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Visitors interact with a robot during the world robot carnival in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2, 2025. The event kicked off here on Monday, featuring nearly 100 robots including pet robots, make-up robots, robotics band, etc. People interacted with the robots to experience the charm of technology-empowered life. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)Visitors learn about a robotic bandsman during the world robot carnival in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2, 2025. The event kicked off here on Monday, featuring nearly 100 robots including pet robots, make-up robots, robotics band, etc. People interacted with the robots to experience the charm of…

Listen to article Punjab Home Department has issued a strong advisory urging citizens not to donate sacrificial animal hides to banned organisations or their affiliates ahead of Eidul Azha. The department has released a list of over 70 proscribed groups and stressed that aiding them—financially or materially—is a punishable offence under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. “Assisting entities involved in terrorism or anti-state activities is not only a threat to national security but can also result in legal consequences for individuals,” the spokesperson warned. Citizens have been instructed to donate hides only to charities registered with the Punjab Charity Commission. Verification can be done…

Israeli forces have opened fire again on Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid from a distribution site in Gaza, killing at least three people and injuring more than 30, as the United Nations demands an independent investigation into the repeated mass shootings of aid seekers in the strip. The shooting erupted at sunrise on Monday at the same Israeli-backed aid point in southern Gaza where soldiers had opened fire just a day earlier, according to health officials and witnesses. “The Israeli military opened fire on civilians trying to get their hands on any kind of food aid without any kind of warning,”…

Robinhood has officially closed its $200 million acquisition of Bitstamp, bringing one of the world’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges into its fold and signaling a strategic shift beyond retail trading and into the world of institutions.The all-cash deal, first announced last year, gives Robinhood an immediate international footprint — including more than 50 active crypto licenses across Europe, the UK and Asia — as well as an established institutional client base, something the retail trading app has long lacked.For Robinhood, the deal marks a move into deeper waters: institutional crypto flows, lending and staking infrastructure, and white-label “crypto-as-a-service” products built for…

Listen to article Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Hina Arshad Warraich has secured a decisive victory in the PP-52 Sialkot by-election, winning 78,419 votes, Radio Pakistan reported. Her closest rival, Fakhir Nishat Ghumman, was significantly behind with 40,037 votes, according to unofficial results from all 185 polling stations. PTI has decried alleged rigging. Congratulations to Hina Arshad Warraich. I hope she will carry the legacy of her father and that legacy is helping the people of the constituency.Good luck 🍀 #PMLN pic.twitter.com/a2Ycn2OeFE — Sunny 🏆🇵🇸 (@Its_SuNnYzzZ_77) June 2, 2025 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif congratulated Warraich…

A Colorado man has been charged with a federal hate crime for his alleged role in a bomb attack on a pro-Israeli rally in Boulder that injured twelve people, according to an affidavit issued by the US Department of Justice. Mohamed Sabry Soliman was already facing an array of state charges, including attempted murder, after the attack on Sunday in the city of Boulder on a group seeking to draw attention to hostages seized in Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the suspect would be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law for…

Uber said Monday that Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, one of the company’s longest-tenured top executives and the head of is delivery business is leaving after almost 13 years.Gore-Coty joined Uber as a general manager in France in 2012, and worked his way up to become vice president of mobility for the Europe and Middle East region four years later, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was named senior vice president of delivery in 2021.”It’s hard to imagine Uber without Pierre, because there hasn’t been much Uber without Pierre,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement that was part of a regulatory filing.…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Veteran politician and PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has urged his party leaders to actively highlight the role of Pakistan’s armed forces in their political programs, stressing that the military remains a cornerstone of national unity, defence, and resilience. He was addressing senior party leaders on Monday during an important huddle attended by Dr Muhammad Amjad, Mustafa Malik, Mehreen Malik Adam, Dr Raheem Awan, Anila Chaudhry, Atif Mughal, Rizwan Sadiq, and Chaudhry Jahangir. Chaudhry Shujaat underscored the pride the nation holds for its military leadership, stating, “The Pakistani nation is proud of its brave forces and its commanders…

Investment to pour into nuclear warheads, submarines and munitions to confront the ‘most immediate threat since the Cold War’.The United Kingdom has announced a major boost to its defence infrastructure to confront a “new era of threats” driven by “growing Russian aggression”. The package, unveiled on Monday, includes huge investments in a nuclear warhead programme, a fleet of attack submarines and munitions factories and is part of a Strategic Defence Review that Prime Minister Keir Starmer said will shift the country to “war-fighting readiness”. “The threat we now face is more serious, more immediate and more unpredictable than at any…

Private equity firm Roark Capital has bought a majority stake in Dave’s Hot Chicken, the company announced on Monday.Financial terms were not disclosed, but Dave’s CEO Bill Phelps said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the reported $1 billion valuation for the deal is “pretty close.”Since its founding in a Los Angeles parking lot in 2017, the fast-growing chicken chain has expanded to more than 300 locations by franchising its restaurants. Dave’s U.S. sales soared 57% last year and surpassed $600 million, according to data from market research firm Technomic.Roark’s investment follows a boom for chicken-focused restaurants, fueled by the so-called…