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Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle has purged more than 50 organizations related to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, from a list of organizations that the tech company provides funding to, according to a new report.The company has removed a total of 214 groups from its funding list while adding 101, according to a new report from tech watchdog organization The Tech Transparency Project. The watchdog group cites the most recent public list of organizations that…

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will participate in a tri-series of Twenty20 international matches to tune up for next month’s Asia Cup, followed by the Twenty20 World Cup next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday. “The tri-series will feature teams from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the UAE from 29 August to 7 September at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium,” the PCB said in a press release. The T20I tournament will serve as a “launching pad” for the teams to prepare for the Asian Cricket Council’s T20 Asia Cup, scheduled to take place in the UAE from…

President Donald Trump on Friday said that he ordered two nuclear submarines “to be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to warnings made to the United States this week by high-ranking Russian official Dmitry Medvedev.Medvedev in a social media post on Monday wrote that each new ultimatum that Trump makes about Russia to force an end to its war on Ukraine “is a threat and a step towards war.””Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country,” Medvedev wrote on X that day.Trump earlier Monday had said he was cutting from 50 days to less than two weeks…

Listen to article PUNJAB/ RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Kacha region, which extends across both banks of the Indus River through Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan, has long been beyond firm government control. For over two decades, multiple gangs have carried out kidnappings, extortion, robberies, murders and even “honey-trap” schemes, exploiting the tri-provincial borders to evade law enforcement At least five police officers were martyred after armed bandits of the Katcha area attacked a police checkpoint in Rahim Yar Khan. Around 40 bandits, armed with rocket launchers and grenades, attacked the Sheikhani Police Check Point, on Thursday night, according to IGP Punjab…

A screen showing the price of various cryptocurrencies against the US dollar displayed at a Crypto Panda cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe crypto market slid Friday after President Donald Trump unveiled his modified “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries.The price of bitcoin fell 3% to $113,285.75, while ether and the Solana token fell 5% each.The descent triggered a wave of long liquidations, which forces traders to sell their assets at market price to settle their debts, pushing prices lower. Bitcoin saw $228 million in liquidations across centralized exchanges…

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt.In a Truth Social post that also directed even more fire at Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.”I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s [Harris’] chances of Victory,” Trump…

Sign at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, Massachusetts Cindygoff | Istock | Getty ImagesMartha’s Vineyard has long been a summer vacation destination for Black families, but August in the Massachusetts beach community is becoming an important hub for Black entrepreneurs, investors and financial firms, too.”I would say the magic of it is really about introducing your network to someone else’s network,” said Calvin Butts, founder of East Chop Capital, a private equity firm named after a neighborhood on the island. “We found great success raising capital there, we’ve had our portfolio companies speak as well, we’ve done very, very well with deal…

Listen to article Pakistan’s largest refiner Cnergyico will import 1 million barrels of oil from Vitol in October, its Vice Chairman Usama Qureshi told Reuters on Friday, marking the country’s first-ever purchase of US crude following a landmark trade deal. The West Texas Intermediate light crude cargo will be loaded from Houston this month and is expected to arrive in Karachi in the second half of October, Qureshi said. “This is a test spot cargo under our umbrella term agreement with Vitol. If it is commercially viable and available, we could import at least one cargo per month,” he said, adding that…

Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a dealership on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesA jury in Miami has determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, and must compensate the family of the deceased and an injured survivor damages of $329 million.The payout includes $129 million in compensatory damages, and $200 million in punitive damages against Tesla. Attorneys for the plaintiffs had asked the jury to award damages of around $345 million. The trial in the Southern District of Florida started on July 14.The suit centered around who shouldered…

Pakistan beat the West Indies in their opening T20 international on Friday as their spin bowlers inflicted the damage in a 14-run victory to extend a miserable run for the West Indies. The Pakistani spin specialists halted the West Indies’ chase of 179 to ease to a 14-run victory under the lights in Lauderhill, Florida. Saim Ayub posted a half-century and his teammates produced a steady flow of runs as the West Indies slumped to a sixth T20 defeat in a row, having been whitewashed 5-0 by Australia on home soil earlier in July. When Jason Holder dismissed Ayub for…