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Floodwaters are steadily receding across Sindh’s barrage network, while Punjab reports largely normal river flows, according to provincial monitoring authorities on Tuesday. Relief operations remain in full swing across provinces. At Guddu and Sukkur, inflows of 611,051 and 571,800 cusecs, respectively, still exceed outflows by 27,900 and 53,680 cusecs, but both points have recorded notable decreases from previous days. Similar reductions are reported at Kotri and Panjnad. Read: President Zardari calls for preparedness ahead of heavy rains, flooding in Sindh Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed normal flows in the Indus, Chenab and Ravi rivers, with medium flooding confined…

Posts from multiple Indian users on social media platform X on Monday were sharing the post of an account allegedly belonging to Zimbabwean cricket referee and former player Andy Pycroft, saying he stood by his decision that raised controversy in the Asia Cup 2025 match between India and Pakistan and criticised the latter’s players. However, the account is fake. Pakistan lodged a complaint a day ago with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over Pycroft’s conduct during the Asia Cup clash with India, as political tensions between the neighbours spilt onto the field. India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in Dubai…

An Aeromexico Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxis at Los Angeles International Airport on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration ordered Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico to end by Jan. 1 their nearly decade-old joint venture that allows them to coordinate schedules and prices for flights between the U.S. and Mexico.”This action is necessary because of ongoing anticompetitive effects in U.S.-Mexico City markets that provide an unfair advantage to Delta and Aeromexico as two predominant competitors and create unacceptable actual and potential harm for stakeholders, including consumers,” the Transportation Department said in a filing…

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024 shows a view of the standard-gage yard of Horgos railway port in Horgos, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)URUMQI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — Horgos Port, a major railway hub in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has handled over 7,000 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight train trips since the beginning of this year, according to railway sources on Tuesday.The railway port processes freight train trips along 90 operational routes linking 46 cities and regions across 18 countries, as stated by a staff member of the China Railway Urumqi Group Co.,…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel OrbegozoManuel Orbegozo | ReutersMeta spent billions of dollars unsuccessfully trying to make virtual reality catch on with consumers. As it shifts its metaverse bet toward smart glasses, investors will be watching to see how the public responds.The social media company is set to unveil its most advanced smart glasses yet on Wednesday at its Connect annual event. The glasses, internally codenamed Hypernova, feature a small display that can be controlled via hand…

Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana won the toss and elected to bat first in their first one-day international against South Africa in Lahore on Tuesday in the lead-up to the Women’s World Cup. The World Cup, to be hosted later this month under a hybrid model across India and Sri Lanka, will see all of Pakistan’s fixtures staged in Colombo, with political tensions ruling out travel between the two neighbours. Pakistan open their immediate run-in with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Lahore from today, following the conclusion of a training camp at the National Cricket Academy and the…

Palestinians watch as the Al-Ghafri tower collapses amid heavy smoke during an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, on Sept. 15, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNearly two years into its retaliatory military offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel said it has launched a long-studied ground assault on Gaza City.”IDF troops have begun expanding ground operations in Gaza City as part of Operation Gideon’s Chariots II,” the Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday on social media.”Gaza is burning,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz had said earlier in the day, in a separate Google-translated update. “We will not…

A 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.The annual Zelman Housing Summit is a small but elite conference of public and private homebuilders, mortgage lenders, investors and financial analysts, run by one of the most well-known builder analysts, Ivy Zelman. When the conference started 18 years ago, it was focused primarily on residential housing. But by…

A bus driver hands over parcels to a staff member (R) of a post office in Miliangquan Village, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2025. In recent years, China Post Ili Branch has cooperated with local bus system to deliver parcels. In recent years, the Xinjiang Branch of China Post has extended its postal services to local communities of remote area and border outposts. Additionally, it has built a high-quality agricultural product supply chain across the region, facilitating the sales of local premium agricultural products and contributing to rural revitalization.In serving port and border…

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday heard petitions challenging the imposition of a super tax on provident funds, with a five-member constitutional bench led by Justice Aminuddin Khan questioning whether such a levy is justified when income tax itself is exempt. During the hearing, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar cited Section 53 of the Income Tax Ordinance, which provides exemptions, and asked if a trust fund could be treated as private property. Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi warned that repeated super tax deductions could erode retirement benefits over time, observing that an initial levy could grow significantly and reduce employees’ expected payouts.…