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An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on Oct. 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to issue an emergency block on a judge’s order that it pay 42 million Americans their full SNAP benefits for November by Friday.The administration requested that the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals allow it to pay 65 percent of the food stamp benefits this month from a contingency fund, as the administration had proposed earlier this week.The request came…

Travelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on November 7 2025. Kamil Krzaczynski | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. airlines started cancelling hundreds of flights on Friday, hours after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the cuts amid the more-than-monthlong government shutdown.The cuts were ordered as air traffic controllers have missed their paychecks due to the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. Air traffic control staffing shortages have been disrupting flights at several major U.S. airports, vexing travelers and airline executives alike.The sudden flight cuts this week forced airlines to scramble with…

The commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China’s first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, is held at a naval port in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, on Nov. 5, 2025. The Fujian was launched in June 2022 and named after Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Li Gang)The commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China’s first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, is held at a naval port in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, on Nov. 5, 2025. The Fujian was launched in June 2022 and named after Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Li Gang)The commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian,…

Cross-border commerce worth billions stalled as Pak-Afghan trade remains suspendedTorkham border. Photo: file KHYBER: The Torkham border crossing, one of Pakistan’s busiest trade gateways with Afghanistan, remained closed for commercial traffic for the 26th consecutive day on Wednesday, disrupting bilateral trade and leaving thousands of cargo vehicles stranded on both sides. According to Customs officials, the continued closure has caused long lines of cargo trucks stretching across several kilometres, with import, export and transit consignments stuck at multiple points. Authorities said that under normal circumstances, Pakistan exports cement, pharmaceuticals, textiles and fresh fruits and vegetables to Afghanistan, while importing coal,…

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One as he departs for Florida from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 31, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his old claim that India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after his intervention. Speaking at an event in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Trump added new details to his claims, saying that after his intervention, the next day he received a call claiming that they had made peace after he put out trade conditions. Trump claimed he had solved eight wars in…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.Hamad I Mohammed | ReutersThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. +$1 trillionThe richest man in the world is about to get a lot richer.Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion pay plan yesterday, with 75% voting in support of the proposal despite opposition from top proxy advisors. The pay package will grant Musk 12 tranches of shares if the company reaches certain milestones…

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesNvidia has established itself as the undisputed leader in artificial intelligence chips, selling large quantities of silicon to most of the world’s biggest tech companies en route to a $4.5 trillion market cap.One of Nvidia’s key clients is Google, which has been loading up on the chipmaker’s graphics processing units, or GPUs, to try and keep pace with soaring demand for AI compute power in the cloud.While there’s no sign that Google will be slowing its purchases of Nvidia GPUs, the internet giant is increasingly showing that it’s not just a buyer of high-powered…

* According to the latest statistics, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)’s economy expanded to 14.79 trillion yuan (about 2.09 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2024, surpassing both the New York Bay Area and the San Francisco Bay Area, and positioning it among the world’s leading bay areas. Its per capita GDP came in at about 170,200 yuan last year.* This progress aligns with China’s broader development strategy, which aims to transform the GBA into a world-class city cluster, a global hub for technology and innovation, a livable and business-friendly location, an exchange hub for Eastern and Western cultures, and…

Decries decisions made behind closed doors, vows to uphold PTI’s mandate and Khan’s reform agendaKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. SCREENGRAB PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has expressed dissatisfaction over the province being excluded from consultations on Pakistan-Afghanistan talks, despite being a key stakeholder in the process. Speaking to the media after casting his vote for the Senate elections on Thursday, the chief minister said that while he welcomed dialogue between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the K-P government had not been taken into confidence. Afridi emphasized that Pakistan must prioritize its national interests, saying, “No country is anyone’s true ally; every…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presents a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) flag to the captain and political commissar of the Fujian at a naval port in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, Nov. 5, 2025. Xi on Wednesday attended the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China’s first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in south China’s Hainan Province. Xi boarded the aircraft carrier to inspect the vessel at a naval port in Sanya City. (Xinhua/Li Gang)SANYA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — President…