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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 19, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One on October 24, 2025 (L) and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in New York City, on November 12, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday arrived at the White House to meet with President Donald Trump for a discussion on affordability that could carry high stakes for both men. The Oval Office meeting was requested by Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose stunning triumph in the mayoral race over former…
Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix formally submitted takeover offers for Warner Bros. Discovery this week ahead of a deadline for first-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Paramount Skydance and its advisors had been weighing in recent days whether to submit a higher bid than its previous $23.50-per-share offer that WBD rejected, some of the people said. Both Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, and Netflix, bid solely for the film and streaming assets, which consists of the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max, the people said. Netflix’s offer was expected to be “disciplined” with its bid, one…
In letter to Maryam Nawaz, Afridi demands accountability and implementation of Imran’s visitation rightsSisters of PTI founder Imran Khan, Dr Uzma Khan (left), Aleema Khan and Noreen Khan, address a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025. — Photo: SABAH Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, in a letter to his Punjab counterpart Maryam Nawaz, has raised concern over “rough and inappropriate” treatment meted out to Imran Khan’s sisters during their recent attempt to visit him in Adiala Jail. Afridi reminded Maryam that Imran is a former prime minister and warned that “any deviation from court-mandated procedures in his…
The grounding of MD-11 aircraft after the deadly crash of a UPS plane earlier this month could boost air cargo rates during the peak holiday shipping season, with some capacity out of the market, but analysts aren’t expecting a big impact.The Federal Aviation Administration on Nov. 8 prohibited flights of MD-11 planes, less than a week after a Honolulu-bound UPS aircraft crashed moments after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, killing the three crew members and 11 people on the ground.Earlier this week, the TAC Index, which tracks air freight rates around the world, said the Baltic…
ECP insists public officeholders prohibited from attending poll campaigns; issues notice to PML-Ns Talal Chaudhry Election Commission of Pakistan building in Islamabad. Photo: Radio Pakistan Defence counsel of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi called the code of conduct violations notices issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan “unjustified”, arguing that Afridi never addressed the rally in Haripur. The ECP conducted a hearing on Friday to take action against public officeholders for alleged violations of the election code of conduct ahead of the upcoming by-elections scheduled for November 23. A notice was issued yesterday to CM Afridi regarding alleged threats and…
Amin Vahdat, VP of Machine Learning, Systems and Cloud AI at Google, holds up TPU Version 4 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on July 23, 2024.Marc GanleyGoogle ‘s AI infrastructure boss told employees that the company has to double its serving capacity every six months in order to meet demand for artificial intelligence services. At an all-hands meeting on Nov. 6, Amin Vahdat, a vice president at Google Cloud, gave a presentation, viewed by CNBC, titled “AI Infrastructure,” which included a slide on “AI compute demand.” The slide said, “Now we must double every 6 months…. the next…
An airplane takes off from New York’s Laguardia Airport after the FAA ordered flight cuts at 40 major airports amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., November 7, 2025. Ryan Murphy | ReutersAir traffic controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during the government shutdown will receive $10,000 bonuses, the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration said this week.The bonuses will go to 776 controllers and technicians, who will receive notification next week with payments going out by Dec. 9, the FAA and DOT said. There are about 11,000 fully certified air…
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, has a Q&A session at a press conference during the APEC CEO summit on October 31, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea.Woohae Cho | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesEven Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang couldn’t save the tech and artificial intelligence trade this week.The chip giant’s talismanic leader trumpeted “off the charts” chip sales and dismissed talk of an “AI bubble,” and for a while, the tide lifted all boats.”There’s been a lot of talk about an AI bubble,” Huang said during an earnings call this week. “From our vantage point, we see something very…
Section 144 imposed as police break up gathering, detaining nine people; protests also reported in other Sindh citiesPolicemen detain Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters during a protest against the 27th Constitutional Amendment in Karachi on November 21, 2025. PHOTO: AFP The Karachi administration prevented the Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain from holding a protest outside the Karachi Press Club against the 27th Constitutional Amendment, enforcing the ban on public gatherings under Section 144. Police detained at least nine people as authorities sealed all routes leading to the press club and diverted traffic to other roads causing chaos in the city centre. Although PTI claimed around two dozen…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday rejected as “ridiculous” an accusation that Democrats want to let pivotal Obamacare subsidies lapse in order to deal a political blow to Republicans.”Shame on you,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said at one point as he pushed back on that notion in a fiery exchange with CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.”The clash came less than six weeks before those subsidies — enhanced tax credits that reduce health-insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act for millions of enrollees — are set to expire.Quick had questioned why House Democrats are seeking a three-year extension of those subsidies,…