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Google terminates 28 employees for Israeli cloud contract protest

Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations. “Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them from accessing […]

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Girl among 7 martyred as customs team ambushed in DIK

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Five Customs Intelligence officials and two civilians, including a five-year-old girl, were martyred when unidentified gunmen ambushed a team of the Customs Intelligence and escaped from the scene in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district on Thursday, police said. According to the police, the Customs Intelligence officials were conducting routine checking at Saggo, […]

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French Open the moment to give everything: Nadal

BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal said the upcoming French Open will be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur on Wednesday.The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well but eventually crumbled […]

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‘Agripreneurs’ project empowers rural entrepreneurs in Pakistan

Standard Chartered Bank and The British Asian Trust, in collaboration with partners Shirakat and Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organisation (SAFWCO), recently marked the successful culmination of their ‘agripreneurs’ project. This second phase of the initiative focused on high-performing participants from the previous phase, aiming to bolster their businesses and enhance their entrepreneurial skills. […]

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India carries out successful flight test of cruise missile

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday carried out a successful test flight of an indigenous technology cruise missile, according to a Defence Ministry statement. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation did a successful test flight of an Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha state, the ministry said. […]

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Australia mulls citizenship for Pakistani guard in Sydney mall attack

Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday he will consider granting citizenship to a Pakistani security guard wounded in the deadly Sydney shopping centre knife attack. The guard, Muhammad Taha, reportedly said he believed he “deserved recognition and consideration for citizenship” after being stabbed. In a bedside interview with The Australian, Taha said he was attacked […]

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Imran says Saudi Arabia had no role in ‘regime change’

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Thursday stated that Saudi Arabia had no role in the “regime change operation”. The statement comes days after views expressed by firebrand party leader Sher Afzal Marwat during an interview with a private TV channel regarding the kingdom’s role in supposed “regime change operation”, […]

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Error-plagued Gauff wins clay season opener

STUTTGART: World number three Coco Gauff was pushed hard by American compatriot Sachia Vickery before overcoming the qualifier 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at the WTA Stuttgart clay-court tournament on Wednesday.The US Open champion needed two hours 27 minutes to silence her second-round opponent, ranked 134th in the world.Gauff began brightly, rattling off the first three games, […]