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Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has confirmed funding to the breakaway LIV Golf league would be cut after the 2026 season.LIV Golf announced on Thursday a new board and a new business strategy as it tries to forge ahead without Saudi funding, which allowed the league to launch nearly four years ago with oversized contracts and prize funds.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listYasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, who was behind the creation of LIV Golf, is no longer listed as its chair.LIV announced that Gene Davis…

Washington — A major fire broke out earlier this week on the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy’s forward presence in Asia, according to U.S. officials. The fire knocked out electricity and propulsion on the destroyer, one of the officials told CBS News, speaking under condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.No injuries to U.S. service members had been reported as of Wednesday. Details of how the fire started and the exact location of the Higgins in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) were not readily available. Details regarding what sections of the ship were damaged…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Country music star Blake Shelton showed up to the Indiana Fever’s practice, and Sophie Cunningham was floored.Cunningham, 29, was in the middle of practice when she saw the eight-time Grammy nominee, and she lost all focus.Cunningham walked over to Shelton with her jaw dropped and simply stated, “I just lost all focus. Stop it.” (Left) Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) warms up before the start of the game against the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Aug. 17, 2025. (Right) Blake Shelton performs at the Grand Ole…

Blue Owl Capital at the New York Stock Exchange, May 20, 2021.Source: NYSEShares of Blue Owl, the private credit firm at the center of recent jitters over exposure to software companies, jumped 10% in trading Thursday after executives disclosed sizable gains tied to SpaceX. “We made about 10 times our money on that investment,” an executive said on the firm’s first-quarter earnings call.Blue Owl has already sold roughly half its position at a $1.25 trillion valuation and continues to hold the remainder, he said.The call was hosted by Marc Lipschultz, co-chief executive officer, and Alan Kirshenbaum, chief financial officer. It…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Armed to answer: Jewish communities fortify for defense- Duke University caves after brief suspension of SJP chapter- Elite New York prep school plunged into antisemitism scandalTOP STORY: Rising antisemitism is transforming skeptics into shooters. Jewish gun group “Lox & Loaded” has partnered with the NRA to provide elite training and resources for a community under threat. With fifty national chapters, the group empowers first-time owners to pivot from vulnerability to proficiency. In…

A third party may have gained access to Alberta’s elector’s list, the province’s elections agency is warning. The list, which contains “extremely sensitive data” like electors’ names, addresses and phone numbers, may have been released to the party by a group or individual that was a legitimate recipient of it, Elections Alberta alleged in a statement Thursday.There was no breach of databases or systems, the agency added.“Despite our offices being legislatively prohibited from commenting about investigations we may or may not be conducting, Albertans should know that Elections Alberta takes this matter seriously,” it wrote.“Due to the extremely sensitive nature…

Crypto exchange Gemini has secured a Derivatives Clearing Organisation (DCO) license through its affiliate, Gemini Olympus, marking a major step in the company’s push into regulated crypto derivatives and prediction markets in the United States.The approval was granted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, giving Gemini the authority to operate its own clearing infrastructure for derivatives products. https://twitter.com/cameron/status/2049840273056727325?s=20 The approval allows the company to clear and settle trades internally instead of relying on external clearing firms.It also expands Gemini’s regulatory footprint as competition intensifies among crypto exchanges seeking to establish regulated derivatives businesses in the US market.The company had previously…

Taxpayers will fork out tens of millions of dollars for the purchase of the Mount Lawley Hospital from St John of God, to add an extra 118 beds to the public hospital system.

YANGON: Myanmar’s president on Thursday (Apr 30) ordered deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest, five years after sweeping her into detention in a 2021 coup.A statement from the office of Min Aung Hlaing said he “commuted the remaining sentence” of the 80-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi “to be served at the designated residence”.It was not immediately clear where she would be moved, however, a senior source from her dissolved National League for Democracy party told AFP she would likely be kept sequestered at an address in the capital Naypyidaw.”We do not know where it…