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An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows the scenery at a park in Keqiao District of Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)People enjoy leisure time at a park in Keqiao District of Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province, March 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows people enjoying leisure time at a park in Keqiao District of Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)(250324) — HANGZHOU, March 24, 2025 (Xinhua) — Tourists enjoy leisure time among blooming canola flowers in Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, March 24, 2024.…

Listen to article The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw a significant decline at the start of the business week, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index falling by 2,002.55 points, closing at 116,439.62 . This marks a decline of 1.69% from the previous close of 118,442.17. Throughout the day, the market saw fluctuations, with the highest point reaching 118,797.70 and the lowest dropping to 116,257.51. The trading volume stood at 167,106,163, with a total value of 15,680,198,106 PKR. This decline reflects ongoing market uncertainty, as investors remain cautious amidst the broader economic landscape. Yesterday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a bullish rally in…

Officials, including California’s attorney general, question what will happen to the data collected by the firm.Genetic testing firm 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States amid weak demand and losses from a 2023 data breach. Its co-founder and CEO has resigned. San Francisco-based 23andMe announced on Sunday that it will look to sell “substantially all of its assets” through a court-approved reorganisation plan. The company’s shares fell 50 percent to 88 cents in Monday trading after co-founder Anne Wojcicki, who made multiple failed takeover bids, resigned as CEO. 23andMe did not say whether there are…

United States and Russian negotiators meeting in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, have concluded a 12-hour round of talks aimed at securing a partial ceasefire in Ukraine. The Russian state news agency TASS reported that Monday’s negotiations had drawn to a close after “more than 12 hours of consultations” with a “joint statement” on results expected on Tuesday. After the talks with Russia, US officials are to hold more talks with Ukrainian negotiators, according to a senior Ukrainian government source cited by the news agency Reuters. US President Donald Trump said Monday that he expected to seal a US-Ukraine revenue-sharing deal…

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Tesla CEO Elon Musk attend a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. Carlos Barria | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Monday said he will soon announce tariffs targeting automobiles, pharmaceuticals and other industries, signaling his plans to pile more sweeping duties on top of his forthcoming “reciprocal tariffs.””We’ll be announcing cars very shortly,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting. “We already announced steel, as you know, and aluminum.””We’ll be announcing pharmaceuticals at some point,” he said, “because we have to have pharmaceuticals.””So we’ll be…

Listen to article The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reinstated biweekly meetings for former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan in Adiala Jail, but also barred visitors from making political statements after the meetings. The ruling, issued on Monday, allows Imran to meet family and lawyers on Tuesdays and friends on Thursdays. However, only those approved by Imran’s coordinator, lawyer Salman Akram Raja, will be permitted. During the hearing, the court expressed concerns over visitors using jail meetings for political messaging. Acting Chief Justice Sarfaraz Dogar remarked that visitors should “meet and leave,” stressing that media talk was unnecessary. The…

US President Donald Trump put almost all US foreign aid on hold upon taking office.There could be 2,000 new HIV infections a day across the world and a tenfold increase in related deaths, possibly in the millions in the years to come, if funding frozen by the United States is not restored or replaced, the United Nations AIDS agency has said. US President Donald Trump put almost all US foreign aid on hold upon taking office on January 20. Days later, the US Department of State said life-saving HIV work under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) would…

Burned Teslas are shown at a Tesla Collision Center after an individual used incendiary devices to set several vehicles on fire on March 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller | Getty ImagesThe FBI said on Monday that it has launched a task force to investigate scores of attacks targeting Tesla, the electric vehicle company headed by Trump administration DOGE chief Elon Musk.The announcement of the task force, which is operating in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, came hours after a bomb squad found multiple incendiary devices at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, the…

Listen to article The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned down Pakistan’s request to reduce taxes on property transactions, sources familiar with the negotiations said on Monday. The rejection comes as Islamabad struggles to meet the conditions for securing a staff-level agreement, which would pave the way for further financial assistance. According to sources, the IMF also refused to lower withholding tax by 2% and rejected Pakistan’s request for tax relief on tobacco and beverages. Additionally, there was no agreement on relaxing Pakistan’s revenue targets for March 2025, making it harder for the government to meet its fiscal commitments under the IMF…

Despite the crackdown, opposition activists promise to ‘not back down’, urging more people to take to streets.Turkish police have detained 1,113 people across the country over five days of protests as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames the main opposition party for the unrest sparked by the detention of his main political rival. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed the total number of arrests on Monday after a fifth night of the largest anti-government protests the country has seen in more than a decade. They started after Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on Wednesday and charged with corruption, aiding the Kurdistan…