inflow of $40 million into existing exchange-traded products last week, the largest inflow of Ethereum since March. Leading cryptocurrency research firm CoinShares released a report…

The Georgia baseball team was beaten by arch rival Georgia Tech on Sunday night but was far from defeated.The Bulldogs used a late rally in the Athens Regional final to win 10 games and advance to the NCAA Tournament Super Regional for the first time since 2008.Number First inning, 8-6, the feat achieved in head coach Wes Johnson’s first season.Fernando Gonzalez tied the game with a bunt down the third base line, but third baseman Carson Kearse’s throw was missed on an error, and the leadoff hitter, Tre Phelps, was hit by pitch and scored.Corey Collins brought in two runs…