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KUWAIT: Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar reaffirmed on Monday the government’s commitment to advancing digital transformation and fostering innovation across public services, through the strategic partnership with global technology giant Microsoft. Speaking during a high-level meeting with Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Judson Bezek Althoff, Al-Omar emphasized Kuwait’s steady progress towards establishing a comprehensive digital infrastructure. He highlighted the country’s focus on improving the quality of government services, attracting investments, and cultivating an innovation-driven environment.Al-Omar noted that a key outcome of the partnership is the empowerment of national talent through specialized training programs in…

KUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance Aseel Al-Munifi affirmed on Monday that the recently enacted Law No 60 of 2025 on financing and liquidity aims to stimulate the economic environment, attract foreign investments and enhance developmental and economic returns for the state. The law, which came into effect on March 27, also seeks to bolster the banking sector and improve fiscal stability.Speaking at an introductory conference on the new decree-law, Al-Munifi explained that the legislation equips the government with modern financial tools, enabling access to both local and international financial markets. These tools, she said, will help secure funding…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona prosecutors pressing the case against Republicans who are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in President Donald Trump’s favor were dealt a setback when a judge ordered the case be sent back to a grand jury.Arizona’s fake elector case remains alive after Friday’s ruling by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers, but it’s being sent back to the grand jurors to determine whether there’s probable cause that the defendants committed the crimes.The decision, first reported by the Washington Post, centered on the Electoral Count Act, a law that governs the certification of…

BEND, Ore. (AP) — John Thompson, who guided preparations for the 2020 census as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, has died. Thompson died May 9 at his home in Bend, Oregon. He was 73.Thompson was confirmed in 2013 as the Census Bureau’s 24th director after being nominated by President Barack Obama. He departed in 2017 following the election of President Donald Trump to his first term but helped lay the groundwork for many of the innovations implemented in the 2020 head count. Those included the utilization of smart phones and the widespread use of online responses, which were instrumental…

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  At first, behavioral ecologist Zoë Goldsborough thought the small figure seen on the back of a capuchin monkey in her camera trap footage was just a baby capuchin. But something, she said, seemed off. A closer look revealed the figure’s unexpected coloration. She quickly sent a screenshot to her research collaborators. They were perplexed. “I realized that it was really something that we hadn’t seen before,” Goldsborough said. Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that…

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  “The root causes of the conflict.” These were startling words from a man purportedly on the path to peace. But it is the nub of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position of what must be solved for peace, after two weeks, or three months, depending on how you count, of mounting pressure for an immediate unconditional 30-day ceasefire. Unbothered, taking this most consequential of calls at a music school on the Sochi coast, the Kremlin head has returned to the start – to his false narrative about this war of choice being sparked by NATO expanding too…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: UnitedHealth — The health insurer’s stock popped roughly 8.2% as investors scooped up shares of the beaten-down name, which lost 23% last week. UnitedHealth has suspended its 2025 guidance, announced that its CEO is stepping down and is reportedly the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation . Reddit — Shares of the social media stock dropped 4.6% following a downgrade to equal weight from overweight at Wells Fargo. The firm said search traffic disruptions at Reddit are likely to become lasting as Google’s search integrates full artificial intelligence capabilities.…

The Israeli army has ordered the expulsion of Palestinians from Khan Younis, including the Bani Suhaila and Abasan areas in the southern Gaza Strip, ahead of what it described as an “unprecedented attack”. Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, issued the warning in a post on X (formerly Twitter), declaring Khan Younis a “dangerous combat zone”. He instructed residents of the affected areas to move towards the al-Mawasi zone in southern Gaza, which the military has previously designated as a “humanitarian area”. Despite being labelled a so-called “safe zone”, al-Mawasi has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces. The area…

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025.David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicrosoft’s GitHub unit on Monday introduced a Copilot artificial intelligence agent that can take on specific programming work and inform people once it has finished.From there, developers can check the agent’s work from GitHub, a widely used repository for code. They can request modifications and then allow GitHub to add the source code to existing files.The launch, announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle, shows that the technology…