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CNN  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken center stage at Russia’s Victory Day parade on Friday, surrounding himself by friendly world leaders in a highly choreographed show designed to show the Western world that Russia is far from isolated. Watching as thousands of troops marched across Moscow’s Red Square, Putin stood next to his guest of honor, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The annual May 9 commemoration of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II is one of the most important days in Putin’s calendar, and this year marks its 80th anniversary. Traditionally, the day…

CNN  —  Josaia Raisuqe, who won the men’s rugby sevens silver medal with Fiji at the Paris 2024 Olympics, has died, his club Castres Olympique said in a statement Thursday. He was 30 years old. Castres, a rugby union club which plays in France’s prestigious Top 14 championship, said Raisuqe died in a “road accident” and that the team learned of the death Thursday morning. CNN has reached out to local French police and Fiji Rugby for comment. In a statement, Castres said the club “is in mourning” and postponed its game against ASM Clermont that was scheduled for Saturday.…

David Steiner smiles while speaking at the OPEC Oil Embargo +40 conference hosted by Securing America’s Future Energy in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 2013.Joshua Roberts | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors said Friday that it had selected former Waste Management CEO David Steiner as postmaster general.Steiner, who is a board member of shipping giant FedEx, will succeed former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who resigned in March, and current acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino.Steiner, who is expected to formally join the USPS in July, will leave the board of FedEx, where he has served since…

In an April interview on the Dwarkesh Podcast, founder and CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg discussed the opportunity presented by AI relationships.The average American has “three people that they would consider friends,” he said. “And the average person has demand for meaningfully more. I think it’s, like, 15.”Psychologists refute the idea of the “right” number of friends. For most people, having three or four close friends is “more than enough,” says Omri Gillath, professor of psychology at the University of Kansas.Still, for those who need more, Zuckerberg believes AI will be able to fill in the gaps. “I would guess…

From left, Parker Conrad, co-founder and CEO of Rippling, and Kleiner Perkins investor Ilya Fushman speak at the venture firm’s Fellows Founders Summit in San Francisco in September 2022.RipplingHuman resources software startup Rippling said Friday that its valuation has swelled to $16.8 billion in its latest fundraising round. The company raised $450 million in the round, and has committed to buying an additional $200 million worth of shares from current and previous employees. The company’s valuation is up from $13.5 billion in a round a year ago. Rippling said there was no lead investor. Baillie Gifford, Elad Gil, Goldman Sachs…

Liverpool: Winning the PL title the ultimate definition of success Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch the moment Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions after beating Tottenham 5-1 Winning the Premier League title is the ultimate definition of success – doing so with four games to play even more impressive. And Arne Slot has already defined Liverpool’s summer as a success after signing Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah up to new deals. There was also a domestic final in the Carabao Cup, and a slender exit in the Champions League to PSG. They finished…

Trump has moved to fire three Democratic commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they objected to the administration’s efforts to lay off agency staff, the commissioners said.CPSC Commissioners Richard Trumka Jr. and Mary Boyle said they received emails on Thursday night saying that the president had fired them from the independent bipartisan agency. Another commissioner, Alexander Hoehn-Saric, said he did not receive a termination notice, but was told “the President is also seeking my removal.”All three said that the effort to fire them was illegal, and Trumka said that he would take legal action to contest his termination.The…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesEpic Games said on Friday that it submitted Fortnite to Apple’s App Store, the month after a judge ruled in favor of the game maker in a contempt ruling.Fortnite was booted from iPhones and Apple’s App Store in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to link out to the company’s website and avoid Apple’s commissions. The move drew Apple’s anger, and kicked off a legal battle that has lasted for years.Last month’s ruling, a victory for Epic Games, said Apple was not allowed to charge a commission on link-outs or dictate if the…

Cryptocurrencies extended their rally to end the week, with bitcoin holding steady above the $100,000 level while ether rallied to its best week since 2021.The price of bitcoin was higher by nearly 2% at $103,144.27 on Friday, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $104,324.65, its highest level since Jan. 31. For the week, bitcoin is up more than 6% and on pace for its fourth positive week in a row – and first four-week win streak since November.”This move above $100,000 should be viewed as more than mere euphoria, but rather as evidence of a flows-driven shift,”…

CNN  —  The Minnesota Timberwolves’ organization said Friday there is an investigation ongoing involving a spectator who is accused of “making racially charged comments” toward Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green during Minnesota’s Game 2 win in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The team also said that another fan was ejected during Thursday night’s game for a conduct violation in an incident involving Green. “During the fourth quarter of last night’s game against the Warriors, a fan was ejected by Target Center security for violating the NBA Fan Code of Conduct in an incident involving Draymond Green,” a…