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A sold sign is posted in front of a home for sale on Aug. 27, 2025 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesSales of previously owned homes were essentially flat in August, coming in 4 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is a 0.2% drop from July and an increase of 1.8% from August of last year. Sales were strongest in the Midwest and weakest in the Northeast.This count is based on closings, so people signing their deals in June and July, when mortgage rates were about 50 basis…
After posting 135-8 in virtual semi-final, Shaheen, Haris star with three wickets apiece to put the Green Shirts of victory. Pakistan won by 11 runs after stumbling to 135-8 in the virtual semi-final against Bangladesh in their men’s Asia Cup Super Four fixture at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The winner will book a place in the final against India. Live Coverage begins (Refresh for updates): Bangladesh’s chase Over 20 — Bangladesh – 124-9 19.1: Haris returns with venom. Mustafizur has no idea where that pacy delivery went! Coach Hesson watches on intently. 19.4: Rishad smacks Haris for six!…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., holds a news conference on the government funding deadline in the Will Rogers Corridor in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, September 24, 2025. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesCongressional Democrats are digging in on their demands to protect Obamacare health insurance subsidies with just days to go before the federal government risks shutting down if Republicans do not agree to that ask. Congress is set to return to Capitol Hill on Monday, giving lawmakers just two days to reach a deal that will keep the government from shutting down starting Wednesday.Republicans…
GMC SUVs parked outside a GMC Buick dealership in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on March 22, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Uncertainty surrounding U.S. regulations on tariffs, electric vehicles and other auto-related issues have given new car sales a surprising boost heading into the fourth quarter, according to a new industry analysis.Cox Automotive on Thursday raised its 2025 new vehicle U.S. sales forecast to 16.1 million from a previous range of 15.6 million to 15.7 million due to stronger-than-expected demand so far this year. That would be up from roughly 16 million vehicles sold domestically in 2024.Cox…
URUMQI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region’s 70th founding anniversary.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was given a warm send-off by people of all ethnic groups who lined the streets waving red flags in the city proper of Urumqi, the regional capital, and danced joyfully at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport.Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman…
ISLAMABAD: Leaders from the key Arab nations and members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), who met US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, have pressed for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, release of all hostages, and a comprehensive plan for reconstruction, according to a joint statement issued on Wednesday. The summit, held on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly session, was convened at the initiative of President Trump. The meeting was co-hosted by President Trump and Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and attended by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indonesian…
The Amazon Prime logo is displayed on the side of an Amazon delivery truck in Richmond, California, on June 21, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAmazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company duped users into paying for Prime memberships, the regulatory agency announced Thursday.The surprise settlement comes as Amazon and the FTC were just three days into the trial in a Seattle federal court. Opening arguments in the case occurred Tuesday, but the settlement allows Amazon to avoid having a jury at the trial return a verdict with potentially larger damages than the settlement…
CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin is interviewed Chairman of the Milken Institute Michael Milken (not pictured) during the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 7, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersCitadel CEO Ken Griffin on Thursday knocked the Trump administration for making deals with large corporations to avoid the full extent of its tariff policies, describing such agreements as anti-American.”Is that our country, that we’re going to favor the big and the connected?,” Griffin told CNBC’s Sara Eisen in an exclusive interview from Miami. “That’s not the American story.””When the state becomes involved in picking winners…
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of the Islamabad High Court’s order restraining its judge from judicial work, the Supreme Court has ruled that a judge of the same court cannot issue any kind of writ nor can take any action against another judge of the same court. “The constitutional scheme of immunity to the judges of the Superior Courts is to secure independence of the judiciary, which is the command of Article 2A of the Constitution. It is for this reason, a judge of the same court cannot issue any kind of writ nor can take any action against another judge…
Microsoft President Brad Smith, left, speaks at a press conference on future visions for the development and application of artificial intelligence in education in North Rhine-Westphalia at the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Berlin on June 4, 2025. To his right is Hendrik Wüst (CDU), Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, in front of the sign “From coal to AI.”Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesMicrosoft said Thursday that it has stopped providing certain services to a division of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The company did not say which specific services it had stopped providing.The decision…