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This aerial drone photo taken on May 28, 2025 shows a view of the Yangpu International Container Port in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Danzhou, south China’s Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — As the world navigates a complex economic landscape fraught with chaos and uncertainties, many are turning their eyes on China’s in-the-making 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).The plan, which is poised to steer the world’s second-largest economy toward high-quality growth, is far more than just a domestic blueprint, but will also unlock vast new opportunities for the world.FURTHER OPENING UPThe recommendations document for formulating the 15th…

Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi gears up as the World Culture Festival commences tomorrow The Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, in collaboration with the Government of Sindh, will officially host the World Culture Festival from October 31 to December 7, offering a 38-day celebration of art, music, theatre, and dance from around the globe. At a press conference held today, Ahmed Shah, President of the ACP Karachi, and Syed Hassan Naqvi, Commissioner Karachi, highlighted the extensive preparations that have gone into making the event a success. The two officials have worked closely together, a collaboration that has earned the Government…

The Google AI Studio application is displayed on a mobile phone with Google in the background, in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on October 26, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGoogle will offer its Gemini AI service for free to over 500 million Reliance Jio users in India, as global artificial intelligence firms double down on acquiring customers in the country.The U.S. tech giant revealed Thursday that it had signed a pact with Reliance Intelligence, a joint venture between Reliance Industries and Meta, to provide Google’s AI Pro plan, which includes Gemini 2.5 Pro, expanded access to NotebookLM…

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the first session of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting and delivers a speech titled “Building an Inclusive Open Asia-Pacific Economy for All” in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2025. The first session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting kicked off in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday put forward a five-point proposal for promoting a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization and building an Asia-Pacific community.Xi made the proposal in his speech titled “Building an Inclusive Open…

Revenue steps will be taken if FBR misses Dec target or expenses rise above limits ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it will take Rs200 billion worth of additional tax measures in January to compensate any slippages in the budget surplus by increasing the income tax rates on landline and mobile phones and cash withdrawals from banks. The measures will only be triggered following lower-than-targeted revenues and higher-than-agreed expenses in July-December of the current fiscal year, according to the Pakistani authorities. Government sources told The Express Tribune that other measures, which were part of the contingency…

Photo illustration of the YouTube TV logo displayed on a smartphone, with the YouTube logo in the background.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesContent from The Walt Disney Company, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google’s YouTube TV on Thursday after the two companies failed to renew a streaming contract. “Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to reach a fair deal, and starting today, Disney programming will not be available on YouTube TV,” the platform said in a statement Thursday.More than 20 channels, including ABC and ESPN, and Disney content recordings would be removed from YouTube…

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the keynote address at the Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesKorean semiconductor giant Samsung said on Thursday that it plans to buy and deploy a cluster of 50,000 Nvidia graphic processing units to improve its chip manufacturing for mobile devices and robots.The 50,000 Nvidia GPUs will be used to create a facility Samsung is calling an “AI Megafactory.” Samsung didn’t provide details about when the facility would be built.It’s the latest splashy partnership for Nvidia, whose…

This aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a view of Longtan Container Terminal of Nanjing Port in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Economic growth in the APEC region is projected at 3.1 percent in 2025, slightly higher than earlier estimates, according to the latest APEC Regional Trends Analysis.The upgraded forecast was supported by resilient trade and strong demand for high-tech goods, according to the report.However, the report warned that growth could ease to 2.9 percent in 2026 as public debt rises and temporary drivers fade.Trade expanded solidly…

Sohail Afridi says PTI to decide future course of action as he is denied meeting with founder for fourth timeKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. SCREENGRAB Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has revealed that the provincial cabinet will initially include 10 ministers as per the instructions received from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Talking to the media outside Adiala Jail after he was not allowed to meet Imran, CM Afridi said that judicial orders were again being ignored and that the country’s Constitution and laws were being trampled. He said the party would convene to decide its next steps and warned…

I’ll make every effort to send youth to Saudi Arabia as it needs thousands of skilled, semi-skilled workers: ShehbazPM Shehbaz addressing inauguration ceremony of the Prime Minister Youth Laptop Scheme 2025 in Islamabad on October 30. Photo: PID Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Saudi Arabia requires thousands of skilled and semi-skilled workers, and he would make every effort to send Pakistani youth there to seize new employment opportunities. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Prime Minister Youth Laptop Scheme 2025 in Islamabad on Thursday, the premier said that during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia, he was…