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• Pitch Perfect अभिनेत्री पर Charlotte MacInnes द्वारा मुकदमा किया गया है, जो Wilson की बतौर निर्देशक पहली फिल्म, The Deb की मुख्य कलाकार हैं। • हॉलीवुड स्टार Rebel Wilson ने उस “बिल्कुल अपमानजनक” आरोप को खारिज कर दिया है कि उन्होंने मानहानि के एक मामले में महत्वपूर्ण संचार रिकॉर्ड सौंपने से बचने के लिए अपना फोन नष्ट कर दिया था। • Pitch Perfect स्टार पर म्यूजिकल कॉमेडी The Deb की 27 वर्षीय मुख्य अभिनेत्री Charlotte MacInnes द्वारा मुकदमा किया गया है।

• नए अमेरिकी दिशानिर्देशों के तहत, आवेदकों को यह पुष्टि करना होगा कि उन्हें वापस लौटने का कोई डर नहीं है; ऐसा न करने या चुप्पी साधने पर वीजा खारिज होने का जोखिम बढ़ जाएगा। • राज्य विभाग (state department) द्वारा जारी नए मार्गदर्शन के अनुसार, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के लिए अस्थायी वीजा चाहने वाले आवेदकों को अब कांसुलर अधिकारी को यह बताना होगा कि उन्होंने किसी नुकसान का अनुभव नहीं किया है और उन्हें अपने गृह देश लौटने का डर नहीं है। • यदि वे 'हाँ' में उत्तर देते हैं या किसी भी प्रश्न का उत्तर देने से इनकार करते हैं, तो उनके वीजा के खारिज होने की संभावना काफी बढ़ जाएगी।

Meta to lay off 10% of its staff and Microsoft to offer retirement to 7% of US workforce. Plus, Iron Maiden at 50Good morning.Meta and Microsoft are cutting thousands of employees as they bet big on AI and executives claim that the technology is meeting productivity needs.What have they said about AI? Mark Zuckerberg said in January that AI was making some hiring unnecessary. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI chief, said in February that he believed AI would be able to replace most white-collar work within the next 12 to 18 months.How many tech layoffs have there been in 2026? In four months, more than 92,000 employees in the industry have lost their jobs, according to the tracker Layoffs.fyi. But some experts believe companies may be “AI washing” – using it as cover for a slowing labor market and demand or rising costs. Continue reading...

• U.S. Men's National Team fell 3-2 in overtime to Czechia on April 22 in preliminary round of IIHF World Championship. • Goals by American forwards kept game close, but Czechia netted winner late. • Team USA advances to face next opponent Friday, aiming for quarterfinal berth.

• Northland analysts have initiated a buy rating on USA Rare Earth as the U.S. pursues rare earth independence from China. • The move reflects broader geopolitical efforts to establish domestic supply chains for critical materials essential to technology and defense sectors. • Rare earth elements are vital for electronics, renewable energy, and military applications, making supply chain security a strategic priority.

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts, amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifestoOver 200,000 people have called on ministers to break contracts with Palantir in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role in the NHS, police, military and councils.Two petitions have attracted 229,000 signatures, one calling for the government to end all public contracts with the firm, whose software is used by Donald Trump’s ICE immigration enforcement programme and the Israeli military, and another urging the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to cancel its £330 patient data contract with the NHS. Continue reading...

Georgia players celebrated championship at White HousePresident shakes hands of men, not women in videoFormer tennis star Navratilova leads criticismA White House photo celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash due to the positioning of Donald Trump and a group of men, who overshadowed the female athletes by lining up in front of them.The University of Georgia women’s tennis team was one of several collegiate teams to visit the White House on Wednesday to mark a recent championship win. In a photo shared by press aide Margo Martin, a group of six men, including Donald Trump, took up the front row of a stage setup, with 11 women standing in the background largely obscured. Continue reading...