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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023Ben Kriemann | Getty ImagesMicrosoft said on Tuesday that employees will be expected to work in an office three days a week starting next year.Employees that work near Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, or the Puget Sound area, will be required to be in the office three days a week, starting in February. After that, the policy will extend to other U.S. locations and then to international offices.The company is sending emails to employees who live within 50 miles of a Microsoft office around Puget Sound…

The US Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe White House used revised jobs data released Tuesday as fodder to criticize three frequent targets of President Donald Trump: the Bureau of Labor Statistics, former President Joe Biden and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.”Today, the BLS released the largest downward revision on record proving that President Trump was right: Biden’s economy was a disaster and the BLS is broken,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.”This is exactly why we need new leadership to restore trust…

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told CNBC on Tuesday that the plane maker remains on pace to deliver about 820 commercial aircraft in 2025, even as engine production delays continue to limit its capabilities.In an interview with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau, Faury said the European company is “on track” with aircraft production and has been making “gliders,” or finished planes without engines, as it awaits engine deliveries from manufacturers CFM International and Pratt & Whitney.”All our attention will be on engine deliveries from both CFM and Pratt & Whitney, but they’re telling us that they will be able to deliver what we…

LAHORE: Residents scrambled to rooftops or treetops for safety, while authorities declared emergencies after bloated rivers breached banks in several districts of south Punjab, inundating hundreds of villages over large swaths, particularly in the Chenab basin, officials said on Monday. The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said that the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers remained in “very high flood” at multiple locations. It added that water would enter the Indus River on the night between Monday and Tuesday. According to officials, raging rivers breached embankments in Jalalpur Pirwala, inundating dozens of villages and forcing authorities to declare emergencies in…

Pakistan captain Salman Agha and his Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav will not tell their teammates to temper aggression when the arch-rivals 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 this year. While players from both sides have shared cordial relations over the years despite geopolitical realities, both captains were asked if they would instruct their players to dial down their aggression, considering the larger context. “You don’t need to say anything to any player…

Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa | ReutersIsrael on Tuesday carried out an attack on senior Hamas officials in Qatar’s capital city of Doha.The Israel Defense Forces announced the “precise strike” in a social media post, accusing the targeted leaders of being “directly responsible” for the massacre of Israelis by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.The IDF’s post did not identify the location of the strike. But a senior Israeli official confirmed to NBC News that it occurred in Doha.The strike on the capital of a foreign sovereign nation — one…

Pete Lomchid | Moment | Getty ImagesA 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.AI is impacting everything, so it should come as no surprise that demand for AI-specific tech talent in certain cities is fueling real estate demand in office, residential and even retail. Across the U.S. and Canada, the pool of tech workers with AI skills…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at developing and processing critical minerals, including rare earth elements (REEs), in a major development seen as part of the recent reset in bilateral ties. The MoUs were signed between US Strategic Metals (USSM) and the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) – Pakistan’s largest miner of critical minerals; and the Mota-Engil Group (MEG) and the National Logistics Corporation of Pakistan (NLCP). Currently, a delegation comprising senior officials from the USSM and the MEG is visiting Pakistan to explore opportunities for expanding mining operations in Pakistan and to assess…

Shake Shack will introduce a new French Onion Soup menu in its app.Courtesy: Shake ShackAs value wars take hold across fast food, Shake Shack aims to offer premium items at a discount.Building off its recent success with the $10 Dubai Chocolate Pistachio Shake, Shake Shack will launch its latest menu innovation Tuesday, this time featuring French onion flavors. The burger chain will introduce its French Onion Menu, featuring its new French Onion Soup Burger, first on its app on Sept. 9 and then across all channels on Sept.12. The burger is a made-to-order quarter-pound beef patty topped with Gruyere cheese, caramelized…

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows vehicles passing a toll gate of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from the north bank of the Yangtze River, in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo…