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Liz Reid, vice president, search, Google speaks during an event in New Delhi on December 19, 2022.Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty ImagesTestimony in Google’s antitrust search remedies trial that wrapped hearings Friday shows how the company is calculating possible changes proposed by the Department of Justice.Google head of search Liz Reid testified in court Tuesday that the company would need to divert between 1,000 and 2,000 employees, roughly 20% of Google’s search organization, to carry out some of the proposed remedies, a source with knowledge of the proceedings confirmed.The testimony comes during the final days of the remedies trial,…

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. London CNN  —  For the first time in history, the majority of humans live in cities — spaces often defined by concrete, glass and a disconnect from the natural world. Access to nature is no longer guaranteed. London-based environmental activist Ellen Miles, 31, is trying to change that. “Before we urbanized the world, everyone…

CNN  —  Arriving in the Kingdom of Bhutan, nestled deep in the Himalayas between Tibet and India, Linda Leaming was blown away by its beauty. The year was 1994, she was 39 and had taken time out of her busy career as a freelance writer in Nashville to go traveling. She was curious about the tiny Buddhist country that at the time was still a new and untapped tourism destination and to this day thrives with little outside influence. As Linda flew into the remote valley town of Paro, famed for the golden-roofed Tiger’s Nest monastery perched high up on…

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 9, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersWhite House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said Friday that the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — the constitutional right to challenge in court the legality of a person’s detention by the government — for migrants.Miller’s comment came in response to a White House reporter who asked about President Donald Trump entertaining the idea of suspending the writ to deal with the…

Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal and chief executive officer of financial technology company Affirm, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, in Sun Valley, Idaho.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesAffirm shares plunged on Friday after the fintech company issued a weak forecast, and investors questioned CEO Max Levchin’s plan to go big in 0% loans.The buy now, pay later lender said revenue this quarter will be between $815 million and $845 million. The midpoint of the range was short of the $841 million average analyst estimate, according to LSEG.Levchin, who founded the company…

We scored all 50 states—using publicly available data—on 40 different measures of competitiveness. States received points based on their rankings in each metric. Then, we separated those metrics into the ten broad categories, with input from business groups including the National Association of Manufacturers. We weighted the categories based on how frequently each is cited in state economic development marketing materials.America’s Top States for Business 2007OVERALL State Cost of Doing Business Workforce Economy Education Quality of Life Technology & Innovation Infra-structure Cost of Living Business Friendliness Access to Capital 1Virginia128311111422354122Texas277131265542433Utah8564522230249144Georgia212172836173919115North Carolina2212230281821151096Idaho195462827263035377Colorado26171134131241401278Minnesota31223410713112315138Florida4311437258132161510Arizona2351043372063462011Iowa515351422333312104112Massachusetts402641134384313213North Dakota122122423472722214814Wyoming1113161520492425234415New Jersey454022512304827516Kansas241428133132137133017Tennessee1212313945254522318South Dakota3242418185047164819Pennsylvania423918815102029301020Nebraska251825201635241544021New York5050217383739422Washington36373016107133635623Oregon1819312727194338311924New Hampshire3535286524404132425Missouri63036184026279242126Indiana12314823372291482627Maryland293315263711234620828California483363191194948129South Carolina103383550311719273330Ohio334837121915217331831Connecticut47442034154543161732Oklahoma8926474235353422833Wisconsin304646921211113212734Kentucky72539364137919322934Montana194591733453325444736Arkansas4441404943442403437Alabama16311348433978333638Vermont382933411344641354639Illinois444727241661832381640Delaware312014284328393013941Michigan383646212481328242242Maine343740714413538273243Nevada4121184930281611163844West Virginia1542443333484121503545New Mexico2041214348402727443146Mississippi171649504745326434347Louisiana2727454246383518414548Rhode Island4628432231304845462549Hawaii49498386445050464250Alaska37435040354248474848…

The Women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams in time for the 2035 tournament in the United Kingdom.The decision was taken during a virtual FIFA Council meeting on Friday. It will take effect from 2031 when the Women’s World Cup is due to be staged in the United States. “This decision ensures we are maintaining the momentum in terms of growing women’s football globally,” said FIFA president Gianni Infantino.FIFA still needs to ratify the 2031 and 2035 hosts. The 2027 tournament in Brazil will remain at 32 teams.It means the number of matches will jump from…

‌Published 3 hours ago By Glenn PriceAlexis Mac Allister has won Liverpool’s Standard Chartered Men’s Player of the Month award for April.The No.10 claims the prize for the second time in his Reds career after emerging as the clear winner in a supporter poll on Liverpoolfc.com. Mac Allister took nearly 50 per cent of the vote as a result of his brilliant April, with Mohamed Salah finishing second and Luis Diaz taking third. Upon receiving the trophy at the AXA Training Centre, the Argentinian said: “Thank you very much, it’s really special because it’s the same month that we won…

In the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian army launched a series of air raids on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.The air strikes hit mosques and madrassas as well as residential complexes, leaving 31 civilians dead, including several children, the Pakistani government said. Islamabad responded by reportedly downing at least three Indian fighter jets and killing around 15 civilians, including several children, in Indian-controlled Kashmir in tit-for-tat shelling that kicked off on the de facto border areas that separate the two parts of the disputed territory.  On Thursday, India launched several Israeli-made combat drones into Pakistan, some of which were shot…

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…