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Detainees board a bus, during a raid by federal agents where about 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested at the site of a $4.3 billion project by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution to build batteries for electric cars in Ellabell, Georgia, U.S. September 4, 2025 in a still image taken from a video. U.s. Immigration And Customs Enf | Via ReutersA plane carrying hundreds of workers who were detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia last week departed American airspace on Thursday, bound for South Korea.More than 300 Koreans…

A humanoid robot plays piano at the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Lingyi)BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — Amid the buzz of the ongoing 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), a robot dog is stealing the show. However, this remarkable machine is not just a playful performer; it carries a serious mission.Equipped with a yellow methane detection probe, it sniffs out potential gas leaks, poised to become a “bodyguard” enhancing community safety.Zhang Shenyan, a senior R&D engineer at Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd., explained that…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, along with Algeria and Somalia, on Wednesday requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss Israel’s reckless airstrikes on Qatar. “In view of the unprovoked illegal Israeli aggression against the brotherly State of Qatar, Pakistan, along with Algeria and Somalia, has requested an Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, to discuss the situation and seize itself of this grave matter,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Ishaq Dar in a brief statement. “Pakistan expresses its complete solidarity and firm support with the Government and brotherly people of Qatar,” he added The unprecedented Israeli strikes…

LAHORE: Southern Punjab faces worsening flood emergency as rivers overflow and embankments collapse, threatening to displace tens of thousands more residents. In the cosmopolitan city of Karachi, streets and houses in low-lying areas were inundated on Wednesday as the metropolis endured a third consecutive day of heavy monsoon rains, with rivers overflowing and rescue teams shifting hundreds of residents to safety. The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has directed urgent evacuations from flood-prone districts including Muzaffargarh, Lodhran, Rajanpur, Liaqatpur and Rahim Yar Khan, stressing that residents in riverbeds must be relocated to safe areas without delay. Chenab has risen to…

OpenDoor is disrupting the real estate market with its new model. It buys homes and sells them on its platform.OpendoorOpendoor stock rocketed 60% higher on Thursday after the retail favorite named Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as CEO and co-founder Keith Rabois as chairman.The meme stock hit a 52-week high and continued a stunning run this year, with shares up more than 400% so far.Former CEO Carrie Wheeler resigned last month following a pressure campaign from investors that included critical comments from Rabois and hedge fund manager Eric Jackson, who has been a key part of the stock’s resurgence this year.Jackson…

Law enforcement officials said Thursday they have recovered the rifle they believe was used to kill conservative political activist Charlie Kirk and found other key evidence as the manhunt for the shooter expands.The “high powered, bolt-action rifle” was found in a wooded area where the gunman fled after shooting Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, FBI agent Robert Bohls said at a press conference.Investigators have also collected a “footwear impression, a palm print and forearm imprints for analysis,” Bohls, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Salt Late City field office, said.FBI Special…

A drone photo taken on Sept. 11, 2025 shows autos to be loaded onto a cargo ferry at a cargo dock in Lianyungang, east China’s Jiangsu Province. China’s auto market maintained steady expansion in August, with both production and sales reporting double-digit increases, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed on Thursday. From January to August, total auto sales stood at about 21.13 million units, up 12.6 percent year on year, with sales growth accelerating by 0.6 percentage points from the January-July period, according to the CAAM. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — China’s auto…

ISLAMABAD: Once again, Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi has refused to grant an NOC to senior puisne judge Mansoor Ali Shah to travel abroad to attend events. It is learnt that last month, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah was invited to attend Global Constitutionalism 2025 at Yale Law School, Yale University, USA from September 10 to 13. Justice Shah was being invited for the past five years to attend the event, wherein senior judges from across the world engage in dialogue with leading scholars from Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. This year, Justice Shah was supposed to present a paper…

Alphabet’s health tech subsidiary Verily used the health data of more than 25,000 patients without authorization and actively covered up those violations, a former company executive alleges. The executive, Ryan Sloan, claims Verily fired him after he discovered breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and reported his concerns to the company’s senior management.Patient data in the U.S. is protected under HIPAA, which ensures the sensitive information cannot be disclosed without a patient’s consent.Sloan’s allegations are detailed in a pending lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco. The suit, which was filed late last year, has not…

Pakistan’s white-ball head coach Mike Hesson dismissed concerns about the national squad’s batting performance on Thursday ahead of the upcoming Asia Clup clash with India. The arch-rivals will clash in a geopolitically-charged men’s Asia Cup contest in Dubai on Sunday. It will be the first cricket match between the sides since four days of military conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours in May. While reigning T20 world champions India are the firm favourites to retain their title, Pakistan are on a high, having convincingly beaten Afghanistan in the final of a tri-series, also involving hosts United Arab Emirates, on Sunday. Pakistan…