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People walk past an advertisement feature Donald Trump with Solana, XRP, USDC Bitcoin in Hong Kong. May James | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTwo U.S. Senators are pressing the Department of Justice and the Treasury to investigate a crypto company closely tied to the family of U.S. President Donald Trump over alleged links to illicit actors in North Korea and Russia.In a letter on Tuesday, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., minority members on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, raised concerns that World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm heavily owned and run by…

Alam Mehsud, key terrorist leader, was identified as mastermind behind multiple high-profile attacks DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Kulachi Tehsil, resulting in the elimination of more than 10 terrorists, including a senior leader of Fitna al-Khawarij and several Afghan militants, security sources confirmed on Monday. The operation, carried out on Sunday and described by officials as a major success, also left four terrorists injured. Those neutralised included Abu Zakawan’s former deputy Alam Mehsud, Sari, son of Gul Nawaz, Sajid, son of Majeed, and Tariq, son of Hakeem. Security sources confirmed that four of the…

The Home Depot logo is displayed on a sign outside of a store on Sept. 6, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesHome Depot will report earnings before the bell on Tuesday as the retailer tries to attract more business from contractors, roofers and other professionals to help offset a slower housing market.The company expects its full-year sales to grow by 2.8% and comparable sales, which take out the impact of one-time factors like store openings and calendar differences, to rise about 1%.Here’s what Wall Street is expecting for the company’s fiscal third quarter, according to a…

Robotic arms sort parcels at the central station of Hefei postal zone under Anhui branch of China Post Group Co., Ltd. in Hefei City, east China’s Anhui Province, Aug. 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — China’s express delivery sector handled 162.68 billion parcels in the first 10 months of 2025, representing a 16.1 percent year-on-year increase, official data showed on Tuesday.China’s broader postal industry, which includes express delivery services, saw a total of 177.25 billion parcels handled during this period, marking a 14 percent rise from the same period in 2024, according to the State Post Bureau.From January…

KARACHI: As Karachi’s new AI-based e-challan system sparks public outrage over steep penalties, city traffic authorities are defending the move as a necessary deterrent to restore order on chaotic roads while citizens say authorities should fix the city’s crumbling infrastructure before penalising drivers. Heavy traffic fines in Karachi are designed to deter violations, not match people’s affordability, said DIG Traffic Peer Muhammad Shah on Monday, emphasising that breaking traffic rules “is not a basic necessity that one must repeat again and again.” Speaking at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI), the DIG said Karachi’s traffic crisis stems from…

Global equities tumbled Tuesday as concerns of inflated valuations and an uncertain macro environment grips investors ahead of Nvidia earnings this week.  The pan-European Stoxx 600 opened in negative territory on Tuesday with mining-linked stocks and banks leading Europe’s losses. The Stoxx Europe 600 Technology Index shed 1.4%, following in the footsteps of U.S. stocks as fears of an artificial intelligence-fueled bubble persist.  The three major U.S. indexes, Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, ended the previous trading session in the red. Asia-Pacific markets were also lower on Tuesday, led by declines in Japan and South Korean benchmark indexes.Mike Gallagher, director of research at Continuum Economics, said the market action implies equities could fall about 5% from recent highs — or…

KARACHI: The government has initiated negotiations with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a $2 billion loan to upgrade the Pakistan Railways, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday, stressing that the Centre would work with all the provinces to extend the railway network to Central Asia. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new Shalimar Express and the newly upgraded waiting areas and lounges at Karachi Cantt Railway Station, the prime minister said that digitisation of the railways and provision of modern facilities would play a key role in strengthening the national economy. He told the ceremony that the…

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.84% Monday stateside as technology stocks were under pressure, with Apple, Meta and Oracle retreating more than 1% each.Artificial intelligence lynchpin Nvidia performed worse, losing almost 2%. CEO Jensen Huang in October said the chipmaker had “half a trillion dollars” of business on the books for 2025 and 2026. When Nvidia reports its third-quarter earnings Wednesday stateside, investors will be combing through Huang’s comments for signs of strong 2026 growth, as suggested by that data point.The problem with promises or expectations, especially for a company that is one of the two around which the artificial intelligence…

The remote island will gain a tech boost as Google builds a hub tied to major subsea cablesA Google logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., November 1, 2018.PHOTO: REUTERS Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island has enough power to support a new Google data centre without depriving locals, but its arrival could spur a push to renewable energy, the island’s biggest employer and the tech giant said. Alphabet’s Google announced on Monday it will build a data hub on the tiny island located 350 km (220 miles) south of Indonesia, confirming a Reuters report.…

Deep gaps revealed in housing, livelihoods, health, education, despite higher provincial revenues ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday unveiled an “eye-opening” report revealing that human development mostly centred on Punjab, which has no districts classified as most vulnerable, in contrast to Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the provinces facing the highest levels of vulnerability and unemployment. The report’s findings underscore that there was an urgent need to transfer the financial resources directly to the districts, as the current arrangement of strong control of the provincial capitals on the resources was increasing the share of the vulnerable population. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Climate…