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Regulators are racing to find a buyer for First Republic after the recent collapse of two US banks.

So-called "time-banking" schemes are letting people get paid in time credits for the work they do.

Australia is already home to some of the hottest and driest wine regions on the planet.

The pontiff addressed up to 100,000 people, including Hungary's nationalist PM Viktor Orban.

Video shows suspects making a getaway on motorbikes from the city's flagship Bulgari store.

The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Port Sudan as thousands flee.

Abhishek Bachchan has reacted to a fan's comment who asked the actor to let his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan , “sign more movies”. It all started when Abhishek tweeted his review of Ponniyin Selvan 2. The actor said, “ #PS2 is simply Fantastic!!! At a loss for words right now. So overwhelmed. Well done to the entire team #ManiRatnam  @chiyaan, @trishtrashers, @actor_jayamravi, @Karthi_Offl and the rest of the cast and crew. And so, so proud of the Mrs. Her best by far. #AishwaryaRaiBachchan.” To this, the user replied, “As you should! Now let her sign more movies and you take care of Aaradhya.” Abhishek didn't miss the comment. He tweeted, “Let her sign??? Sir, she certainly doesn't need my permission to do anything. Especially something she loves.” In PS 2, Aishwarya plays the role of Nandini, Queen of Pazhuvoor. #PS2 is simply FANTASTIC!!! At a loss for words right now. So overwhelmed. Well done to the entire team #ManiRatnam @chiyaan @trishtrashers @actor_jayam...

The US president enjoyed some banter at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.

When Ukraine takes part in Eurovision on 13 May, its frontline LGBT troops will be taking inspiration.

The animal was a popular attraction, but euthanised in August out of public safety concerns.

Business booms in a free-for-all industry less than a year after Thailand legalised cannabis.

The Turkish leader hold a rally in the opposition stronghold of Izmir after having been taken ill last week.

The US central bank issues a review of its failures ahead of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

Florent Ibenge, in charge of the country's leading club, hopes to be reunited with his players soon.

The RSF paramilitary leader says "We don't want to destroy Sudan" and denies blame for violence.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,100 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty  maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming . The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by Sony 's PlayStation and Microsoft 's Xbox , which dwarfs cloud gaming. Is the deal dead? Not necessarily. Microsoft said it remained fully committed and would appeal. The regulator's decision reflected a flawed understanding of the market, it said. How does the appeal process work? Microsoft can appeal to Britain's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), an independent judicial body, which will only examine the CMA's decision-making process, not the merits of the merger. Microsoft will not be able to offer new remedies at this stage, such as offering to keep Activision content off its Xbox Game Pass , a subscrip...

Director and producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Gangubai Kathiawadi starring Alia Bhatt in the lead role bagged a whopping 10 trophies at the 68th Filmfare award on Thursday. Reacting to the film's big wins, Bhansali said, "It's a great moment for us. It's a great day for us and I feel all our hard work has finally paid off. It's a film we believed in and I'm very happy I made the film. I'm very happy Alia acted in the film and Ajay Devgn and all the other great actors who have acted in the film and all the technicians...it's a very happy moment for all of us. We have worked all through the lockdown and COVID so it's always special." Take a look at the list of awards won by Gangubai Kathiawadi : Best Film: Gangubai Kathiawadi Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi Best Dialogue: Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kat...

Taiwan's top chip design company MediaTek is focusing more resources on chips for cars and AI computing as its smartphone clients face a supply glut and inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty dent demand for consumer electronics. "We are definitely moving our resources very, very rapidly towards the automotive and computing areas, because those areas will provide our growth in the next three to five years," MediaTek Chief Executive Rick Tsai told an earnings call. "In this very demanding environment, we are not reducing people. We're not increasing either. The critical thing is to allocate those precious resources," he said. Tsai said everyone, including MediaTek, was rushing to claim that they were able to support generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT . "We're confident that we will be able to provide the capability to our customers," Tsai said. MediaTek is investing heavily in AI because the new areas the company is foc...

The three-day truce ends shortly despite continuing diplomatic efforts to extend it.

A delivery executive of an e-commerce firm allegedly stole 10 iPhones by replacing them with dummy phones on the way to deliver them to the customer here, police said on Thursday. Station in-charge of Matrix Finance Solution, which delivers Amazon 's parcel, Ravi in his complaint alleged that on March 27 delivery executive Lalit was handed over a customer's parcel, which contained 10 iPhones and an AirPods , at his address, they said. However, instead of delivering the parcel, Lalit replaced the iPhones with replicas and sent his brother Manoj to deposit them back to the company claiming that the customer could not be contacted, Ravi said in his complaint. Suspecting some tampering with the packaging, the parcel was opened and the delivery company found the fake phones inside, police said. Meanwhile, upon not receiving his parcel, the customer also cancelled his order, they said. An FIR has been registered against Lalit under sections 420 (cheating), 408 (criminal breach ...

Samantha Ruth Prabhu will be celebrating her 36th birthday tomorrow (April 28), and ahead of the special day, she has treated her fans to a stunning selfie on her Instagram Stories. The actress shared a happy picture in which she can be seen posing for the camera in a black ensemble with her hair tied into a messy bun as she poses for the camera. Sharing the post, she dropped a sweet message for herself and her fans: "It's going to be a good year," followed by a heart emoticon.  Check out the post here:  Earlier today, Samantha Ruth Prabhu shared an album on her Instagram handle featuring some amazing pictures. From a major throwback to a picture of the actress with an oxygen mask, the album sums up her month. Sharing the post, she captioned it as "As I see it," followed by a white heart emoticon.  Check out the post below:  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha (@samantharuthprabhuoffl) Mean...

Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 173,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and abusive transactions in 2022. "In India, in 2022, we have reviewed and taken necessary enforcement action, including removal of apps, on more than 3,500 personal loan apps for violations of the Play policy requirements. We continue to uplevel our efforts in this area by regularly updating our policies and review processes," Google said. The company announced that it will adopt a more privacy-friendly approach to advertising in 2023. Google will roll out the first Beta for the Privacy Sandbox on Android to a small percentage of Android devices. "With the Beta, users and developers will be able to experience and evaluate...

Microsoft's president Brad Smith said the UK regulator's decision to prevent its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard "had shaken confidence" in Britain as a destination for tech businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which operates independently from government, blocked the deal on Wednesday, saying it could hit competition in the nascent cloud gaming market. Microsoft hit back on Thursday, saying it was "probably the darkest day in our four decades in Britain" and sent the wrong message to the global tech industry about the UK. "If the government of the United Kingdom wants to bring in investment, if it wants to create jobs (...) it needs to look hard at the role of the CMA, the regulatory structure in the United Kingdom, this transaction, and the message that the United Kingdom has just said to the world," he told BBC radio. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Smith's comments were...

Kartik Aaryan is creating a buzz on the Internet after a report of being part of Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit's Tezaab remake went viral. The report also suggested that Ranveer had opted out of the film. Now, the Bhool Bhuliyaa 2 actor has denied the report on Twitter. Re-twitting the report, Kartik wrote, "Not true". Earlier, rumours were doing the rounds that Ranveer Singh and Janhvi Kapoor were approached to play the lead role in the remake. Check out the tweet here. Tezaab, starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher and Chunky Panday, was one of the hit films in the 1980s. Not just the film, the song Ek Do Teen was also a chart-busting success. The movie received immense praise from the audience and critics for its story, songs and performances by the stars. The movie won four Filmfare Awards in various categories -  Best Actor (Anil Kapoor), Best Female Playback Singer (Alka Yagnik), Best Choreography (Saroj Khan for Ek Do Teen ) and Best Dialogue (Kamles...

Bogdan Bitik was killed and Corrado Zunino hit by suspected Russian fire in the Kherson region.

Josef Schütz was convicted last June for his role in the killing of thousands at a concentration camp.

Aadhaar holders have carried out nearly 2.31 billion authentication transactions in March 2023, underlining the growing usage of Aadhaar and growth of digital economy in the country, according to an official release. The numbers in March were higher than in February when 2.26 billion authentication transactions were carried out. "While a majority of the authentications transaction numbers were carried out by using biometric fingerprint, it is followed by demographic and OTP authentications," the release said. Aadhaar e-KYC service continues to play a "stellar role" for banking and non-banking financial services by providing transparent and improved customer experience, and facilitating ease of doing business. More than 311.8 million e-KYC transactions were carried out during March 2023, a rise of over 16.3 percent against February levels. Adoption of e-KYC has significantly reduced customer acquisition cost of entities like financial institutions, telecom serv...

As promised, Zeenat Aman is back with the second part of her tribute to Dev Anand on Instagram and it's a treat to read. In the note, she recalled the days working with Dev Anand and mentioned about the "misunderstanding" between her and the late actor. Along with the long note, Zeenat Aman shared a throwback picture from the sets of Ishk Ishk Ishk and called their look "incredibly stylish". She started the note with these words, "The age gap between Dev saab and myself was nearly 30 years. I had played his sister in HRHK , and he did not yet see me as a romantic lead. Instead, he cast me in the titular role of (Raakhee's sister) Panna in Heera Panna , which released in 1973. I had a blast shooting that film, and its sound track remains a favourite to this day."  Calling Dev Anand a "Dynamic mentor," Zeenat Aman continued, "Dev saab was a dynamic mentor. Our association continued, and next on the cards was Ishk Ishk Ishk. I once ...

They were fired from seven guns at a shooting that killed four at a birthday party, investigator says.

Oslo says it was not properly informed after a research rocket accidentally hit its territory.

The country increases its drone production after millions of pounds are raised through donations.

Trisha Krishnan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are busy promoting their upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan 2 with co-stars Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi and others. Amid the busy schedule, Aishwarya and Trisha managed to pose for a picture together. In the image, both actresses look stunning - Aishwarya can be seen in a black floral printed kurta set, while Trisha opts for an orange co-ord set. Aishwarya can be seen hugging Trisha as they flash their million-dollar smile for the camera. In the movie, Aishwarya plays the role of Nandini, Queen of Pazhuvoor, while Trisha plays Chola Princess Kundavai.  Sharing the image, Trisha captioned it as "Nan and Kun." Soon after the actress shared the post, their fans flooded the comment section. A user wrote, "AshTrish 2 world Beauties," while another wrote, "Two beauties in one frame." Take a look at the post here:  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trish (@trishakrishn...

Zeenat Aman has shared another interesting anecdote on her Instagram handle, and this time she revealed how she got her role in Hare Rama Hare Krishna . In her long note, the veteran star credited Dev Anand for her role in the film and called the superstar her "starmaker". In the note, she recalled how she and her family were packing bags to leave India when Dev Anand persuaded her mother to delay their relocation plans. Along with the note, she shared a monochrome picture with Dev Anand. She started her note with these words, "When entering an industry like Bollywood, every actor hopes for a starmaker. Someone who sees the glimmer of potential and ambition that has perhaps only been visible to the self thus far. Very few are so lucky as to find this person, but I was. My starmaker was Dev saab."  Zeenat Aman continued, "It was 1970, and I think O P Ralhan was feeling quite sorry for me. He had given me a bit part in Hulchul , it had made little impact, and I...

Julie Chavez Rodriguez is a long-time activist and the granddaughter of a famed labour leader.

Aryan Khan, on Monday, teased his Instafam with glimpses of his upcoming project - an advert that he is directing for his luxury streetwear brand Dyavol.x. Aryan's superstar dad Shah Rukh Khan, who will feature in the advert, shared glimpses on social media on Monday and he wrote in his caption: "X marks the spot. 24 hours to go. Follow Dyavol.x for exclusive content." Aryan Khan became an entrepreneur last year when he launched a lifestyle luxury collective brand (more on that later). This is what Shah Rukh Khan posted: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) DND, Aryan Khan at work. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @dyavol.x Meanwhile, a glimpse of Shah Rukh Khan from the shoot was shared on the brand's official page. The caption on it read: "The countdown has begun." View this post on Instagram ...