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Taylor Swift continues to dominate in the week following the release of her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”

Medical device maker Philips will pay $1.1 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul's upcoming boxing match has grabbed all the eyeballs and now rules for the July bout has emerged. 57-year-old Tyson will fight 27-year-old Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on July 20, as per a report. Initially, Mike Tyson asserted that the upcoming bout would adhere to exhibition rules, emphasizing the authenticity of the fight. However, Jake Paul, the YouTuber-turned-boxer, expressed his desire for the match to be conducted as a professional bout.

Local media reports that South Korea is taking decisive measures to combat the surge in cryptocurrency-related crimes and fraud cases by moving to establish its temporary virtual asset investigative unit as a permanent entity.

After more than 17 years at Jupiter, Whitmore is set to exit the asset manager to establish his own investment boutique by the end of July. Once Whitmore departs, portfolio manager Brian McCormick will take over the management of the Jupiter Global Value fund, which holds £793.4m in assets.  Investors pull £1.1bn from Jupiter's value equity strategies in first quarter Dan Lewis, co-head of the Jupiter Merlin team, said McCormick managed a dedicated Global All-cap Value portfolio for two Jupiter Merlin funds between November 2022 and February 2024. During that time period, the fu...

Canada’s decision to ground Boeing’s 737 MAX-8 jets in 2019 came as a result of a chance European encounter that led to new data about two deadly crashes, suggest documents obtained by Global News.

BJP on Monday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress, alleging that it circulated a «deep fake and morphed» video of Home Minister Amit Shah to derail the poll process, and demanded strict action against the party. A BJP delegation comprising Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and the party's national media department in-charge Anil Baluni also complained against the Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party has been using violence as a weapon, and demanded that the poll panel ensure a free and fair election in the state. «The Congress wants to derail the entire election process through a deep fake and morphed video (of Amit Shah). We raised a complaint before the Election Commission today against it. The Congress has tried to create confusion among people by posting a deep fake video from its official handle,» Vaishnaw told reporters after meeting the poll panel officials. «We requested the Election Commission to take strict action,» he added.

Taylor Swift is «floored» by the love her fans have shown to her latest album "The Tortured Poets Department", which debuted to 2.61 million units following its April 19 release. According to music trade website Billboard, «Tortured Poets» opened at No 1, marking Swift's 14th chart-topping album in her career, which ties Jay-Z for the most No.1s among solo artists in history. At 2.61 million units, it is the highest number of any album since Adele's 2015 release, «25». In an X post, Swift on Sunday expressed gratitude to the listeners for welcoming the album in their life. «My mind is blown. I'm completely floored by the love you've shown this album. 2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed,» she wrote alongside the behind-the-scenes pictures from a recording studio.

The departing portfolio managers are Chris Parr, Will Kenney, James Clarke and Niko de Walden.  Rutter joined RLAM in 2017 from Waverton Investment Management, where he worked as a director for global equities for nearly five years. Royal London AM head of fixed income Jonathan Platt to retire Prior to that, he was managing director for global equities at IronBridge International for more than five years and, before that, he worked as a portfolio manager at Deutsche Asset Management, now DWS. Following the resignations, RLAM has reshuffled its global equities team, which will no...

India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heatwave conditions at isolated locations in Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad on Monday. Independent weather forecaster Abhijit Modak, who runs the Konkan weather blog, mentioned that Sunday's temperature spike was due to a dry northerly/northeasterly land breeze influenced by the seasonal high-pressure area over the north-central Arabian Sea. However, no heatwave warning is in effect for April 30, although hot and humid conditions are expected in the same areas.

The 2G spectrum judgement of 2012 is making headlines again. The government is pleading at the Supreme Court (SC) for an amendment to its landmark telecom auctions ruling that mandated the sale of 2G spectrum to the highest bidder. But the Centre wants to allocate some spectrum through administrative means, such as licensing—an approach often used for procuring services from the private sector.

Uttarakhand Forest Fires: An ongoing firefighting operation aided by an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter persisted for the second consecutive day on Sunday in Uttarakhand's forests, officials confirmed to PTI. The state documented eight new forest fires within the last day, consuming 11.75 hectares of land. The previous day saw 23 incidents, which ravaged 34.175 hectares, as stated in the forest department's daily report, it added.

Tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma have flattened buildings across one rural town, killing at least four people, causing widespread power outages and leaving a trail of destruction, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Sunday. Nearly 30,000 people remained without power after tornadoes began late Saturday night. The damage was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people, where some downtown buildings were reduced to rubble and roofs were sheared off houses across a 15-block radius. «You just can't believe the destruction,» Stitt said. «It seems like every business downtown has been destroyed.»

These events, unfolding against the backdrop of heightened tensions in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, underscore the challenges faced by universities nationwide as they grapple with the increasingly visible demonstrations and encampments on their campuses.

movie mogul has been admitted to a Manhattan hospital for various tests upon his return to New York City, as per an AP report. This came after an appeals court decision overturned his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said that Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on April 26, adding, “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue.

Punjab government, aiming to raise the minimum age for girls to marry to 18 years, Dawn reported. Chairperson of CPWB, Sarah Ahmad has urged Punjab's Home Secretary, Noorul Amin Mengal, stressing the immediate need to combat the detrimental practice of child marriage. Ahmad referenced the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey 2017-18, revealing that in Punjab, 18 per cent of women aged 20 to 24 were wed before turning 18, with 2 per cent married before reaching 15.

IMD has forecasted light rainfall on May 2 and 3, which is expected keep the temperatures within this range. The experts have pointed to the El Nino effect and anti-cyclone conditions as the causes behind the intense heatwave in Bengaluru.

The IRS says more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program

Temporary farmworkers are getting more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment and other abuses

Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million penalty for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order

The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket