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Gen Z protests in Nepal, sparked by a social media ban, have killed nearly 2 dozen and injured hundreds. Here’s what to know

The situation led the country’s prime minister to resign Tuesday following violent demonstrations against the government.

Nepal’s prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, resigned on Tuesday after youth-led protests sparked by a government ban on social media in the Himalayan country left nearly two dozen people dead and hundreds injured, CNN reported. That ban has since been lifted, per Reuters.

IPOs this week: Klarna, Legence, Gemini, and more join the growing list of stock listings to watch in 2025

The next few days are expected to be some of the busiest for initial public offerings in years, with many of the listing firms focused on tech.

Amid the uncertainty around tariffs earlier this year, some companies had delayed their plans to go public. But despite the typically sleepy end-of-summer season, the initial public offering (IPO) market has been heating up again as we head into the fall. Investors appear to want in after recent successful listings from companies like Figma, Bullish, Circle Internet Group, and others.

The iPhone Air misses the point

A thinner iPhone seems like classic Apple design strategy. It’s anything but.

Some say there are no new ideas. When it comes to the iPhone Air, maybe they are right.

Gen Z men who voted for Trump define success as having children

According to a new NBC poll, Gen Z men and women have vastly different views on politics, work, and what it means to be successful.

According to a new NBC poll of 2,970 adults ages 18 to 29, Gen Z men and women are at odds—not just about politics but also on how they’re viewed at work and what it means to be successful. For starters, men approve of Trump’s job performance at a far higher rate than women. A hefty 74% of women disapprove of the job Trump is doing, while only 53% of men in the same age bracket do. The genders were the most divided on Trump’s immigration policies, as 45% of men said they approve, while only 21% of women said the same.

Trader Joe’s wins appeal to sue an employee union over trademarks

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, said a trial judge was too quick to dismiss the lawsuit against Trader Joe’s United.

A federal appeals court on Monday revived a Trader Joe’s lawsuit accusing a fledgling employee union of trademark infringement for selling T-shirts, buttons, mugs, and reusable tote bags that feature the grocery chain’s distinctive red typeface and logo.

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC member for now

Rebecca Slaughter was one of two Democratic commissioners who Trump moved to fire in March.

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump on Monday to keep a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission away from her post for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that required the reinstatement of the commissioner the Republican president has sought to oust.

‘The horse guys hate to see me coming’: Viral TikTokers are taking on Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages

A growing wave of influencers is calling for New York City to ban carriage rides, saying the tourist tradition is cruel and unsafe. The push follows the collapse of Lady, a horse that died near the park in August.

For more than 150 years, horse-drawn carriages have been a fixture in Manhattan’s Central Park. Now, a growing online movement is trying to push them out.

This figure paints a stark picture of why workers are job hugging

According to a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, confidence in finding a new job is at an all-time low.

Confidence in finding a new job is at an all-time low among workers, while job hugging—the trend in which “workers hold onto their jobs for dear life”—is at an all-time high, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that was released on Monday.

OCTO stock: What in the Worldcoin is going on with Eightco Holdings?

The relatively unknown Florida-based company is the latest to announce a plan to buy into a crypto token and pivot to a treasury strategy.

It’s a whole new world?

Homebuilder layoffs rise—especially in Texas and Florida—as housing market shifts

Residential building construction employment is down 3,800 jobs (-0.4%) from its cycle high, while residential contractors are down 44,000 jobs (-1.8%).

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