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US military's problem-plagued mission to bring desperately needed aid into Gaza via a temporary pier has ended, with deliveries shifting to an Israeli port, a senior American officer said Wednesday. US President Joe Biden has expressed disappointment in the performance of the pier, which has repeatedly broken free of the shore because of bad weather since its initial installation in mid-May, limiting the time it has been operational. «The maritime surge mission involving the pier is complete, so there's no more need to use the pier,» Vice Admiral Brad Cooper told journalists. «It's now transitioning… to a port in Ashdod, Israel,» which «offers a more sustainable path.»

Protonas, a startup specialising in low-cost polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell solutions, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in a round led by Transition VC. The funds will be used to set up initial manufacturing operations in Chennai and develop prototype systems. The company, based in Tennessee, USA, has a subsidiary in Chennai.

LTIMindtree’s net profit grew 3.1% sequentially to Rs 1,135 crore, but missed ET’s estimate at Rs 1,150 crore. Lower margins compared to corresponding quarter of last fiscal also impacted its net profit which was 1.5% down on a Y-o-Y basis. Spotting a rare growth opportunities in North American business, LTIMindtree posted a 5.1% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in its revenue at Rs 9,143 crore for the first quarter of FY25. It exceeded ET’s estimate at Rs 9,080 crore. North America revenue contribution grew to 75.1% in the first quarter of this fiscal – highest since the official merger between the erstwhile IT firms, LTI and Mindtree. On a sequential basis, revenue grew 2.8%.

State Street Corp, which earlier this year acquired HCLTech's stake in their joint venture, said its cost towards compensation and employee benefits fell 2% in the April-June quarter, mainly due to a decrease in contractor spending associated with JV consolidations in India and lower salaries. State Street that completed the transaction on April 1 made the observation in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. HCLTech, meanwhile, posted a fall in revenue at its financial services vertical and has warned about headwinds in the segment in the July-September quarter as well due to State Street insourcing the business operation services provided by the JV.

Columbia has a unique problem. The Latin American country is in a catch 22-situation. The Government had signed an important agreement with a major rebel group to attain peace and prosperity but now faces another issue pertaining to increasing levels poverty which may have been caused by this agreement. Columbia’s cocaine production was at an all-time high but now this supply remains unsold resulting in large scale poverty of the farmers who were cultivating this drug. There has been a dramatic downturn in the drug market which has added to the reduced sales of this drug resulting in economic hardships for the people.

III Points Festival with a special headlining show, as per the reports of the New York Post.

A federal judge has suspended the lease stemming from a 2022 oil and gas sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin after finding problems with the environmental review it was based on

Dr. Abraham Ehizojie, a medical professional responsible for treating detained Binance Nigeria executive Tigran Gambaryan, has been issued an arrest warrant after he failed to hand over the prisoner’s medical records.

Wall Street’s record-breaking rally ran into a wall, as worries about potentially worsening trade tensions with China hit stocks of chip companies

The group Google asked to distribute $100 million to news outlets in Canada has publicly released its governance model, which it says focuses on sustainability, equity and innovation within the industry.

With many Canadian homeowners facing a sharp rise in mortgage payments, many of them have decided to bail, resulting in the highest number of Toronto housing units for sale in more than a decade and signaling a big drop in prices in the coming months.

Copa America 2024 journey, as they beat Colombia to claim the championship title. However, there is one major issue around Argentina players that is currently taking the entire football world by storm. According to a USA Today report, Argentinian players, after winning the 2024 Copa America finals, were recorded singing 'racist songs' against France while celebrating inside the team bus. France's footballing administration is currently claiming on issuing a lawsuit against the players who were seen in it, and to ask FIFA to get involved.

Loretta Mester, having worked in the Federal Reserve system her entire career, rose to become president of the Cleveland Fed for a decade until her retirement on June 30

democracy. Fox News has reported that various world leaders have condemned this incident and many have said that this is an attack on democracy. Many analysts noted that the US which is seen to be in the forefront when it comes to “protecting democracy” has a challenge at home and needs to focus on that. This incident may be used by the adversaries to target the US. Many of the retired CIA officers and those from other security services have said that Russia and China may use this to their advantage.

In the early 1980s, soon after graduating from college, Roy Cockrum was trying to make it as an actor in New York

meteor was seen soaring over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating about 30 miles above Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning. NASA has reported that the rock passed through the atmosphere over the Big Apple around 11:15 a.m. New Yorkers reported watching a flash of fire streak across the sky at the same time. They also said that they felt the ground lightly shaking beneath their feet, reports 'New York Post'. Confirming the incident, the Meteoroid Environments Office of NASA said in a Facebook post that the American Meteor Society has provided eyewitnesses of a sighting of a «fireball and booms and shakings» between 10 a.m. and noon Eastern time.

Following the death of George Floyd, U.S. Bank decided to look for ways to economically uplift the African American community and narrow the wealth gap. It didn’t have to look very far, according to Scott Ford, president of wealth management at U.S. Bank.

Democrats face an important challenge on how to convince Joe Biden to step down ahead of the US Presidential Election in November. Biden’s popularity ratings have gone down and now Democrats are worried about how to convince him to step down. Trump and the Republicans have surged ahead in most of the surveys. Biden has continued to stay in the race and refused to step aside making way for another party member to take his place. Politico has reported that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has been working behind the scenes to convince Biden to step down and let another Democrat take over and contest against Trump. Being a senior member of the party and who someone Biden looks up to, she may be the one to save the Democrats.

armed forces established brief contact with terrorists on Wednesday during the search operation in the Bhata Desa forest area of Doda district, where four Army personnel and a policeman were killed in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Village defence guards also opened fire on suspicious movement observed outside Melan village of the Desa area. Two explosive shells were recovered from the Sinoo forest area of Gandoh in the same district, where three infiltrators were killed on June 26 and a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including a US-made M4 carbine, were recovered. The exchange of fire took place within a span of a few hours during the search operation. However, no casualty or injuries were reported from either side. «Search operation is going on in the area, but they (terrorists) took advantage of the challenging terrain, thick forest and darkness and managed to flee,» said an official.

semiconductor technology, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. These measures would be applied to companies such as Tokyo Electron and ASML Holding NV, the report added, citing people familiar with the discussions.