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Jeff Bezos, Eduardo Saverin join consortium buying Liverpool stake. Big money in football carries big risks – from fan backlash to leveraged debt.
The app drops third-party frameworks for a custom build optimized for slow connections. A one-day shortcut to elite loyalty tier and instant point conversion via Maya and DragonPay.
Xiaomi's $1,600 robot dog and a shift to humanoid trials mark a new phase for China's robotics contests, where state backing and domestic supply chains are compressing development cycles.
Varun Beverages and Parag Milk Foods are riding India's packaged milk-drink boom, posting 41% and 44% revenue growth against a 18% category expansion.
MCX is among six stocks held by the three top-performing small-cap funds over the past year. The combined position across TRUSTMF, Bank of India, and Motilal Oswal funds totals Rs 221.7 crore.
Six asset managers tell CNBC the same thing: spread out beyond the Magnificent Seven. China, U.K. stocks, REITs, equal-weight S&P and gold all get mentions as concentration risk warnings pile up.
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto leads the Tangere senatorial survey with 42.1%, up 6.1 points, as Duterte family members and allies hold the top tier for 2028.
The ITAT Delhi quashed a ₹3.74 lakh penalty against a salaried employee who missed the ITR deadline after switching jobs. The tribunal ruled that under-reporting requires a smaller disclosed income than actual, not just late filing.
Historian Yuval Noah Harari says now is the time to resist AI rights, as AI agents have shown deceptive behavior in safety tests. Microsoft AI CEO echoes the warning.
Eikon CEO Roger Perlmutter and MD Anderson's Timothy Yap discussed the company's PARP1 selective inhibitors and Werner helicase pipeline, focusing on the potential for improved safety.
CCTV shows teacher slapping six-year-old who collapses and dies. Police say the child had a 'highly sensitive mentality.' A three-member committee is formed. Family denies settlement rumors.
Tamil Nadu commits ₹213 crore to restore 64 temples over 1,000 years old and 150 damaged shrines. Pilgrim hubs get lockers, baby rooms, seating, sanitation upgrades.
Kerala CM Satheesan announced a Global Job Watch Tower, foreign university plans, and focus on AI/quantum. The policy could boost private education providers and edtech. A scheme targets 25,000 women.
Separate term insurance for couples depends on each partner's income, liabilities and non-financial contributions, two insurance executives said.
A three-year pilot in Bundelkhand involving 1,700 farmers shows silt from rejuvenated ponds cuts purchased input use, offering a template for India's water and natural farming missions.
The storm's slow westward drift over the Gulf of Tonkin could dump more than 600 mm on Quang Ninh and Hai Phong, raising flood and landslide risks through Aug. 24.
Over 6.5 crore ITRs filed for AY2026-27. The income tax department warns late filers face penalties, refund delays, loss of carryforward losses.
The Pentagon fired the editor-in-chief and publisher of Stars and Stripes after they spoke out about editorial interference, with staff saying they were terminated for insubordination, CBS News reported.
Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger warned that reopening a settled provision four weeks before a critical vote could collapse the entire crypto bill. The industry is watching closely.
Apple eliminates about 200 roles from Siri, Vision Pro, and software teams as it shifts resources to AI-driven assistant and new devices. Smart glasses prioritized.
The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes editor Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte for insubordination after they publicly objected to potential censorship. The move escalates Hegseth's push for editorial control.
UIDAI completed 2 crore mandatory biometric updates for school children. The drive, free for ages 5-17 until September 2026, requires a visit to an enrolment centre.
55 people sickened across 15 states, four hospitalized. Minnesota and Wisconsin account for the most cases. CDC urges consumers to discard affected sprouts.
Voice assistants like Gemini and Alexa are moving toward handling complex tasks across apps. That requires deep access to personal data, and the process hides how decisions are made.
Apollo Hospitals founder Dr. Prathap Reddy, 93, built a $13B healthcare empire from a single 150-bed Chennai hospital. India's hospital bed shortage remains acute at 1.3 per 1,000.
Israel's Housing Ministry issued a tender for 1,234 housing units in the E1 area, drawing condemnation from the US, EU, and Arab states. The project would split the West Bank.
A tequila brand skirted a US additive-ad ban with misspelled billboards. The same lateral thinking that put grenades on drones and invented the drive-through. The side door is always open. It just looks stupid until someone walks through.
Fifth Third leads a strategic investment in Payload, which processes nearly $500 million monthly in earnest money deposits and other embedded payments, to fund engineering hires and new payment rail integrations.
An 18-year-old former student at Brinell High School killed one person and wounded three others after attacking with a sword Friday. Police detained the suspect.
An 18-year-old former student armed with a sword attacked a Swedish high school Friday, killing one and wounding three. Police shot and detained the suspect.