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arrests of three suspected hitmen accused of killing a B.C. Sikh leader highlight an emerging security problem: foreign intelligence services are contracting their dirty work to the criminal underworld.Governments are increasingly accused of trying to silence and kill opponents outside their borders, and they are relying more and more on crime groups to do so, officials and experts told Global News.“Some states leverage criminal organizations to advance their objectives,” said Eric Balsam, a Canadian Security Intelligence Service spokesperson.“The use of criminal elements can permit plausible deniability and generate resources to advance threat activities.”Iran’s intelligence service was recently accused of hiring Canadian Hell’s Angels to kill dissidents in the United States.

Also Read: US Fed to hold rates at 23-year high-mark until inflation cools, slows pace of balance sheet runoff: 5 key highlights Despite this, the Nifty 50 managed to reach a new record high of 22,794.70 before settling at 22,475.80. Sector-wise, financials, auto, and energy saw gains, but broader indices closed with slight losses, taking a pause after recent gains. The key benchmark indices maintained a flat trajectory on all days, marking the fourth consecutive week of little movement.

Americans under 30 get much of their news on TikTok. They hear about money there, too, and that’s shaping the way they save, spend and view their financial prospects, young adults and economists say. Caitlyn Sprinkle, 27 years old, describes her TikTok feed as a mix of economic gloom and consumerism gone wild.

In the January-to-March quarter, Amazon’s cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure and Google Cloud grew at 17%, 31% and 28%, respectively, the companies reported. Analysts said this was a sign that AI is contributing to the growth and that overall cloud spending is also accelerating, Reuters reported. On the other hand, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in its earnings call emphasised the company’s longterm investment in AI, which led to its shares sinking by 19% on Wednesday, wiping out over $200 billion in market capitalisation. US NEWSPAPERS SUE MICROSOFT, OPE

Godzilla Minus One is streaming online on Amazon Prime. Though, this is in Japan and not in the US. Ever since the film won many Academy Awards, even beating some Hollywood flicks, such as Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, the US audience is keen to catch this movie. Online Streaming in the US

BMF Season 3 Episode 10 is all set to release in the coming days. This is expected to be the season’s finale. It was in 2021 that the series premiered for the first time with Curtis Jackson popularly known as 50 Cent serving as one of the executive producers. Episode 10 has been titled ‘Prime Time’. Here are the other details regarding this series, which has gained popularity across the world, especially the United States (US). Storyline

Colin Farrell leading the cast as John Sugar, a private investigator delving into the disappearance of a Hollywood executive's granddaughter, the show has kept audiences on the edge of their seats. Sugar Episode 6 Revelation

Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time in six months and the first stop is the Miami Grand Prix, the race that was supposed to be the American showpiece. But the sparkling debut of Las Vegas last November was rated as one of the best races of the 2023 season, and Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, is a stalwart event that caters to passionate F1 fans. Miami was the big party when it debuted in 2022 but the question is: Has its status fallen enough that Sunday's race is simply just the first of three events in what has traditionally been NASCAR country?

Taylor Swift, a name synonymous with record-breaking achievements in the music industry, has once again captivated fans with her upcoming Eras Tour. As anticipation builds for her European leg starting from May 9th in Paris, Swift enthusiasts are met with an unexpected surprise – cheaper ticket prices compared to previous tours, especially in the United States.

Vanuatu. Let’s be honest and there’s no shame here: you did not even know that this was a country. It’s a string of islands east of the northern part of Australia in the Pacific and its last recorded population was 3.27 lakh people. Of these about 50% are ruled out from this story by virtue of being male. Of the 1.6 lakh remaining, you can leave out another half on the basis that they would be either too young or old to make a cricket team. And so, from a potential pool of 80,000 (a generous estimate because not everyone is interested in one sport), emerges a team that was in contention for a berth in a World Cup comprising 10 teams from across the globe.

THE CAPSULE White with black and blue trim, Boeing's Starliner capsule is about 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 15 feet (4.5 meters) in diameter. It can fit up to seven people, though NASA crews typically will number four. The company settled on the name Starliner nearly a decade ago, a twist on the name of Boeing’s early Stratoliner and the current Dreamliner.

Star Wars Day. You must have waved your light sabres and greeted each other with the traditional line, ‘May the Fourth be with you.’ But the card-holding Jedis among you will know that today, May 5, is when you greet each other with ‘Revenge of the Fifth!’ Because as Phuket-based German AI artist Oliver Huber knows, it’s today that production of an unfinished George Lucas meets — Manmohan Desai space opera-Bollywood cult classic started production. As Huber writes, ‘What most people don’t know: In 1974, Indian Bollywood director Rajat Kumar started filming ‘Antriksh Ke Veer’ (Space Heroes). Sadly, the project was shelved due to budget constraints. The script was later sold to an American guy called George for 500 rupees.’ Huber is custodian to iconic images from the never-released cult classic. There’s the Harrison Ford-resembling swashbuckling Hari Solan, captain of the ramshackle space freighter Millennial Fantoosh trying out some inner peace in a loud satsang. Hari’s ‘mardangi moustache’ makes him the bumbling action veer of this film. There’s Lokesh Saiwalker, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Mark Hamill from Star Wars – wielding, no, not a light sabre, but a cricket bat as he tackles the Dark Side. Darth Gabbar is seen frolicking with the village belles, while Princess Leela – the resemblance to Carrie Fisher is uncanny – is the garrulous, spunky ladki burning up the kitchen in a benarasi in one image, and nursing a hangover by having more daaru in another.

₹1,156 crore worth of Indian equities and the total outflow stands at ₹771 crore as of May 3, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) data. The total debt outflows stand at ₹1,727 crore so far this month. MORE TO COME FPIs offloaded ₹8,671 crore in Indian equities last month and ₹10,949 crore in debt markets over high US bond yields.

Cinco de Mayo approaches, renowned eateries and beverage brands are gearing up to treat customers to a delightful array of deals and discounts. From mouthwatering Mexican cuisine to refreshing cocktails, there's something for everyone to savor. Here's a glimpse of the festive offerings awaiting patrons:

Sir Alexander Fleming returned to his lab in St. Mary’s Hospital in London, a big surprise was waiting. He found a blue-green mould growing in one of the petri dishes. Intrigued, his mind went probing on the cause of contamination. Soon Fleming realised he had stumbled upon a discovery that would be hailed as one of the world’s biggest medical breakthroughs. By sheer serendipity, Fleming found the mould had destroyed colonies of staphylococcal bacteria around it. Penicillin — the nemesis for the deadliest bacterial infections — was born. Gruelling work followed. In 1945, Fleming along with his legendary team of researchers Ernst Chain and Sir Howard Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. As World War II unleashed deaths and miseries, a miracle weapon armed doctors against life-threatening bacterial infections. Until then, minor cuts or bruises carried risks of deaths. Penicillin saved lives of soldiers grievously injured during the war. An article in Science Museum describes the quick build-up to make the drug. It says such was its demand that scientists used every conceivable object — from bed pans to bathtubs — to store volumes of broth for the fermentation process. Gallons of mould broth were needed to get a fingernail of penicillin, says the article. With time, as scientists developed better methods of extraction, it spawned dozens of producers across Europe and the US.

Power grids, telecommunication networks and orbiting satellites can be hit hard across the world as two colossal solar flare explosions have occurred recently. These solar flares can also expose astronauts to dangerous doses of radiation. Solar flare explosions trigger geomagnetic storms which in turn spark dynamic aurora displays visible at latitudes beyond their 'normal' polar range. According to 'space.com', the first eruption took place on May 2 when the sun released the most powerful category flare, an X-class solar flare. It caused shortwave radio blackouts across Australia, Japan and much of China. The second solar explosion occurred on May 3, when an M-class solar flare, peaked around 4:00 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT).

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Madonna will bring her critically acclaimed Celebration World Tour to an end in Brazil with a free concert on Saturday, May 4, at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. On the official website of the Queen of Pop, 'madonna.com', it has been claimed that the show will be free of charge to thank her fans for celebrating more than four decades of her music throughout the epic global run of the tour. No Tickets required

NEW DELHI : The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has seized cryptocurrency worth more than ₹130 crore and arrested a Uttarakhand-based man as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering probe initiated on the request of US authorities. Parvinder Singh was taken into custody on April 27 from Haldwani in the state's Nainital district following a search of his premises. In a statement, the central probe agency said that the accused agreed to "surrender" the proceeds earned through the sale of illegal drugs through the dark web.

ALSO READ: Graeme Smith calls Mumbai Indians' 'confused unit', says Hardik Pandya 'under pressure' However, Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the top performer for MI, picking up three crucial wickets by conceding only 18 runs off his 3.5 overs. With Mumbai Indians' season not going well and the team's chances of qualifying for the playoffs slim, former India opener Wasim Jaffer suggested Hardik and the MI team management give Jasprit Bumrah rest. He cited the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which will begin on June 1 in the US and West Indies.