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An aerial drone photo taken on July 1, 2025 shows a cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River, which is 522.3 meters in length, was successfully joined together on Tuesday.As part of a 172.9 km grand bridge linking Nantong, Taizhou and Yangzhou cities in east China’s Jiangsu Province, the cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River is also a key project along the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu High-speed Railway. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)An aerial drone photo taken on July 1, 2025 shows a cable-stayed bridge across the Yinjiang River in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally submitted detailed concerns to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), accusing India of weaponising Western Rivers’ watersa serious breach of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Islamabad says. According to the 32 Supplemental Award on the competence of the Court of Arbitration, which is currently examining Pakistan’s complaint under the IWT, Islamabad has highlighted alarming shifts in Indian policy since April 23, 2025. “Pakistan maintains that ‘India’s policy of “abeyance” since 23 April 2025, together with public rhetoric, has stoked the threats and perhaps the realisation of its new approach: to use dams to manipulate or deny…
An image of a Quantix drone made by AeroVironment.David Mcnew | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAeroVironment shares fell 7% Tuesday after the defense contractor said it plans to offer $750 million in common stock and $600 million in convertible senior notes due in 2030 to repay debt.The drone maker said it would use leftover funding for general purposes such as boosting manufacturing capacity.AeroVironment shares have soared 85% this year, ballooning its market value to about $13 billion. Last week, shares of the Arlington, Virginia-based company rallied on strong fourth-quarter results, lifting higher as CNBC’s Jim Cramer called it the…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate floor as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters”I believe we do,” Thune said, when asked by reporters if Republicans have reached a deal, following days of evolving negotiations and last-minute additions to convince skeptical GOP lawmakers to back the megabill.Thune did add, however, that he is “always a bit of a realist.”Republican leadership has worked around the clock for days to secure enough votes in the upper chamber…
Ford sales rose 14.2% during the second quarter over the year-earlier period, about 10 times the estimated 1.4% industry increase, the automaker said Tuesday.New vehicle sales for the second quarter totaled 612,095, led in part by gains in its F-Series trucks and “electrified” vehicles, which includes hybrids and EVs.F-Series trucks saw their best second quarter since 2019, climbing 11.5% to 222,459. New pickup sales overall totaled 288,564 for the quarter, Ford said.Sales of Ford electrified vehicles totaled 82,886 during the second quarter, up 6.6% from 2024. But of those “electrified” vehicles, pure EVs saw a 31.4% drop, while hybrids were…
Passengers wait for trains in Tianjin West Railway Station in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, July 1, 2025. A new train schedule took effect in China on July 1, 2025, starting this year’s 62-day summer travel season, according to the railway operator. (Xinhua/Li Ran)Passengers check in at Tianjin West Railway Station in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, July 1, 2025. A new train schedule took effect in China on July 1, 2025, starting this year’s 62-day summer travel season, according to the railway operator. (Xinhua/Li Ran)Passengers walk in Shanghai South Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, July 1, 2025. A new train…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has missed the annual tax target of nearly Rs13 trillion by a record margin of around Rs1.2 trillion, as the authorities failed to increase the tax revenues to 10.6% of the size of the economy, despite putting unprecedented additional burden on the people. The collection, nonetheless, was Rs2.43 trillion or 26% higher than the preceding year, proving independent analysts correct that the government had set a wrong target in the first place that was impossible to achieve without a mini-budget. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) provisionally collected Rs11.73 trillion in the fiscal 2024-25 – falling…
Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty ImagesCorporate treasuries have surpassed ETFs in bitcoin buying for a third consecutive quarter as more companies try to benefit from the MicroStrategy playbook in a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment.Public companies acquired about 131,000 coins in the second quarter, growing their bitcoin balance 18%, according to data provider Bitcoin Treasuries. ETFs showed an 8% increase or about 111,000 BTC in the same period.”The institutional buyer who is getting exposure to bitcoin through the ETFs are not buying for the same reason as those public companies who are basically trying to accumulate bitcoin to increase shareholder…
Pakistan women’s left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal took the top spot in the International Cricket Council Women’s Twenty-20 International (T20I) Bowler Rankings once again, cricket’s governing body announced on Tuesday. Sadia was pivotal to Pakistan’s win in the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in Lahore and was named in the team of the tournament for her nine scalps for an average of 16. “Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal remains at the top of the list for T20I bowlers, but it’s tight at the top with just 44 rating point separating the top 10 players,” the ICC statement said. The statement…
Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Aston Villa FC at Old Trafford on May 25, 2025 in Manchester, England. Alex Livesey | Getty ImagesThe English Premier League is bringing artificial intelligence to the soccer pitch through a new partnership with Microsoft.The five-year agreement will integrate Microsoft’s Copilot AI into the English Premier League app, offering fans access to more than 300,000 articles, 9,000 videos and statistics from the league dating back to its founding in 1992.Future iterations of the technology will translate text and audio into a user’s native language and…