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Chaos gripped Muridke on Monday following violent clashes between Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan supporters and police as conflicting reports emerged over the whereabouts and condition of TLP chief Saad Rizvi. Police have registered a terrorism case against leaders and workers of TLP following violent clashes in Muridke that left a police officer dead and several vehicles damaged. According to a First Information Report (FIR) filed at the Muridke City Police Station, TLP activists allegedly attacked a police party during protests, resisted official duty, and engaged in widespread rioting. The case has been registered under multiple serious charges, including Sections 6 and 7 of…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that Wall Street is a land divided — with three distinct markets existing under the surface that are all behaving differently. “We’ve got a speculative market, and then we’ve got a market that is keying on tech, and then we’ve got a regular market that isn’t doing anything,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” shortly before the opening bell. The major U.S. averages opened higher and are having a strong day, bouncing back from Friday’s sell-off on revived fears of a U.S.-China trade war. Monday is a particularly active day for what Cramer sees…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Sept. 17, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSalesforce is adding voice to its Agentforce software, letting clients go beyond text when using artificial intelligence agents to respond to customer questions.With Agentforce Voice, companies can customize the tone and speed of voices and adjust the pronunciation of specific terms, Salesforce said Monday, ahead of its Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week. The feature also allows people to interrupt the AI agent during phone calls.Voice is becoming a bigger part of the generative AI boom, which…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Alexander Drago | ReutersPresident Donald Trump is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House this week, NBC News reported Monday.The meeting was scheduled after the two leaders spoke twice on the phone over the weekend and discussed the possibility of the U.S. approving the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, according to NBC.Trump said Monday that he is considering sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine as “a new step of…
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former premier Nawaz Sharif at Jati Umra, where key party and governance matters came under discussion. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz were also present. During the meeting, the prime minister briefed Nawaz on his recent visit to Malaysia and conveyed a goodwill message from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He said bilateral relations between Pakistan and Malaysia, particularly in the economic sphere, were “reaching new heights”. Shehbaz also apprised the party leader of his upcoming visit to…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBroadcom and OpenAI have made their partnership official.The two companies said Monday that they’re jointly building and deploying 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence accelerators as part of a broader effort across the industry to scale AI infrastructure. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.Broadcom shares climbed 9% following news of the deal.While the companies have been working together for 18 months, they’re now going public with plans to develop…
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reached out to both the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to seek their support for the unopposed election of its nominee Muhammad Sohail Afridi as the next chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. PTI’s provincial president Junaid Akbar, accompanied by Sher Ali Arbab, Ali Khan Jadoon, Shaukat Yousafzai, Irfan Saleem and other party leaders, met ANP provincial president Mian Iftikhar Hussain and senior ANP officials at Bacha Khan Markaz in Peshawar on Sunday. ANP’s Syed Aqil Shah, Salahuddin, Hussain Shah Yousafzai, Arslan Khan Nazim, Hamid Toofan and Tariq Afghan also…
A SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chip displayed at the Semiconductor Exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChip stocks bounced on Monday, clawing back losses from Friday’s market rout as OpenAI announced another computing deal with a major chipmaker and U.S.-China tensions eased.OpenAI and Broadcom announced a deal to develop custom artificial intelligence chips. The Sam Altman-led startup has recently inked agreements with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.Broadcom shares bounced 9% on the news.Over the weekend, President Donald Trump tried to calm worries about China in a post on Truth Social, saying it “will all…
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Argentina’s President Javier Milei during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025.Alexander Drago | ReutersThe Treasury Department has extended a financial lifetime to Argentina in apparent hopes of heading off an emerging market financial crisis that could spread to U.S. shores.In a move that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Thursday on social media site X, the U.S. is providing a $20 billion currency swap line with Argentina’s central bank — essentially exchanging stable U.S. dollars with volatile pesos.The move comes amid liquidity concerns in…
The accession ceremony of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (Volumes II and III) is held at the Hunan Museum in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)CHANGSHA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Silk manuscripts dating back about 2,300 years have been returned to China, 79 years after they were smuggled out of the country, with their return resulting from cooperation between Chinese and U.S. cultural institutions.The second and third volumes of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts, precious cultural artifacts dating back to the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.), were on Monday officially repatriated to Hunan Province in central…