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Xbox leader Asha Sharma has joined a US government task force for employment, days after announcing restructuring that has left thousands of people without jobs
Xbox chief Asha Sharma has been appointed as an external adviser to the US Federal Reserve, where she will help lead a task force on productivity and jobs — including assessing the impact of AI on the workforce. The appointment has drawn attention because it comes just days after Sharma oversaw a restructuring of Xbox…
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Burnham on brink of No 10 as Morocco exit sparks London disorder
Andy Burnham nears the premiership with 322 Labour nominations amid warnings of an early “Putin test”, while Morocco’s World Cup exit triggered unrest in northwest London and Yorkshire dodged a hosepipe ban.
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France Reaches World Cup Semi-Finals as Violent Unrest Erupts in London
France secured a spot in the World Cup semi-finals with a decisive 2-0 quarter-final victory over Morocco in Boston. The result triggered violent unrest in London, where police forces clashed with football supporters dur
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Malaysian Sci-Fi ‘Mimpi Kita: Castle in the Air’ Lands Distributor and Sales Agent Abnormal Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
Malaysia’s Abnormal Studios has acquired theatrical distribution rights for Malaysia and Brunei to the science-fiction fantasy feature “Mimpi Kita: Castle in the Air”, and will additionally act as the film’s worldwide international sales agent outside those two territories. The company plans to launch the title at the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) in Busan…
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France dump Morocco out of World Cup as London erupts; England next
France’s 2-0 quarter-final win over Morocco sparked disorder in northwest London, with England facing Norway next; peers warn of spreading match-fixing, Yorkshire Water rules out a hosepipe ban, and Palworld hits full release.
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Police Debunk Fatal Outage Claim as Telstra CEO Faces Executive Scrutiny
A nationwide Telstra network outage on Wednesday disrupted critical Australian infrastructure, affecting train services, payment systems, and emergency triple-zero call capabilities. The incident highlighted serious publ
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This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee
The High Pay Centre (HPC), a British thinktank founded in 2011 by former Guardian business editor Deborah Hargreaves to scrutinise executive pay and the widening gap between CEOs and ordinary workers, is to close. Polly Toynbee argues that its demise removes a distinctive voice that focused not on tax and redistribution but on “predistribution” —…
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Yorkshire hosepipe ban ‘not expected this summer’
The water company says reservoir stocks are higher than they were last year when a ban was in place.
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Telstra CEO says executive bonuses to be reviewed after nationwide outage – video
Telstra’s chief executive, Vicki Brady, has faced intense questioning for the first time since a nationwide outage on Wednesday disrupted the Australian telecommunications company’s network. The failure affected train services, payment systems and triple zero emergency calls, making it a serious incident given the potential public-safety implications of losing access to emergency lines. Returning from…
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Showrunner Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony Announces Cohorts for 2026 Summer and Fall Residencies
Showrunner Mara Brock Akil has announced the summer and fall 2026 cohorts for her Writers’ Colony, a three-month screenwriting residency based in the West Adams neighbourhood of Los Angeles. Programming for the summer session began on 10 June, with the fall session set to start on 2 September. The initiative aims to support emerging screenwriters…