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This photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025 shows a scene during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit in Wuzhen, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)HANGZHOU, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — With artificial intelligence (AI) evolving at breakneck pace, one cannot help but wonder how it will reshape our daily lives in the near future, and how we need to navigate potential challenges stemming from its rapid advancement.At the 2025 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit which opened on Friday in eastern China, founders and executives of Chinese tech companies shared their vision regarding topics such…

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that Pakistani troops and JF-17 Thunder jets would take part in Azerbaijan’s Victory Day parade later in the day. Victory Day, marked annually on November 8 since 2020, celebrates Azerbaijan’s success in the 44-day Karabakh Liberation War against Armenia. “Long live Pakistan-Azerbaijan friendship. Pakistani troops and JF-17 Thunder fighter jets will feature in today’s Victory Parade celebrating the liberation of Karabagh,” the minister stated. Read: Shehbaz leaves for two-day visit to Azerbaijan Tarar made the remarks in response to a post by Pakistan’s embassy in Baku on social media platform X. The embassy…

Quetta-based pugilist defeats Sudan’s Mohamed Othman in 55 kg quarterfinal, secures bronze medalQudratullah confirmed second Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 bronze medal for Pakistan, he poses with his coach Nisar Khan after the quarterfinal bout. PHOTO COURTESY: PBF KARACHI: Boxer Qudratullah secured the second medal for Pakistan at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday afternoon. He outclassed Sudan’s Yousif Hassa Abdulaziz Mohamed Othman in the 55 kg quarterfinal at The Promenade, Art Tower in a one-sided bout. “We are so glad that our boy has won, ” Qudratullah’s coach, Nisar Khan Lahori, told The Express Tribune…

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters outside his office on the fourteenth day of the U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 14, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersBipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the government shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Saturday, with lawmakers working on deals to temporarily reopen the government and introduce three longer-term funding bills for some agencies.Asked by reporters whether there have been bipartisan talks within the last 24 hours that have been positive in nature, Thune, a South…

Ambassador Sheikh meets Assistant Secretary Kapur as both sides reaffirm commitment to sustained engagement Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, met Assistant Secretary Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Paul Kapur, at the State Department on Saturday. The meeting was announced by both officials on X (formerly Twitter). The dignitaries “discussed ways to advance the US-Pakistan relationship,” said Kapur’s tweet. Similarly, Sheikh detailed in his own tweet that the two discussed “ways and means of translating the resolve–expressed at the leadership level” in regards to developing ties between the US and Pakistan, into what is…

Pakistan’s constitutional evolution reflects balance, struggle between democracy, military, institutions In the 52 years since its adoption, Pakistan’s Constitution has undergone 26 amendments, reflecting shifts across both democratic and military regimes that reshaped 270 of its articles. According to official records, military rulers and civilian governments alike introduced wide-ranging changes to the 1973 Constitution. During martial law periods, military leaders made extensive modifications. General Ziaul Haq altered the suspended Constitution 97 times, while General Pervez Musharraf made 37 changes. Former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto introduced seven constitutional amendments between 1973 and 1977, the first of which, passed in 1974,…

Amendment proposes new post of Chief of Defence Forces, replacing office of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff CommitteePresident Asif Ali Zardari. Photo: File On the demand of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the draft of the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment includes a provision granting the president lifetime immunity from prosecution and arrest, ensuring that no case can be filed against the president during or after their tenure. Sources said the clause was added following a demand by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) during deliberations in the joint parliamentary committee on Saturday. A new clause has been added to Article 248 of…

It was a terrible start to November on Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq sank just over 3% in its worst weekly performance since early April. The S & P 500 fell 1.6% for the week. Both stock measures broke three-week winning streaks.This week’s market decline, which followed a strong October, can be chalked up to two reasons. First, investors grew concerned about the eye-watering valuations of stocks tied to artificial intelligence. Case in point: Nvidia lost its $5 trillion market cap designation in a weekly loss of 7%. The weakness in Nvidia was exacerbated by the realization that China would…

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump proposed a compromise on health insurance payments, calling on Republicans to send federal payments that would go to insurers under the Affordable Care Act directly to Americans to bring an end to the government shutdown.”I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent…

State Street is reiterating its bullish stance on the artificial intelligence trade despite the Nasdaq’s worst week since April.According to the firm’s chief business officer Anna Paglia, momentum stocks still have legs because investors are reluctant to step away from the growth story that’s driven gains all year.”How would you not want to participate in the growth of AI technology? Everybody has been waiting for the cycle to change from growth to value. I don’t think it’s happening just yet because of the momentum,” Paglia told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” earlier this week. “I don’t think the rebalancing trade is going to…