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A drone photo taken on Sept. 8, 2025 shows a China-Europe freight train departing from the Tuanjiecun Station in southwest China’s Chongqing. From January to July this year, the China-Europe freight train from southwest China’s Chengdu and Chongqing has made over 3,400 trips, transporting more than 280,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of import and export goods. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)A drone photo taken on Sept. 8, 2025 shows a China-Europe freight train departing from the Tuanjiecun Station in southwest China’s Chongqing. From January to July this year, the China-Europe freight train from southwest China’s Chengdu and Chongqing has made over 3,400 trips,…

Four Supreme Court judges have raised objections over the enactment of the Supreme Court Rules 2025 without prior deliberations or approval of the full court. In a joint note, Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Ayesha A Malik and Athar Minallah criticised the procedure, terming it “fallacious” and contrary to constitutional requirements. They pointed out that the rules were notified on August 9, 2025, as “approved,” but within three days, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi convened a full court to seek suggestions for amendments. The judges said this sequence tacitly admitted that the full court is the…

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker’s stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBCXpeng plans to launch its mass-market Mona brand in overseas markets next year in a move that will boost competition with its Chinese rivals and established automakers in the electric vehicle arena.In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng said the company’s international expansion is moving faster than he expected and signaled, for the first time, that the company is open to acquiring other electric carmakers.Xpeng launched the Mona…

This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, GaCorey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via APThe South Korean government said it is working to return its nationals who were detained in an immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia last week.Federal and immigration agents conducted a massive sweep on the plant in Ellabell, Georgia, arresting 475 people as part of an investigation into allegations of unlawful employment practices. A South Korean spokesperson told NBC…

Participants attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 Global Ocean Development Forum in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 8, 2025. Themed “Let’s Sea Our Futures–Developing a Sustainable Marine Economy for a Thriving Ocean”, the 2025 Global Ocean Development Forum kicked off here on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)This photo taken on Sept. 8, 2025 shows a scene at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Global Ocean Development Forum in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. Themed “Let’s Sea Our Futures–Developing a Sustainable Marine Economy for a Thriving Ocean”, the 2025 Global Ocean Development Forum kicked off here on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)Participants are…

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu will undertake an official visit to Pakistan from September 8 to 9, the Foreign Office said on Sunday. The visit comes as a precursor to the upcoming state visit of the Kazakh president to Pakistan in November 2025, which is expected to further deepen bilateral ties. According to the FO, Mr Nurtleu will be accompanied by a high-level 13-member delegation, including the minister of transport of Kazakhstan. Meetings of the joint working groups on agriculture and information technology will also be held on the sidelines of the trip. During…

The StubHub logo is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco.Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesStubHub is aiming to raise as much as $851 million in its initial public offering, giving it a valuation of up to $9.2 billion, the company revealed in a new filing on Monday.The ticket reselling marketplace plans to sell more than 34 million shares priced between $22 and $25 per share, according to the filing.The long-awaited IPO comes after StubHub hit pause on the process in April as the stock market was reeling from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The company also eyed…

Writer E. Jean Carroll arrives at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where former U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive to ask a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 6, 2024. Adam Gray | ReutersA federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a jury verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.The decision from a trio of judges on the U.S.…

*As the digital wave sweeps across the globe, powerful information technologies such as AI, big data and the Internet of things are finding deeper integration with China’s vast manufacturing sector.*The industrial internet embeds digital solutions across many scenarios to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce operating costs. At the 2025 Global Industrial Internet Conference, industry professionals widely shared and examined digital and intelligent manufacturing cases from across the country.*Zero-carbon industrial parks, combined with digital manufacturing, are expected to help accelerate the shift toward zero-carbon, green and low-carbon operations in Chinese manufacturing, minimizing the environmental impact of industrial production.SHENYANG, Sept. 8 (Xinhua)…

ISLAMABAD: Jammu & Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Chairman Altaf Ahmed Bhat has strongly condemned the installation of the Ashoka emblem inside the revered Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Senior Hurriyat leader said Hazratbal is not just a historic site but a sacred space for the entire Muslim community of Jammu and Kashmir, as it houses the holy relic of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). “The attempt to place a sculpted emblem in such a sanctified place is deeply offensive to Islamic principles, especially the concept of Tawheed, which rejects any form of idol or image within worship spaces,” Bhat…