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SoftBank stock soared 11.43% on Thursday, a day after the Japanese giant announced a deal to buy Swiss engineering firm ABB’s robotics division for $5.4 billion, further advancing SoftBank’s AI footprint.The partnership, which requires global regulatory approval, means ABB will no longer consider spinning off its robotics business as a separately listed company.”SoftBank’s next frontier is physical AI. Together with ABB Robotics, we will bring together world-class technology and talent under a shared vision of fusing artificial superintelligence and robotics to drive breakthrough advances that move humanity forward,” SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son said in a statement.Artificial superintelligence (ASI) is an…
CHICAGO (AP) — indiana man A death row inmate convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage girl in 2001 was executed for the third time in the state early Friday morning. reinstatement of the death penalty last year. Roy Lee Ward, 53, was sentenced to death at the Indiana State Penitentiary in Michigan City. The process began shortly after midnight, and Ward was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m., the Indiana Department of Corrections said in a statement.Ward’s last meal was at Texas Coral, which included a hamburger. His last words, reported by the Indiana Department of Corrections, were…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone and missile attack injured at least 12 people, damaged residential buildings and caused a power outage in parts of Ukraine’s capital early Friday, authorities said. One person was killed in separate attacks in the country’s southeast. Rescuers rescued more than 20 people from a 17-story apartment building in central Kiev as flames engulfed the sixth and seventh floors. Officials said five people were hospitalized and others received first aid at the scene. The nighttime raid was the latest in a series of attacks on Kiev. The Russian military has escalated its drone and…
As Israeli attacks have continued since Friday morning despite an agreed cease-fire plan, Gaza’s civil defense organization has warned residents of the besieged area not to return to the occupied territory until Israel formally announces the withdrawal of its troops. “Residents of the Gaza Strip, and in particular of Gaza City, we urge you not to approach or return to the areas where the occupation forces were present, especially the border areas of Gaza City, until an official announcement regarding the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces is made and confirmed by the relevant authorities,” the Civil Defense said. Context:…
Born on November 29, 2003, Angelina told MSN in 2007 about Pax’s childhood in an orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: “He spent three and a half years of his life with 20 other children in the same place, in the same room, in this little iron bed. He had no choice, no freedom.” Although Maddox lives with sisters Zahara and Shiloh, “all of a sudden he’s in a very free situation with his new siblings and his mom and dad,” Angelina continued. “He’s learning English and he’s very loving and wild and free. Because he…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion about the anti-fascist movement Antifa, which he has designated as a domestic terrorist organization, at the official dining room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump announced in the US on Wednesday night that Israel and Hamas had agreed on the first phase of a peace plan that could end their two-year war and potentially release hostages.In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said, “All hostages will be released immediately and Israel will withdraw its forces…
CAIRO (AP) — Two years into the war in Gaza, and as Israel and Hamas reached a deal raising hopes for the end of the conflict, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair looked back at some of her most poignant images. Shbair has seen conflict and violence in the territory since she was a young girl, and when Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack triggered Israel’s campaign of retaliation, she spent several days reporting from her hometown of Gaza City. As Israeli forces advanced, she moved with her family to Rafah, in southern Gaza. For months, she covered the war from Rafah…
Teresa Giudice quits ‘Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test’ because of daughter Gia GiudiceAnother new employee literally quit. Jussie Smollett became the fourth celebrity to leave Season 4 of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” on the Oct. 9 episode of the Fox reality competition series. On the third day of the challenge, the stars were dropped into a mock war zone and tasked with finding and rescuing their “fallen comrades” while navigating the harsh terrain, obstacles and fake explosions of the brutally hot Moroccan desert. Due to the physically demanding practice, many of the Season 4 contestants, including Gia Giudice,…
Two HSBC bank logos on an office building in Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2025. Henry Romero | ReutersShares in Hong Kong-listed Hang Seng Bank closed 25.88% higher on Thursday following parent HSBC’s proposed delisting, valuing the bank at more than HK$290 billion (more than $37 billion).HSBC, Europe’s largest financial institution, has asked the board of Hang Seng Bank to submit a privatization proposal to its shareholders through a scheme of arrangement under Hong Kong’s Companies Ordinance.The Hang Seng Bank shares will be canceled in exchange for HK$155 per share, approximately 33% above Hang Seng Bank’s average share price of…
national guard troops Patrols were expected to begin in Memphis on Friday, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area for at least two weeks.Repeated or halted deployments are the result of political and unjust policies. legal battle Regarding President Donald Trump’s coercion dispatch the National Guard to several cities in the United States. The administration claims that crime is rampant in these cities, even though the statistics do not necessarily support it. If the president invokes the Insurrection Act, dispatch active duty military personnel But a Chicago judge said Thursday…