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Tekken champion Arslan Ash has responded to a doping sanction issued by the International Esports Federation (IESF), stating he unknowingly consumed banned substances and had no intention to gain an advantage in competition. In June, the IESF announced that Ash tested positive for anabolic steroids following his victory at the 2022 World Esports Championship (WEC22) in Tekken 7. The substances detected, 19-norandrosterone, stanozolol metabolites and others, are banned by the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA), whose list the IESF follows. The ruling led to a two-year ban from IESF-sanctioned events, retroactively covering April 26 2023 to April 25 2025. Ash was also…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesTesla CEO Elon Musk, who bombarded President Donald Trump’s signature spending bill for weeks, on Friday made his first comments since the legislation passed.Musk backed a post on X by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who said the bill’s budget “explodes the deficit” and continues a pattern of “short-term politicking over long-term sustainability.”CNBC has reached out to the White House for comment.The House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big…

Listen to article At least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since dawn, according to medical sources. Hospital officials told Al Jazeera that five of the victims were shot near an aid distribution point north of Rafah in southern Gaza. Earlier, at least 15 people were killed when Israeli airstrikes targeted tents sheltering displaced residents in the al-Mawasi area, close to Khan Younis in southern Gaza. US President Donald Trump said on Friday that it would probably be known within 24 hours how Hamas will respond to a proposed ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, Reuters reports Trump…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured, speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself “politically homeless” as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a “culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.”Altman, whose company is a leader in artificial intelligence, made the post in celebration of the Fourth of July, saying he is “extremely proud to be an American” and believes the U.S. “is the greatest country ever on Earth.” He used the post…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has urged the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to share the minutes of all its meetings during tenure of Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi. In a letter written on June 25 to the JCP secretary, Justice Shah raised concern for not sharing the minutes of the JCP meetings to the public. “I raise an issue of institutional concern: the commission’s discontinuation of the practice of releasing the minutes of its meetings to the public,” says the letter. Justice Shah believes that the judiciary, as a trend-setter for other state institutions,…

Pakistan continued their dominance on the squash courts as four players advanced to the finals of the 32nd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in Gimcheon, South Korea, on Friday. Top seed Muhammad Sohail Adnan beat India’s Amarya Bajaj in three straight sets 11-5, 11-1, 11-2 to advance to the Boys U13 final. He will play against India’s Ayyan Dhanuka in tomorrow’s final. Over on the girls’ side, Mahnoor Ali beat Malaysia’s Maisarah Binti Khairulnizam 11-7, 11-5, 11-7, and will play against China’s Yin. Z. The Boys U15 final will be an all-Pakistan showdown as Ahmed Rayyan Khalil and Nauman Khan…

Condiments are getting an upgrade. Chefs are taking their signature sauces and dips outside the kitchen. And “swicy” still reigns.Those food trends were all on display at the Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show, which returned to the Javits Center in New York this week.From Sunday to Tuesday, more than 2,000 exhibitors showed off a range of specialty food and drinks, offering attendees a glimpse at the products headed for grocery aisles and restaurants in the near future.”It’s always been the show where people go to see the trends,” said Christine Couvelier, a culinary trend spotter and founder of…

An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a national-level marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province.  (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)FUZHOU, July 4 (Xinhua) — Leveraging its unique marine resources, distinctive fisheries industry, and regional economic advantages, Lianjiang County in southeast China’s Fujian Province has in recent years been promoting the upgrade and intelligent transformation of deep-sea and far-sea mariculture platforms, and developing the farming of aquatic products such as kelp, large yellow croaker, and abalone.So far, a total of 11 deep-sea and far-sea mariculture platforms have been deployed in the sea area off Lianjiang. The…

Listen to article Security forces killed at least 30 Khawariji terrorists who were attempting to infiltrate from Afghanistan during two nights of operations in North Waziristan, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a press release on Friday.. The movement of a large group of terrorists, identified as Khawarij belonging to the Indian proxy group Fitna al Khawarij, was detected on the nights of July 1–2 and 2–3 in the Hassan Khel area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the statement said.   Security forces engaged the group and “thwarted the Indian-sponsored Khawariji terrorists’ attempt to infiltrate,” the ISPR said in…

Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 23, 2022 Tim Cook waves the chequered flag to the race winner Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Mike Segar | ReutersApple had two major launches last month. They couldn’t have been more different.First, Apple revealed some of the artificial intelligence advancements it had been working on in the past year when it released developer versions of its operating systems to muted applause at its annual developer’s conference, WWDC. Then, at the end of the month, Apple hit the red carpet as its first true…