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Participants attend a launch ceremony for the Greek edition of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” in Athens, Greece, Nov. 18, 2025. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)ATHENS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — The Greek edition of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China was launched Tuesday in Athens, with more than 100 representatives from both countries attending the event.Participants said the event provided an important platform for exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations. By sharing governance experience, they said, China and Greece enhanced understanding and built consensus, offering new ideas for expanding practical cooperation across various sectors and adding momentum…

Cabinet includes 18 members and two advisers to Prime Minister Raja Mumtaz RathoreNew AJK cabinet members taking oath on Wednesday in Muzaffarabad. Photo: Online A 20-member Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, including two advisers, has taken oath after being formed in line with an agreement reached with the Joint Awami Action Committee, which required the cabinet size not to exceed 20 members. Acting Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered the oath to 18 ministers at a ceremony in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, while Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore swore in the two advisers. One woman minister…

People talk near the Leonard A. Lauder Collection (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer) during a preview of the auction house Sotheby’s new headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 7, 2025.Eduarod Munoz | ReutersGustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold at Sotheby’s Tuesday night for $236.4 million, making it the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction — breathing new life into the high-end art market after three years of declines.The portrait is the most expensive work ever sold at auction at Sotheby’s, blowing past its original estimate of more than $150 million.While the name of the buyer is unknown,…

The Nvidia logo is displayed on a building at Nvidia headquarters on August 27, 2025 in Santa Clara, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. AI warsWall Street may be losing some of its excitement for artificial intelligence, but the battle among major technology companies for dominance in the field hasn’t cooled. After the bell today, investor attention will zero in on just one event: Nvidia’s earnings report.Here’s the latest on Nvidia and…

The T.J. Maxx logo is displayed at a T.J. Maxx store on August 20, 2025 in Pasadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe CEO of TJX Companies said on Wednesday the holiday shopping season is off to a “strong start” as the discounter behind TJ Maxx, Home Goods and Marshalls issued fiscal third-quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. “The availability of merchandise continues to be outstanding, and we are excited about the deals we are seeing in the marketplace,” CEO Ernie Herrman said in a news release. He said the company’s brands are “strongly positioned…

Members of a research team of China’s second scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau pose for a group photo in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 13, 2017. (Photo by Liu Dongjun/Xinhua)LHASA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — China’s second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition has yielded significant practical outcomes, with its top 10 application achievements officially released on Wednesday in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.Led by Yao Tandong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the achievements span critical areas including ecological conservation, disaster prevention, resource exploration, carbon accounting, traffic safety, and border area development.Notable results include scientific…

Bench recalls SC has earlier affirmed that any disadvantage arising from being a proclaimed offender ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that being declared an absconder or fugitive in a criminal case does not, by itself, prevent an individual from pursuing civil or service-related remedies. In a five-page judgment authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, the apex court held that the continuation of criminal liability or the status of a proclaimed offender, “howsoever serious, does not operate to forfeit these indispensable civil entitlements unless the legislature has expressly imposed such a disability”. Justice Shah warned that reading such a…

* Valery Kistanov, a Japan expert at the Russian Academy of Science, described Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan as “unprecedented,” warning they could heighten regional tensions and risk triggering conflict.* Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun published an editorial criticizing Takaichi’s reckless and provocative remarks for stoking antagonism and harming the interests of both countries.TOKYO, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Despite repeated representations from China, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has refused to repent for her blatant and provocative rhetoric on Taiwan.Her blatant suggestion of possible military involvement in the Taiwan Strait drew worldwide criticism for reviving militarism and threatening regional stability, and political…

ISLAMABAD: Three important judicial forums — the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) and the Practice and Procedure Act (PAPA) committee of the Supreme Court — have been reconstituted in view of the 27th Constitutional Amendment. According to a notification issued by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, two judges of the newly formed Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) — Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi — have been nominated as members of the JCP and the SJC. The JCP is the constitutional body that elevates judges to the superior courts The SJC is the forum…

Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday that he will resign from the board at OpenAI after the release of emails between him and the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Summers had announced Monday that he would be stepping back from all public commitments, but it was not immediately clear whether that included his position at the artificial intelligence startup.”I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their…