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A foreign purchaser communicates with an exhibitor at a booth of glasses during the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 23, 2025. The second phase of the 138th edition of the Canton Fair kicked off here on Thursday, showcasing quality household goods, gifts, decorations, building materials, and furniture. Spanning an area of 515,000 square meters, the offline exhibition features 25,000 booths and over 10,000 participating enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)GUANGZHOU, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — The second phase of the 138th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) opened on Thursday…
ISLAMABAD: Amid a public spat over “defective” bulletproof vehicles, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday announced that the disputed vehicles would now be sent to Balochistan instead. The move followed K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s criticism of Islamabad’s counterterrorism policy and his claim that the vehicles provided by the federal government were “old and faulty”. His remarks prompted swift reactions from both the interior ministry and Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, highlighting renewed tensions between the Centre and provinces over security cooperation. Balochistan CM Sarfraz Bugti waded into the controversy late Tuesday, saying that if K-P refused the bulletproof vehicles,…
The world of enterprise AI is dominated by U.S. names from Microsoft to Salesforce, but Europe has a major player that is pushing hard into the space: SAP.In an exclusive interview with CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition,” SAP CEO Christian Klein said that AI is “the number one reason” why customers are signing deals with the firm. “After we close Q4, actually, 80, 85% of our revenue for next year is already done. So, [a] good pipeline for Q4 and with that, when we close out the year, our customers, also our investors, can expect there’s also very positive output,” he said. SAP’s…
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Navy ship seized narcotics worth more than $972 million from sailboats in the Arabian Sea, according to a statement from the naval network overseeing the operation on Wednesday. PNS Yarmook, while operating under the Saudi-led Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), successfully executed a major counter-narcotics operation in the North Arabian Sea, resulting in the seizure of narcotics valued at approximately $972 million. The Combined Maritime Force (CMF), a naval partnership that includes the United States, said the Pakistani naval vessel last week intercepted two different dhow sailing boats within 48 hours.…
Parts of the IBM Quantum System Two are displayed at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York on June 6, 2025.Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is in talks with several quantum-computing firms about giving the Commerce Department equity stakes in exchange for federal funding, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The Journal, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, said the companies include IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum. Other firms, such as Quantum Computing Inc. and Atom Computing, are considering similar arrangements, it added. The news aligns with recent efforts by Washington…
Starbucks Workers United is kicking off a strike authorization vote Friday, as the union representing baristas makes a bid to secure a contract with the coffee giant.The union also said it is planning a wave of rallies and pickets across the country with its baristas and allies.Voting on authorizing a strike at unionized cafes will be open for several days. If approved, the strike itself would be open-ended, with specifics to be determined. As the voting occurs, seventy rallies and pickets will take place from Friday through Nov. 1 across 60 cities, the union said. If the union votes to…
Representatives of exhibitors for the upcoming 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) wave a flag during a ceremony marking the arrival of exhibits at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the main venue for the CIIE, in east China’s Shanghai, Oct. 23, 2025. The first batch of exhibits for the exhibition areas of Intelligent Industry and Information Technology, Food and Agricultural Products, and Medical Equipment & Healthcare Products of the 8th CIIE arrived at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on Thursday. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)A ceremony marking the arrival of exhibits for the upcoming 8th China International Import Expo…
ISLAMABAD: The SC on Wednesday resumed hearing of the case challenging the 26th Constitutional Amendment, during which members of the eight-judge constitutional bench questioned the scope of their jurisdiction. The hearing, presided over by Justice Aminuddin Khan, focused on objections raised regarding the constitution of the bench formed to take up the appeals against the 26th Amendment. The proceedings featured sharp exchanges between the judges and the petitioner’s counsel over the limits of judicial authority and the necessity of referring the matter to a full court. Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan remarked that the petitioner was seeking relief related to the…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThere was a stony silence from Moscow a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and slapped punishing sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies.Just days after a “very productive” phone call between the two leaders — in which they agreed to meet in Hungary and after which the U.S. president appeared to take Russia’s side regarding a…
A foreign purchaser communicates with an exhibitor at a booth of glasses during the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 23, 2025. The second phase of the 138th edition of the Canton Fair kicked off here on Thursday, showcasing quality household goods, gifts, decorations, building materials, and furniture.Spanning an area of 515,000 square meters, the offline exhibition features 25,000 booths and over 10,000 participating enterprises. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)Purchasers select clocks during the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province,…