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RAWALPINDI: The Rawat Police on Thursday unearthed a gang involved in illegal organ transplantation, arresting one member during a road at a private housing society. Six other suspects, including a surgeon and his accomplices, managed to escape during the raid. According to a Rawalpindi Police spokesman, a police team during its routine patrolling received information about the illegal organ transplantation site. The police immediately raided the place and released a man tied to a stretcher. The victim later told the police that he was called to the place on the pretext of a job, and then his various medical tests…

Jeff Green, CEO of The Trade Desk.Scott Mlyn | CNBCShares of The Trade Desk plummeted almost 40% on Friday and headed for their worst day on record after the ad-tech company announced the departure of its CFO and analysts expressed concerns about rising competition from Amazon.The Trade Desk, which went public in 2016, suffered its steepest prior drop in February, when the shares fell 33% on a revenue miss. In its second-quarter earnings report late Thursday, the company beat expectations on earnings and revenue, but the results failed to impress investors.The Trade Desk, which specializes in providing technology to companies that want…

Signage is displayed outside a permanently closed Bed Bath & Beyond retail store in Hawthorne, California, on May 1, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesBed Bath & Beyond is back — kind of. The bankrupt home goods chain is being resurrected by the owners and licensees of its intellectual property, which opened the first new Bed Bath & Beyond store in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday with potentially dozens of more to come. This time around, the store has a new name — Bed Bath & Beyond Home — and marks a “fresh start” for the beloved brand, said Amy Sullivan,…

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence has been a shot in the arm for digital advertising.Meta and Alphabet both reported sales and earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, but the strength in digital ad spend was notable.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the earnings call that AI helped imbue “greater efficiency and gains across our ad system,” thus contributing to the 22% year-over-year increase of second-quarter sales that hit $47.52 billion.Meta finance chief Susan Li also told…

Guests inaugurate the 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 8, 2025. The 2025 WRC that kicked off on Friday in Beijing unveiled future development trends of embodied intelligent robots, focusing on fields such as cognition, decision-making and safety. Co-hosted by the Chinese Institute of Electronics and the World Robot Cooperation Organization, the five-day event features forums, exhibitions, competitions and networking events, with over 200 robotics companies from around the world presenting their latest innovations. (Xinhua/Xie Han)BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — The 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) that kicked off on Friday in Beijing unveiled future…

Listen to article Police submitted on Friday the initial report on senior lawyer Khawaja Shamsul Islam’s murder before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi, identifying eight suspects. The report, presented before the ATC in Karachi Central Jail’s anti-terrorism complex, stated that the case was registered on the complaint of the victim’s brother, Khawaja Faisal, under charges of murder, attempted murder, and provisions of the anti-terrorism act. The senior Supreme Court lawyer was attending the last rites of an acquantance after Friday prayers at the Quran Academy on Khayaban-e-Rahat, when suspect Imran Afridi shot him near the mosque stairs before fleeing to the…

Lu Zhuoling of China competes during the Taijiquan competiton of women’s Taijiquan-Taijijian Final of Wushu event at the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)CHENGDU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Lu Zhuoling won the women’s Wushu Taijiquan-Taijijian on Friday night, securing China’s first gold at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu.The 21-year-old scored 9.796 points to top the standings after the morning’s Taijiquan and finished third in the evening’s Taijijian, combining for 19.522 points to win the gold.”This gold medal is the best birthday gift I could ask for,” said Lu, who turns 22…

Listen to article Dr Nadir Ali Syed, a leading neurologist who helped develop Pakistan’s guidelines for the treatment of Parkinson’s, passed away at home in Karachi unexpectedly between Thursday and Friday. The medical community across Pakistan express deep shock and disbelief over the news as Dr Nadir was barely sixty years old and considered to be generally in good health.Dr Nadir was widely known for his work in adult neurology, particularly in the treatment of epilepsy, stroke and headache disorders. He was serving as a clinical neurologist at South City Hospital and was part-time faculty at the Aga Khan University’s Faculty of…

Revolut cards is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on March 29, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told CNBC there hasn’t been a “falling out” with the U.K. government over delays to fintech giant Revolut’s long-awaited bank license.Last week, the Financial Times reported that a meeting arranged by British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves with Revolut and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) — an arm of the BOE that oversees banks — was cancelled after an intervention from Bailey.Authorizing Revolut as a fully licensed bank has become an important issue for…

People walk past a Sweetgreen restaurant in Manhattan.Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesSweetgreen shares dropped more than 25% on Friday after the salad chain cut its 2025 outlook for the second quarter in a row, citing issues with its loyalty program, weak consumer sentiment, tariff headwinds and store challenges.For the full-year 2025, Sweetgreen now expects revenue of between $700 million and $715 million, down from its May prediction of $740 million to $760 million and its February outlook of $760 million to $780 million.It also projects negative same-store sales for the full year, estimating declines of between…