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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Reuters

Nicola Sturgeon resigns to let new leader build case for Scottish independence

By Alistair Smout and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Nicola Sturgeon resigned as Scottish first minister on Wednesday, saying her dominance over her party and the country was no longer the asset it once

Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs across divisions

The company plans to cut jobs in a number of engineering divisions on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. The cuts will be significantly larger than other rounds in the past year.

Brazil President Lula removes 40 troops from guarding presidential residence

Last week, Lula told reporters that security force members were complicit in letting a mob of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro storm the main building.

China’s population shrinks for the first time since 1961

The country had 1.41175 billion people at at the end of 2022, compared with 1.41260 billion a year earlier, China's National Bureau of Statistics said.

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro admitted in Florida hospital, 1,500 supporters detained after riots

The former Brazillian president went to a hospital in Orlando after complaining of intestinal pains related to a stabbing he had suffered during the 2018 election campaign.

Zomato’s co-founder Gunjan Patidar resigns

Patidar was one of the first few employees of Zomato and built the core tech systems for the company, it said in a regulatory filing.

Japan marks record 415 Covid-19 deaths, highest- ever count for a single day

In the past week, Japan had the world's largest confirmed Covid-19 infections & the second-most deaths after the US, according to a tally by the WHO.

India ‘deeply engaged’ in developing GM seeds for 13 crops, govt says

The crops including rice, wheat & sugarcane. Currently, cotton is the only GM crop allowed for cultivation in India. In October, govt gave nod for indigenously developed GM mustard seeds.

FTX founder Bankman-Fried released on $250 million bond at US court appearance

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have accused him of stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at his hedge fund, Alameda Research.

‘Ukraine is alive and kicking,’ President Zelenskiy tells US Congress

He also told the house that the tens of billions of dollars of aid it had approved to help it fight a Russian invasion was not charity, but an investment in global security.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.