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Ford on Wednesday rolled out a new advertising campaign that the company said will mark a “fundamental shift” in its branding strategy — and comes as the auto industry deals with major uncertainty.The automaker’s new strategy, titled “Ready, Set, Ford,” goes beyond vehicle-first advertising, Ford said, and instead focuses on the people who buy its cars. It involves four fundamental promises: capability, passion, community and trust.The auto industry is facing a crucial crossroads as companies deal with President Donald Trump’s tariffs and an overall consumer pullback in spending. Despite uncertainty with various sectoral tariffs, Trump’s auto tariffs have remained more…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kazakhstan on Tuesday signed an “Action Plan of Cooperation” aimed at giving fresh impetus to their bilateral relations, as the two countries prepared for the visit of the Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Islamabad later this year. The Action Plan, signed following delegation-level talks between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and his Kazakh counterpart, Murat Nurtleu, lays down a structured roadmap to expand engagement across multiple domains, read a statement issued here by the Foreign Office. It envisages closer cooperation in politics, trade and economy, defence and security, science and technology, culture, tourism, humanitarian…

Lisa Cook takes the oath of office to serve as a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve System during a ceremony at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building of the Federal Reserve May 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesA judge on Tuesday night blocked President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as a lawsuit challenging her removal continues.”The public interest in Federal Reserve independence weighs in favor of Cook’s reinstatement,” U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb wrote in granting Cook a preliminary injunction barring her termination.Cobb said that “Cook has…

DOHA/DUBAI: Israel launched an airstrike against the leaders of Hamas in Qatar on Tuesday, expanding its wide-ranging military actions in the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where the Palestinian group has long had its political base, and potentially dealing a fatal blow to the Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Hamas said five of its members had been killed in the attack, including the son of its exiled Gaza chief and top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya. It said Israel had failed in an attempt to assassinate the group’s ceasefire negotiation team. Three bodyguards and negotiator Khalil al-Hayya’s aide and son were…

Klarna is synonymous with the “buy now, pay later” trend of making a purchase and deferring payment until the end of the month or paying over interest-free monthly installments.Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesOnline lender Klarna priced its IPO at $40 per share on Tuesday, above its expected range, in a deal that values the Swedish company at about $15 billion.Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay later products, said it raised $1.37 billion for the company and existing shareholders, who are looking to exit a portion of their long-held positions. The company will list its shares on…

A staff member inspects trains before operation in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province, Sept. 9, 2025. As of the first half of 2025, the Shijiazhuang Metro has operated a total of 2.0083 million train trips, safely transporting 942 million passengers. Initiated in June 2017, the city’s metro system now stretches 78.2 kilometers with 60 stations in service. (Photo by Zhang Xiaofeng/Xinhua)Passengers are seen at a metro station in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province, Sept. 8, 2025. As of the first half of 2025, the Shijiazhuang Metro has operated a total of 2.0083 million train trips, safely transporting 942 million passengers.…

Oracle Chair and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2019.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesJohn DiFucci from Guggenheim Securities said he was “blown away.” TD Cowen’s Derrick Wood called it a “momentous quarter.” And Brad Zelnick of Deutsche Bank said, “We’re all kind of in shock, in a very good way.”That’s how the analysts opened their comments and questions during Oracle’s quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, as the company’s stock price was in the midst of a 28% after-hours rally. The software vendor had just reported…

Members of the Palestinian Prisoners Committee hold a rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Gaza City on July 17, 2023, demanding the Iraqi government to include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov. Majdi Fathi | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAn Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University in New Jersey who was kidnapped by a Shiite militia in Iraq in 2023 has been released from captivity and is now in U.S. custody, President Donald Trump and the student’s family said on Tuesday.Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped by the militia Kataib Hezbollah during…

A three-storey garment factory collapsed during efforts to extinguish a massive fire in Karachi’s New Karachi industrial area on Tuesday, leaving five people, including rescue workers and a cameraman, injured, officials said. The blaze broke out around 6am. in a factory located in Sector 8A, near Sadaat Hotel. Two fire engines reached the site soon after the fire was reported, and more units were called in as the flames intensified. A Fire Brigade spokesperson said the blaze was of high intensity and that 10 fire tenders and a snorkel were engaged in efforts to bring it under control using water…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., September 7, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump has asked the European Union to hit China and India with tariffs of up to 100% over the countries’ Russia oil purchases, in a move aimed at turning up the heat on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.The proposal, first reported by the Financial Times, was confirmed to CNBC’s Megan Cassella by two sources familiar with the matter.Trump made the request when he was called into a meeting…