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A protest banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump at Incheon International Airport in South Korea, on September 12, 2025, after the touchdown of a plane holding hundreds of South Korean workers who were detained as part of a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia. Anthony Wallace | Afp | Getty ImagesThe White House on Monday moved to limit the fallout of an immigration raid at a South Korean-owned battery plant in Georgia on Sept.4 — a move that angered the U.S. ally and sparked concerns regarding foreign investment in the U.S.The Georgia facility, operated by Hyundai Motor…
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)JIUQUAN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China successfully sent a test satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the country’s northwest, on Tuesday.The satellite was launched at 9:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached…
RAWALPINDI: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally on September 27 in Peshawar will determine where the nation stands, urging party workers to show up in force. Speaking outside Adiala Jail on Monday after he was not allowed to meet PTI founder Imran Khan, Gandapur said the Peshawar gathering will be a decisive moment for the country, adding, “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is the heartland of PTI — everyone must come out.” The K-P CM stated that the PTI founder and his wife are facing false cases, saying all of them are fabricated. He highlighted that he…
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Congratulations are due to Alphabet for joining the $3 trillion valuation club, to which only Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia have memberships. The Google parent has artificial intelligence —what else? — to thank for its inclusion in that rarefied space.Ironically, it isn’t because Google’s AI offerings have been blowing investors away. (I heard Gemini can teach me how to take better photos on Google’s Pixel smartphone.) It’s the fact that…
President Asif Ali Zardari has assured Shanghai Electric that Pakistan remains committed to resolving all outstanding issues ‘amicably’. He invited the Chinese energy conglomerate to explore further investment opportunities in the country’s power transmission and distribution infrastructure, state media reported on Monday. The development took place during President Zardari’s visit to Shanghai Electric’s headquarters, just days after the company formally terminated its long-delayed $1.77 billion acquisition of K-Electric, citing Pakistan’s shifting regulatory and business environment. The president met Chairman Wu Lei and visited company facilities in Shanghai, where he was briefed on Shanghai Electric’s operations in Pakistan, including projects related…
DUBAI: Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson has urged his side to show greater discipline with bat and ball after their defeat to India in the Asia Cup on Sunday, warning that improvement is essential ahead of their must-win fixture against the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Hesson conceded that Pakistan had been “soundly beaten” on a spin-friendly track where Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav dictated terms. “We were a little frenzied at the start,” he said, noting his side’s inability to adapt to conditions. “We got to the end of the powerplay and were in the game, but we were…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a memorandum to send federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee, for a surge against local crime, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 15, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump on Monday filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, alleging defamation and libel, and calling the newspaper a “mouthpiece” for the Democratic party.In a post on Truth Social, Trump attacked the newspaper for being “a virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democratic Party,” while accusing it of making false statements…
Five soldiers, including a captain, were martyred when an improvised explosive device (IED) struck security forces during a sanitisation operation in Kech district of Balochistan, the military’s media wing said late Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the IED detonated on September 15 as troops moved to conduct the operation in Sher Bandi, Kech. “As a result, five brave sons of the soil embraced martyrdom, including a captain,” the statement said. In a follow-up action, security forces killed five terrorists linked to the group ‘Fitna Al Hindustan’, described by the military as “an Indian proxy.” Sanitisation operations in…
U.S. and U.K. banners are installed by engineers from The Flag Consultancy in the street outside Windsor Castle on September 12, 2025 in Windsor, England. U.S. President Donald Trump is making an official state visit to the UK from 17 to 19 September. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe pomp and pageantry of U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K. are likely to offer a welcome distraction from the British government’s mounting troubles on the home front.The visit, which kicks into full swing on Wednesday, when Trump and first lady Melania will be the guests…
ISLAMABAD: The government has failed to publish on time the Governance and Corruption Diagnostic report in which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended measures to enhance judicial integrity, address conflict of interest, and improve performance and service delivery. The global lender has also advised the federal cabinet, the Supreme Judicial Council and the provincial high courts, through their respective governments, to publish yearly reports. These reports should list steps taken to strengthen judicial integrity, including statistics on complaints received, the disposition of complaints and actions taken, sources told The Express Tribune. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday chaired a meeting…