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Trump budgets $200 million for deportation campaign as South Park blasts Kristi Noem
Irish Star
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August 16, 2025
The Trump administration plans to blast the public with millions of pounds worth of ads to support Kristi Noem's deportation scheme after the Homeland Security Secretary was slated on South Park. The long-running satire show turned the official...
Scammers using sugar mummy schemes on teenagers, says consumer group
Free Malaysia Today
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August 15, 2025
A consumer association says scammers often cheat online buyers by copying the ads of sellers and impersonating them. PETALING JAYA: Fraud syndicates in Malaysia are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) and social media to carry out...
Kayaking Lake George end-to-end: A 30-mile adventure to Ticonderoga
Adirondack Explorer - New York
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August 16, 2025
An adventure worthy of Tolkien By Alan Wechsler Planning a one-day kayak traverse of Lake George brought to mind the famous quote from “Lord of the Rings”: “One does not simply walk into Mordor.” The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising...
Now you see me, now you don’t: how subtle ‘sponsored content’ on social media tricks us into viewing ads
EurekAlert!
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How many ads do you see on social media? It might be more than you realize. Scientists studying how ads work on Instagram-style social media have found that people are not as good at spotting them as they think. If people recognized ads, they...
Baltimore teens bet on themselves to fight annoying ads and food insecurity through tech
Technical.ly
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August 13, 2025
Before this summer, Lyfe Boone had never built a website. Now, he’s planning to help his mother launch her own e-commerce platform. Boone is part of Dent Education’s “Bet on Baltimore” initiative, a five-week, full-time summer program that aims to...
World recognizing Pakistan’s economic turnaround: Ahsan Iqbal
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - KARACHI, Aug 16 (APP): Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Saturday said that the international institutions were recognizing Pakistan’s...
Sikh community to hold Khalistan Referendum in Washington on Aug 17
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): The Sikh community in the United States is set to hold a Khalistan referendum in Washington DC on Sunday with thousands of Sikhs from across the country expected to...
India’s regional isolation pushes it toward Latin America, Africa and beyond
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - By Shaira Batool ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): After years of pushing assertive policies in its neighborhood, India now finds itself increasingly isolated in South Asia. Strained ties with nearly...
NA Speaker mourns loss of lives in KP floods
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Saturday expressed profound sorrow over the tragic loss of lives caused by monsoon rains and flash floods across several...
Pakistani women to define next era of HR leadership
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - By Ayesha Jahangir ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): When Asma Bajwa, with over two decades at British Airways, gave up a stable life abroad to lead HR at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), or when...
Public-Private collaboration vital for expanding digital economy: Nasir Qureshi
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): The leadership of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), including President Nasir Mansoor Qureshi, Senior Vice President Abdul Rehman Siddiqui, and...
Rare Thomas Jefferson election artifact from 1800 was found by boys in Pittsfield
Fifty Plus Advocate
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August 16, 2025
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer PITTSFIELD – As time goes by and decades pass, American elections get more and more contentious. Politics can be brutal, a real blood sport. With no biting campaign buttons or attack television ads, just how...
YouTube Is Drowning in AI Slop Channels
Futurism
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August 16, 2025
YouTube is nothing without its advertisers. The beating heart of the video platform, big box companies have been locked in a historic game of Whac-a-Mole against low-quality YouTube content, which they say leads to a lowered perception of brands...
Trump and Putin Hold First Summit in Alaska, Discuss Ukraine and Future Relations
The Fatu Network
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - Anchorage, Alaska — 15 August 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage, Alaska, for their first summit since Trump returned to office. The talks lasted nearly three hours and ended...
Tablet sales sail smooth on 5G wave
ETBrandEquity.com
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August 16, 2025
India's tablet market grew 20% quarter-on-quarter in the April-June quarter of 2025, driven by greater availability of fifth-generation (5G)-enabled devices and channel expansion by top vendors, according to a report released by CyberMedia...
Globus targets INR 300cr with D2C and global expansion by FY27
ETBrandEquity.com
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August 16, 2025
Ranganath Kuppur, CEO of Globus FashionGlobus, which started its journey in 1998 as a family multi-brand outlet offering apparel, accessories, and footwear, and pivoted to an e-commerce women's wear single-brand in 2023, has grown 212 per cent...
World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities
Ethical Marketing News
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August 16, 2025
The world’s highest court has just delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency.[1] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision delivers historic protections that strengthen the...
Zepto’s new offering: ‘Own a plot of land in 10 minutes’
Afaqs
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In what might be the most ambitious expansion of quick commerce yet, Indian delivery giant Zepto has announced it can now deliver plots of land in just 10 minutes, though one suspects the delivery chap might need a rather larger bag. The...
EPFO Shortlists TCS, Infosys, and Wipro for EPFO 3.0
SightsIn Plus
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is gearing up for a major digital transformation with the launch of its new platform, EPFO 3.0. To spearhead this project, three of India’s largest IT companies—Tata Consultancy...
Employment-Linked Scheme Offers ₹15,000 to First-Time Workers
SightsIn Plus
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15, 2025, announced the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY)—a large employment-linked programme designed to accelerate...