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U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Marine One in the background, as he departs for New York City to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 22, 2025. Al Drago | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday cancelled a planned meeting this week with the two top Democrats in Congress, just days before the federal government is set to shut down if a funding deal cannot be reached.Trump scrapped the sit-down with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries just a day after people familiar with the situation said that…
A “For Rent” sign in front of a building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.After strengthening in the first half of this year, single-family home rents began to slow in July. This could be a…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have determined that a striking 70 per cent of terrorists involved in recent attacks carried out by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were Afghan nationals, a steep rise from the 510 percent recorded in earlier years, sources told The Express Tribune on Monday. The startling revelation was made by Pakistan’s special representative on Afghanistan Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq at a recent closed-door meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Afghanistan held in Dushanbe, according to the sources familiar with the development. The disclosure led the Iranian representative to share his perspective, revealing that his country, too, was…
People walk past an Amazon Fresh store in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2021.Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty ImagesAmazon plans to close all of its Fresh supermarkets in the U.K., in the latest recalibration of its grocery strategy.The company said in a Tuesday blog that it’s preparing to close all 19 of its Fresh U.K. stores, “following a thorough evaluation of business operations and the very substantial growth opportunities in online delivery.” Five of the Fresh locations are expected to be converted into Whole Foods stores, Amazon said.Amazon opened its first Fresh location outside the U.S. in London in…
In this photo illustration, the logo for E-Trade, the online trading platform owned by Morgan Stanley, is shown on the company’s website on May 13, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesMorgan Stanley is months away from offering crypto trading to retail customers through its E-Trade division as the Wall Street giant embraces what it called a transformative moment for the wealth management industry.The firm is working with the startup Zerohash — which Morgan Stanley also took an investment stake in — for liquidity, custody and settlement around crypto trading, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.”We are well…
LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the relevant authorities to develop a comprehensive roadmap and a reform agenda with practical projects to promote investment and trade in all key sectors. Chairing a high-level meeting via Zoom on enhancing investment volume, economic and trade activities in Pakistan, the prime minister emphasized that agriculture, IT, minerals, tourism, and renewable energy were important sectors that could attract foreign investment. Along with investment, he said promoting trade was also part of the government’s policy to significantly increase exports of the country. The prime minister said that targets had been given to the…
Former Test umpire Harold “Dickie” Bird has died at the age of 92, Yorkshire County Cricket Club announced on Tuesday. Bird was one of the best-known and most respected officials in the game, standing in 66 Tests and 69 one-day internationals, including three World Cup finals. Yorkshire issued a statement on their website saying Bird, “one of cricket’s most beloved figures”, had died peacefully at home. “Dickie Bird enjoyed an illustrious career as an international umpire, writing his name into history as the most famous and popular official in the game’s history,” the club said. “He is synonymous with Yorkshire…
An aerial view of the skyline from the Pirellone during the conference Disegniamo il futuro dell’abitare per costruire il domani della Lombardia on regional housing policies at Palazzo Pirelli in Milan, Italy, on January 20, 2025.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump’s revamp of the H-1B visa program has rekindled the scramble to hire top global talent, with some touting Europe’s work-life balance as a key competitive advantage.The Trump administration recently raised the H-1B visa application fee to $100,000, seeking to protect American jobs and prevent “abuse” of the program that it says has undermined economic and national security.The surprise…
Visitors taste food made from perilla at the Chinese farmers’ harvest festival celebrations in Huanan County, Jiamusi City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 23, 2025. The Chinese farmers’ harvest festival is the first national festival created specifically for the country’s farmers. Starting in 2018, the festival coincides with the Autumnal Equinox each year, which is one of the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunisolar calendar and usually falls between Sept. 22 and 24 during the country’s agricultural harvest season. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)Staff of a Perilla food product enterprise introduce their products at the Chinese farmers’ harvest festival celebrations in Huanan…
LAHORE: With the PPP keeping silent on PML-N salvosfearing retribution from their own chairman, Bilawal Bhutto ZardariPunjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari took another swipe at the PPP in Sindh, stating that despite ruling the province for a long time, the party had pushed Sindh and Karachi into “dark ages”. Strangely, while PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has restrained his party in Punjab from criticizing Maryam Nawaz and her government, according to several party leaders that The Express Tribune spoke to, the PML-N leadership in Punjab does not appear to share the same sentiment. Without naming Bilawal Bhutto, Punjab Information Minister Azma…