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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a group photo with King Felipe VI of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 12, 2025. Xi met with King Felipe VI, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — China is willing to work with Spain to build a more strategically resilient and dynamic comprehensive strategic partnership with greater international influence, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.Xi made the remarks when meeting with King…

Peace Jirga’s declaration will later be presented to federal government, security institutions, Apex Committee The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday convened a large-scale Peace Jirga at the provincial assembly to deliberate on restoring stability amid a resurgence of terrorism in the region. The jirga is being held in two sessions. The first session began at 10am. and will continue until noon, followed by the second session after the Zuhr prayers. Ali Asghar Khan said that each political party would be given a chance to speak, with a four-minute limit per address. Efforts are underway to reach a consensus on a joint…

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. SCREENGRAB Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said climate protection will remain at the heart of every government decision, declaring that “the fight against smog is no longer a slogan but a mission”. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Pakistan Pavilion at COP-30 in Belém, Brazil, she unveiled an extensive vision for a sustainable and climate-resilient Punjab, said a detailed handout issued by the Punjab government on Tuesday. The vision, the statement said, outlined a series of reforms, projects, and technological interventions aimed at safeguarding the environment and revitalizing the province’s natural ecosystem. Maryam announced…

Signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a foreign cybercriminal group behind a massive SMS phishing, or “smishing,” operation.Dubbed by some cyber researchers as the “Smishing Triad,” the organization, which Google said is largely based out of China, uses a phishing-as-a-service kit named “Lighthouse” to create and deploy attacks using fraudulent texts.The crime group has amassed over a million victims across 120 countries, Google said in a release.”They were preying on users’ trust in reputable brands such as E-ZPass, the…

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a Service of Remembrance to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day at The National Memorial Arboretum on August 15, 2025 in Alrewas, Staffordshire. Anthony Devlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesU.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking increasingly vulnerable this week amid mounting speculation that he could face a leadership challenge after the Autumn Budget later in November.Economists expect Starmer’s right-hand in the Treasury, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, will be forced to break Labour Party manifesto pledges not to raise taxes on workers when she unveils her fiscal plans in the budget on…

‘Unannounced war between self-serving powerful elite centers, will of people has defined much of our national tragedy’Athar Minallah, Supreme Court Judge. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court judge Athar Minallah has urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to convene a judicial conference for an open institutional dialogue on threats to independence of judiciary and its constitutional function as a machinery for enforcement of fundamental rights of citizens. The SC judge has proposed that all judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts should be invited for a candid and open discussion on the state of judiciary, the challenges…

Logo of Swiss shoemaker On is displayed in a shop in Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 28, 2025. Denis Balibouse | ReutersOn raised its full-year guidance for the third quarter in a row on Wednesday after the Swiss sportswear company posted another three months of double-digit growth, bucking a slowdown in the sneaker market. The company, known for its innovative approach to running shoes, is now expecting fiscal 2025 sales to reach 2.98 billion francs ($3.72 billion), up from its previous guidance of 2.91 billion francs, on a reported basis. On a constant currency basis, the company anticipates sales will grow 34% from…

Public health teams warned residents to drain standing water, cover tanks, report suspected larva sites MULTAN: Dengue infections are on the rise across Multan district, straining hospital wards and prompting an intensified anti-larva campaign as authorities race to contain the mosquito-borne disease. Local hospitals have reported a sharp rise in dengue patients’ admissions over the past week, while district health authority teams say they have identified and cleared thousands of mosquito breeding sites. Nishtar Hospital, the region’s largest tertiary care facility, reported that 12 patients had tested positive for dengue and 29 were probable cases whose lab results were pending,…

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., left, and Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., during a fireside chat at the Nvidia AI Summit Japan in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank is selling its entire stake in Nvidia — but not for the reasons you might think.In its earnings statement released Tuesday, the Japanese group said that it had sold 32.1 million Nvidia shares in October for $5.83 billion.At first blush, this could be read as a sign that Nvidia’s high valuations…

Two-week-long mission will scrutinise Pakistan’s laws, rules, practices before finalising a report ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched a technical assistance mission at Pakistan’s request to improve budget management. The country faces the challenge of a persistent statistical discrepancy that peaked at Rs448 billion in the first quarter of this fiscal year. The nearly two-week-long mission will scrutinise Pakistan’s laws, rules and practices before finalising a report to fix loopholes, said government sources. The four-member technical mission on Monday began discussions with representatives of federal and provincial governments. Nino Tchelishvili from the fiscal affairs department is leading the…