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The White House on Thursday announced a crackdown on firearms sales at gun shows and over the internet that evade US federal background checks. Vice-President Kamala Harris, who heads the White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention, told reporters the move addresses the so-called “gun show loophole.” “Currently, gun stores are required by law to conduct a background check for every gun sale,” Harris said. “But for decades, many dealers who sell weapons someplace other than the traditional gun store… have gotten away without conducting background checks,” she said. “All gun dealers now must conduct background checks, no matter where…

Google parent Alphabet’s contemplated acquisition of marketing software company HubSpot would likely spark opposition from regulators even as many experts agree it would not curb competition, and would require the technology giant to open a new front in its battle with antitrust watchdogs. Reuters reported last week that Google was mulling an offer for HubSpot, which has a market value of $34 billion. Google has been weighing the antitrust risks of a potential deal and has yet to decide if it will make an offer. Nearly a dozen antitrust experts and industry analysts said in interviews and analyst notes that…

We miss Akshay Kumar from the time when Bollywood peaked in comedy films. The 2000s, and to some extent, early 2010s, the industry produced many comedies and Akshay starred in several of such films including Welcome, Phir Hera Pheri, De Dana Dan and more. It has been a while since an ensemble cast came together to make us laugh. Yes, we’ve seen insane action flicks, mind-bending thrillers, cute romantic dramas, but pure comedy like the aforementioned films? That feels like a thing of the past. So when Akshay along with his Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (BMCM), (another actioner by Ali…

Andreas Christensen came off the bench to head in the winning goal as Barcelona won 3-2 away to Paris Saint-Germain in a remarkable first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday. In the other quarterfinal Atletico Madrid held off a late Borussia Dortmund fightback to win 2-1 and grab a slender advantage. Raphinha had earlier scored twice for the Catalans at the Parc des Princes, slotting in the opener late in the first half and then volleying in an equaliser to make it 2-2 just after the hour mark. In between, PSG had turned the game around as…

MSI first showcased its range of new prebuilt gaming desktop towers earlier this year, and now the entire range is available for purchase. The company’s flagship offering, the Vision Elite, packs top-of-the-line specs including Intel’s latest 14th-gen Core i9 desktop processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090. The PC uses the recently released MEG Maestro 700L PZ cabinet, which is the star of the show. It features a unibody aluminum construction and a one-piece, 270-degree tempered glass that offers a panoramic view of the components inside. MSI isn’t the only company to use this type of curved glass in a…

The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said on Thursday that the country will be affected by an unstable weather conditions as a result of an extension of a low surface pressure from the southwest, accompanied by humid southeasterly winds, along with an extension of upper air pressure, accompanied by an air current from the northwest. On Sunday, the weather is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with a light to moderate rainfall that might be heavy at times in some areas, especially over internal and southern areas. Monday and Tuesday will see the low pressure deepen…

Ukrainian lawmakers approved on Thursday an army mobilisation bill that sparked anger after it was stripped of provisions allowing long-serving soldiers to be discharged, as Moscow pounded the country’s energy facilities, destroying a power station in the Kyiv region. Kyiv has struggled on the battlefield for months, weakened by desperately needed US military aid that is blocked in Congress, and a shortage of men and ammunition. Russia launched an aerial attack on five Ukrainian regions overnight and throughout Thursday morning, killing at least four people in the southern city of Mykolaiv, officials said. The strikes also “completely destroyed” a key…

The Premier League will introduce semi-automated offside technology next season in the hope of reducing the time it takes to make VAR decisions. At a shareholders’ meeting on Thursday, top-flight clubs unanimously agreed to introduce the system, which is expected to cut the average length of a VAR check for offside by about 30 seconds. “The technology will provide quicker and consistent placement of the virtual offside line, based on optical player tracking, and will produce high-quality broadcast graphics to ensure an enhanced in-stadium and broadcast experience for supporters,” a Premier League statement said. Stay up to date with the…

With the rise of all-digital consoles, more and more people are doing a majority of their game shopping on digital storefronts. For PlayStation 5 owners, whether you have a disk drive or not, you more than likely have at least a couple of games purchased from the PlayStation Store. The convenience of simply downloading a game and not having to worry about the disk is great, but you also can catch some amazing deals. The biggest sales events come seasonally, and the current Spring Sale is offering deep discounts of up to 90% on some of the biggest games on…

O.J. Simpson, a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back who was accused of, and ultimately acquitted, in the 1994 killings of his former wife and her friend in the “trial of the century,” has died after a battle with cancer. He was 76. Simpson died on Wednesday, his family announced on social media. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” the family wrote on Simpson’s official X (formerly Twitter) account. “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes…