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Former Treasury Secretary and president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, Larry Summers attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesLarry Summers, the former U.S. Treasury secretary who has been dogged by his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, announced Wednesday that he will resign from teaching at Harvard University by the end of the current academic year.Summers previously served as president of Harvard. His resignation came as the university was conducting a review of emails and other documents detailing Summers’ connection to Epstein, which were released in recent…

YDA says matter has gone beyond security to protection of life as boycott spreads across K-P hospitalsDoctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa protesting on Wednesday after the killing of Dr Mehwish Hasnain in Kohat. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: Doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa warned on Wednesday that they would expand their protest to the entire province if their demands were not met, as the boycott of elective services in hospitals continued in southern districts and parts of Mardan division following the killing of Dr Mehwish Hasnain. Dr Mehwish, a lady doctor serving at the District Headquarters Hospital, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while…

Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, speaks at the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025 Global Business Forum in New York on Sept. 24, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBill Gates spoke about his association with Jeffrey Epstein in a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, a spokesperson for the nonprofit said Wednesday, after recently released emails elaborated on the Microsoft co-founder’s relationship with the sex offender.Gates said in a recording of the meeting that he “did nothing illicit” during his interactions with Epstein and did not stay overnight, although they met in several countries, The Wall Street…

Dr. Richard Axel of Columbia University, at Le Bernardin Prive on July 26, 2017 in New York City.Craig Barritt | Getty ImagesDr. Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said he is stepping down as co-director of Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute on the heels of his association with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein drawing public attention.”My past association with Jeffrey Epstein was a serious error in judgment, which I deeply regret,” Axel, 79, said in a statement on Tuesday.”I apologize for compromising the trust of my friends, students, and colleagues,” Axel said. “I recognize the problems this has…

Aldomurillo | E+ | Getty ImagesAmerican workers tend to hold many jobs over the course of their work life — but those aren’t necessarily in the same field or occupation.Between 2022 and 2024, 64% of workers who transitioned into a new job had changed occupations, job site Indeed found. Last spring, around 7 in 10 workers said they had switched or considered switching career fields in the prior year, according to a FlexJobs report. The online job platform found that people were motivated to move into professions that were more fulfilling or offered additional remote work options. Career switching is…

Modi’s visit comes as US deploys a vast naval force near Iran’s coast ahead of possible strikesIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Netanyahu’s wife Sara Netanyahu attend a welcome ceremony upon Modi’s arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel February 25, 2026. REUTERS India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a two-day visit aimed at deepening ties with a key trade and defence partner, a trip that has drawn criticism at home. It is Modi’s second visit to Israel as prime minister. Landed in Israel.I am extremely honoured…

Chairman & CEO Paramount David Ellison attends the UFC 324 event at T-Mobile Arena on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty ImagesIf there’s one thing that Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison knows well, it’s an impossible mission.Ellison, producer of five of the “Mission: Impossible” films, has been trying to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly six months. In September, he sent an initial, unsolicited offer to WBD, prompting the rival media company to explore a sale process that resulted in an agreement with Netflix to sell the famed Warner Bros. film studio and WBD’s…

Bloom Productions | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesFears over artificial intelligence are now hitting bond investors, according to the latest credit investors survey from Bank of America Global Research.An AI bubble is seen as the top risk for the first time, with investors expecting a surge in bond issuance from hyperscalers, the February poll found. Some 23% of those surveyed said it was their biggest concern, compared to 9% who said so in the firm’s December poll. Companies including Amazon, Google parent Alphabet and Meta have announced big spending plans as they scale out their AI capabilities. Investors of high-grade credit…

PM’s aide says Pakistan acted ‘decisively’; Recent terror surge termed war declaration by Taliban; Nation backs forcesA file photo of a check post on Pakistan-Afghanistan border. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Security forces responded immediately to stop unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban along the international border on Tuesday amid intense friction between the two countries, according to the prime minister’s spokesperson. “The Afghan Taliban regime initiated unprovoked firing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Torkham and Tirah sub-sectors. Pakistan’s security forces responded immediately and effectively, silencing the Taliban aggression,” said Mosharraf Zaidi, who is Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s spokesperson for foreign media.…

Rick Smith, CEO of Axon Enterprises.Adam Jeffery | CNBCAxon Enterprise’s stock surged more than 20% after the maker of Tasers, body cameras and drones topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates as artificial intelligence accelerated demand for its software productsThe company reported adjusted earnings of $2.15 per share on $797 million in revenue, surpassing the $1.60 per share and $755 million in revenue expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Axon also issued upbeat revenue guidance for 2026, calling for growth between 27% and 30%, compared to a 25.8% estimate.CEO Rick Smith said that since starting the company in 1993, AI has brought…