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A full moon is pictured near Jingshan Park in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 6, 2025. Monday marks this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. People across China admire the full moon to celebrate the traditional holiday. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)A drone photo taken on Oct. 6, 2025 shows a full moon over the sky in north China’s Tianjin. Monday marks this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. People across China admire the full…
The Pakistan Peoples Party staged walkouts from both the Senate and the National Assembly, demanding an apology from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership over what it described as “disparaging remarks” against its top figures. During the Senate session on Monday, PPP Senator Sherry Rehman said the country was facing devastating floods, affecting millions across Sindh and Punjab. “Instead of strengthening the people in this difficult time, we are weakening them through political rhetoric,” she said. “The war of words between the Punjab and Sindh governments is hurting the federal coalition.” Rehman criticised what she called the “use of the Punjab…
U.S. President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James.Brian Snyder | David Dee Delgado | ReutersA top federal prosecutor in Virginia is resisting pressure from President Donald Trump to seek a criminal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime antagonist of Trump, MSNBC reported Monday.The prosecutor, Elizabeth Yusi, works in the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia, which recently obtained an indictment of another target of Trump’s ire, former FBI Director James Comey.”Yusi, who oversees major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office of the Eastern District of Virginia, has confided to co-workers that she…
Modelo beer is displayed on a shelf at a Safeway store on Oct. 6, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesModelo owner Constellation Brands beat on the top and bottom lines in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Monday and reiterated its lowered full-year guidance due to macroeconomic headwinds.Shares of the company rose roughly 3% in extended trading.Here’s how the company performed in the second quarter, compared with what Wall Street was expecting based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $3.63 adjusted vs. $3.38 expectedRevenue: $2.48 billion vs. $2.46 billion expectedFor the period ending Aug. 31,…
Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Founder and CEO, speaks at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023.Adam Jeffery | CNBCInvestor Brad Gerstner cautioned Monday that OpenAI’s deals with Nvidia and AMD are purely announcements, not deployments. “Now we will see what gets delivered,” the Altimeter Capital founder told CNBC. “Ultimately, the best chips will win.”OpenAI’s megadeal with AMD and its relentless push to expand artificial intelligence capabilities underscores the intensifying competitive landscape. Gerstner said the deals provide “more evidence that the world will remain compute-constrained despite best efforts to bring massive supply online.”Experts say it’s also another…
Muhammad Sadiq Khan, Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan and also Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) and State Minister, departed for Moscow on Sunday to participate in high-level discussions on Afghanistan. Representatives from Iran, China and Russia will participate in the quadrilateral consultation. Sadiq is to lead Pakistan’s delegation in the 17th “Moscow Format” on Afghanistan, commencing tomorrow (Tuesday). The session is expected to cover security, counter-terrorism, drug trafficking prevention, and Afghan refugee issues. According to diplomatic sources, Pakistan is set to call on the international community to increase humanitarian aid for Afghanistan. Joint opposition by the four countries will…
The AppLovin logo arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAppLovin shares plummeted on Monday after Bloomberg reported that the SEC has been probing the mobile advertising company over its data-collection practices.The agency has been looking into whether the company violated agreements on pushing targeted ads to consumers, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The report said that the SEC is responding to a whistleblower complained filed this year along with multiple short-seller reports, and added that neither the company nor its officials have been accused of…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Pakistan and Malaysia had agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, trade, and emerging technologies following what he described as “highly productive” talks with Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya. “Pakistan can greatly benefit from Malaysia’s expertise in technology, IT, and AI,” Shehbaz said at a joint press conference. “We are eager to learn from Malaysia’s experience and pursue joint ventures and mutually beneficial projects.” He welcomed Malaysia’s decision to import $200 million worth of meat from Pakistan and assured that Pakistan would make every effort to meet Malaysian conditions. He also noted Malaysia’s…
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol, on the second day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Senate is set to vote again on Monday on a House bill that would temporarily fund the U.S. government, but there is no expectation that it will pass.The vote will be the fifth time that senators will vote on the resolution, which has failed to pass every other time.Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, and…
Zootopia 2, Wicked: For Good, and Avatar: Fire and Ash.Courtesy: Disney Enterprises, Inc. | Universal PicturesThe box office is about to heat up.After a sizzling summer of action-packed blockbuster fare, theatrical momentum stalled in the fall. But, the winter slate is poised to deliver a consistent spark of ticket sales, pushing the 2025 domestical haul above $9 billion and toward a post-pandemic high, according to the latest estimates.”The box office year-to-date domestically is running about 4% ahead of last year and, if we can expand on that lead, we could be looking at the biggest post-pandemic year for movies,” said…