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People move through Newark Liberty International Airport following a news conference by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at the airport, where he announced the reopening of a major runway at the airport, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule on June 2, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesMillions of travelers are expected to fly over the July 4 holiday period, but the outlook for the rest of the year still looks murky as airlines wrestle with too many flights and not enough demand.”The summer is on sale, which certainly implies lower fares,” Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan said…

A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Shiyan-28B 01 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, July 3, 2025. The satellite was launched at 5:35 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Ma Wenbo/Xinhua)XICHANG, July 3 (Xinhua) — China sent a new test satellite into space on Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.The Shiyan-28B 01 satellite was launched at 5:35 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-4C carrier rocket and entered the preset orbit successfully.The satellite will be mainly used for space…

Listen to article The death toll in Gaza has continued to rise, with at least 139 Palestinians killed and 487 wounded in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. The ministry also reported that three more bodies were recovered from beneath rubble caused by earlier attacks. The latest count includes 223 deaths newly confirmed by a judicial committee reviewing reports of missing persons. Among those killed in the past day, 39 were aid seekers who arrived at hospitals, with over 210 others injured. The Health Ministry said the total number of aid seekers killed since the…

People stand in front of an Apple store in Beijing, China, on April 9, 2025.Tingshu Wang | ReutersApple iPhone sales in China rose in the second quarter of the year for the first time in two years, Counterpoint Research said, as the tech giant looks to turnaround its business in one of its most critical markets.Sales of iPhones in China jumped 8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of June, according to Counterpoint Research. It’s the first time Apple has recorded growth in China since the second quarter of 2023.Apple’s performance was boosted by promotions in May as…

Pictured here is the Ernie bot mobile interface, with the Baidu search engine home page in the background.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesChinese tech giant Baidu has bolstered its core search platform with artificial intelligence in the biggest overhaul of the product in 10 years.Analysts told CNBC the move was a bid to keep ahead of fast-moving rivals like DeepSeek, rather than traditional search players.”There has been some small pressure on the search business but the focus on AI and Ernie Bot is a key move ahead,” Dan Ives, global head of tech research at Wedbush Securities, told…

Listen to article KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) stood at $14.51 billion by the end of FY25, marking an increase of $5.12 billion from $9.39 billion a year earlier, according to provisional data released by the central bank on Wednesday. The reserves amounted to $9.39 billion on June 30, 2024, indicating a year-on-year rise of 54.5%. “This reflects a noticeable improvement in the country’s current account balance and realisation of planned inflows during the year,” the SBP noted. In a volatile fiscal year, the central bank reserves had fluctuated sharply due to debt repayments…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Days after the army chief’s unprecedented visit to Washington, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, undertook an official visit to the United States in yet another significant development aimed at strengthening bilateral defence cooperation and advancing mutual interests. This was the first visit by a serving PAF chief in over a decade, indicating the stepped up military engagements between Pakistan and the US. “The high-profile visit marked a strategic milestone in Pakistan-US defence cooperation and proved instrumental in deepening institutional ties in addition to addressing key regional and global security issues,” read…

Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a fiery car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, Spanish state-owned TV station TVE said on Thursday, citing local firefighters. Police told Reuters everything pointed to that information being correct, although they could not yet officially confirm the names. The regional fire department of Castille-Leon, where Zamora is located, said on its website a car crashed shortly after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames, with two men, aged 28 and 26, found dead. Liverpool Football Club said it was “devastated by the tragic passing of Jota.” “The club…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appreciated the efforts by Saudi Arabia for peace in the Middle East as well as its significant role in the ceasefire understanding between Pakistan and India. The prime minister said this in a meeting with Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad Nawaf bin Saeed Al Malkiy, while fondly recalling his warm and cordial telephone conversation with the Saudi Crown Prince on June 24 to discuss the regional situation. He conveyed his respectful regards to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime…

Listen to article At least four people died, 30 are missing and 31 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, the country’s Search and Rescue agency said on Thursday, as rescuers raced to find victims in the rough sea. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province’s Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday. The boat was carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members, as well as 22 vehicles, the agency said. A search for the missing is underway although…