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U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks as (L-R) House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty ImagesThe House of Representatives will begin its August recess early to avoid Republicans being forced to vote on Democratic-backed motions related to the Jeffrey Epstein files.”There’s no purpose for Congress to push an administration to do something that they’re already doing,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters on Tuesday, as he argued…

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, speaks during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025.David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicrosoft has hired around two dozen employees from Alphabet’s Google DeepMind artificial intelligence research lab in recent months, a person familiar with the recruiting told CNBC.The person asked not to be named in order to discuss internal matters.On Tuesday, Amar Subramanya, who worked at Google for 16 years, most recently as a vice president of engineering developing the Gemini assistant, said on LinkedIn that he has joined Microsoft…

KARACHI: When a video of veteran humanitarian Ramzan Chhipa went viral this July, the internet didn’t know whether to laugh, cringe, or applaud. In the now-famous clip, Chhipa surprises a young boy with a birthday cake at a shop. With a film director’s precision and an unmistakable performative flair, he instructs the shopkeeper: “Write on the cake that it’s from Chhipa Sahab… but don’t tell them I arranged it.” The contradiction was so stark, so meme-worthy, that social media couldn’t resist. It spread like wildfire. Viewers initially gasped, then shared: “Is he serious?” “Wow, did he really just do that?”…

Doha is bidding to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, authorities said on Tuesday, as the wealthy Gulf state sets its sights on yet another major sport event to diversify its energy-reliant economy. One of the smallest and wealthiest states in the Gulf, Qatar had already hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Should it be chosen, Qatar would become the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to host the Olympic Games, said Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. “The official bid submitted by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to host…

A Kohl’s store in Pleasant Hill, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. Kohl’s Corp. is expected to release earnings figures on November 26. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Kohl’s surged on Tuesday morning in volatile trading that echoed the meme stock rallies of recent years.The legacy department store’s stock more than doubled from Monday’s close of $10.42 per share, only to see those gains wiped out about a half an hour after markets opened. Trading in the stock was temporarily halted at one point Tuesday morning.Still, shares were trading more than 30% higher by around 11:30 a.m. ET.…

An aerial drone photo taken on July 22, 2025 shows vehicles driving away from ferry ships at Xiuying Port in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. The passenger and freight ferry service in the Qiongzhou Strait has been resumed in an orderly manner as the impact of Typhoon Wipha weakens. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)Passengers disembark from a ferry ship at Xiuying Port in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 22, 2025. The passenger and freight ferry service in the Qiongzhou Strait has been resumed in an orderly manner as the impact of Typhoon Wipha weakens. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)A truck drives into a ferry ship…

Listen to article At least 35 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, including eight aid seekers and a 40-day-old baby who died from malnutrition, said medical sources. Doctors at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera that most patients arriving now suffer from starvation not war-related injuries. Medical staff is operating with limited supplies, they said. According to the World Food Programme, around 90,000 women and children in the enclave urgently need treatment for hunger-related conditions. The AFP Journalists’ Association issued a statement raising alarm over the worsening conditions of its freelance journalists inside Gaza, stating that some were…

Telegram users in the U.S. can now send, receive, and manage cryptocurrency directly inside the app — no downloads, extensions, or separate logins required.TON Wallet is built into Telegram’s interface and is beginning its U.S. rollout this week. It is a self-custodial crypto wallet in which a user controls their own private keys.The service, developed by The Open Platform, which is known as TOP, and built on the TON blockchain, allows users to send stablecoins and other digital tokens to their contacts as easily as sending a message.The company says it’s the first time a self-custodial crypto wallet has been…

Pacers Salman Mirza and debutant Ahmed Daniyal grabbed two wickets apiece to restrict Bangladesh to 133 all out in the second Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Tuesday. Mirza finished with 2-17 and Daniyal took 2-23 after Pakistan won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat on another slow-paced pitch. Jaker Ali hit a fiery 48-ball 55 for his third T20I fifty, smashing five sixes and a boundary before holing out off the final delivery of the 20th over. Fast bowler Abbas Afridi also grabbed 2-37. Bangladesh lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the first match — also at the…

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, speaks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, right, during a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via ReutersTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said he is likely to hash out an extension of President Donald Trump’s upcoming trade deadline with China when he meets with his Chinese counterparts in Stockholm, Sweden, next week.The two sides in mid-May agreed to a 90-day suspension of most of the heavy tariffs on each others’ goods while they continued trade negotiations. That suspension…