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Guests attend the China-Europe Youth Dialogue 2025 in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Shi Yifei)BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — After a six-day visit to China, German graduate student Fridolin Kollmar has brought back not only eye-opening memories, but also golden business opportunities.More than just a student, Kollmar came to China as the seventh generation of his family’s packaging paper machinery business. Founded in 1842, the German manufacturer has opened a small workshop near Shanghai and is seeking to expand its business in China.Planning to join his family business after graduation, the young successor saw significant opportunities for the…

KARACHI: Sindh’s tourism stakeholders have urged the provincial government to place tourism development at the centre of its policy agenda, emphasising that the province’s extraordinary cultural, historical and natural diversity remains vastly underutilised due to weak infrastructure, limited marketing and insufficient institutional focus. The call was made at an award ceremony recognising Sindh-focused vloggers, travel writers, tour operators and travel agents, titled “Sindh Rohani, Saqafti, Tafrihi Siahat ka Faroogh” (Promoting Spiritual, Cultural and Recreational Tourism in Sindh), jointly organised by Attraf, the Sindh Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department, and the Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP). Participants from the travel…

Several AI applications can be seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek.Philip Dulian | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Money keeps flowing into artificial intelligence companies but out of AI stocks.In what looks like — once again — a scenario of the left hand scratching the right, Microsoft and Nvidia will be investing a combined $15 billion into Anthropic, while the OpenAI competitor has committed to buying compute power from its two newest stakeholders. At this point, it seems as if a big proportion of AI news can be summarized…

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)JIUQUAN, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket, sending three new satellites into space.The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.These satellites will be mainly used for space environment exploration and related technology verification.This was the 608th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Tuesday that his kingdom wanted to normalize relations with Israel through US President Donald Trump’s Abraham Accords, but first needed a “clear path” to Palestinian statehood. “We want to be part of the Abraham Accords. But we want also to be sure that we secure a clear path of two-state solution,” Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler said in the Oval Office alongside Trump. “We’re going to work on that, to be sure that we can prepare the right situation as soon as possible,” he…

Global stocks are embroiled in a downward spiral as concerns over an AI bubble continue to mount — and for the first time in two decades, fund managers are flagging concerns about companies “overinvesting.” That’s according to the latest iteration of Bank of America ‘s Global Fund Managers Survey. The poll of 172 fund managers, who collectively manage assets worth $475 billion, was carried out between Nov. 7 and 13 — just before stocks around the world started selling off . ‘Slow down, hyperscalers’ In a note accompanying the findings on Tuesday, BofA strategists said that investors were still bullish…

He emphasizes SCO’s agenda, spanning trade, economy, culture, humanitarian cooperation ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday urged member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to accelerate economic cooperation, expand engagement with partner countries, and modernize the organisation to meet emerging global and regional challenges. Dar, who also serves as the country’s foreign minister, made these remarks during his address at the 24th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) held in Moscow, according to an official statement issued by the DPM office. The deputy PM said the joint communique and documents adopted at the…

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday approved a Rs50 billion supplementary budget for the armed forces to strengthen security at international borders, upgrade naval bases, and continue protecting foreign commercial interests in Pakistan. Of the total, Rs39 billion has been allocated to the military and just under Rs11 billion to the navy, according to a decision by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet. The ECC meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, considered proposals related to national security, defence, food security, and petroleum sector reforms, the Finance Ministry said. “The ECC approved a summary from the Defence Division, granting…

The Target bullseye logo is seen on the outside of its store at the Lycoming Crossing Shopping Center. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTarget will report earnings on Wednesday morning as the big-box retailer gears up for the holiday season, gets ready for a new CEO and tries to snap a sales slump.Here’s what Wall Street expects for the Minneapolis-based retailer’s fiscal third quarter, according to a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.72 expectedRevenue: $25.32 billion expectedTarget’s sales have been roughly stagnant for four years as it faces stiffer competition and has grown weaker in some of…

Staff members transfer giant pandas upon their arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 18, 2025. Malaysia welcomed the arrival of the new pair of giant pandas, “Chen Xing” and “Xiao Yue,” with the pair touching down at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Tuesday. In May 2014, China and Malaysia launched their first round of international cooperation on giant panda conservation. This April, a joint statement signed by both countries announced their agreement to continue cooperative research on giant panda conservation, expressing hopes for further progress in the field. (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability…