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A parade float takes part in a grand gathering to celebrate Xizang Autonomous Region’s 60th founding anniversary in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)Xizang’s development, grounded in cultural preservation and driven by modern infrastructure and innovation, offers a compelling model for integrating ethnic minority areas into a unified yet pluralistic nation.by Maya MajueranPerched on the vast Tibetan Plateau aptly called the “Roof of the World” for its average elevation exceeding 4,500 meters, Xizang has long been a region of unique cultural and ecological significance.Xizang has seen human activity for thousands of years, with early…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks to the media at a hotel in Beijing, China July 16, 2025. Alessandro Diviggiano | ReutersNvidia is in talks with the U.S. government about shipping a new, more advanced chip to China, CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday.Earlier this week, Reuters reported the U.S. tech giant is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China, dubbed the B30A, that will be more powerful than the H20 — the only semiconductor Nvidia is allowed to sell in the country at present. The U.S. has grown concerned in the past few years that advanced American chips could…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has formally begun internal consultations to finalise its stance ahead of negotiations on the new National Finance Commission (NFC) award, with options under consideration to link more than one-tenth of provincial shares to their performance in social and environmental sectors. According to official sources, the Centre is also weighing proposals to earmark a portion of the federal divisible pool for large dam projects, as well as to make explicit allocations for Islamabad Capital Territory and other special areas. A meeting of the government’s core ministerial team was held this week in Q Block — the seat…
LONDON: Leeds United enjoyed a triumphant return to the Premier League with a home victory over Everton at Elland Road this week, but Saturday’s trip to north London to face Arsenal could prove a reality check for Daniel Farke’s side. Their clash at Arsenal is one of several intriguing fixtures on the second weekend of the top-flight season which kicks off on Friday with Chelsea at West Ham United. Manchester City will aim to build early momentum as they face Tottenham Hotspur at home on Saturday while champions Liverpool travel to Newcastle United in the final offering on Monday. It…
ISLAMABAD: Military spokesperson Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Thursday refuted media reports attributing apology remarks to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir. Speaking to journalists in Islamabad, the DG ISPR said that journalist Sohail Warraich’s article was based on an event held in Brussels, where hundreds of people took pictures with the field marshal but no interview was given by the army chief. He clarified that there was no mention of PTI or any apology at the event, adding that it was the journalist’s own work for personal gain…
TAIPEI: Taiwanese Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships in Liverpool next month, her coach told AFP on Thursday. Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they both won gold medals in different weight classes. World Boxing said on Wednesday that women wanting to compete at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool would have to undergo “mandatory sex testing” under its new policy that took effect the same day. “They announced that everyone must submit, so we will submit as well,”…
ISLAMABAD: In a significant relief, the apex court on Thursday set aside a Lahore High Court (LHC) order and granted post-arrest bails to former prime minister Imran Khan in eight different May 9 rioting cases. These cases, filed after attacks on military installations in the wake of Imran’s first arrest on May 9, 2023 in a corruption case, are currently being heard by different anti-terrorism courts (ATCs), which have already found a number of PTI leaders guilty of the unprecedented acts of vandalism. A division bench of the LHC on June 24 rejected Imran Khan’s bail applications in these cases.…
ISLAMABAD: Since the enactment of the 26th Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted the first relief to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan by accepting his bail petitions in eight cases linked to the May 9, 2023 violent incidents. According to legal minds, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi passed a very cautious order, which could be considered as an attempt to provide a win-win situation for both sides — the prosecution and the petitioner. Many lawyers had expected the apex court to remand the matter back to the Lahore High Court (LHC) — which had rejected…
Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon MuskManuel Orbegozo | Chip Somodevilla | ReutersElon Musk, the world’s richest person, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI in early 2025, court filings on Thursday revealed.The filing is part of a legal case between Musk and OpenAI that was initiated last year. The case is proceeding in a federal court in Northern California, and a judge recently said OpenAI can move ahead with counter claims against Musk, who co-founded OpenAI as a non-profit with Sam Altman and others in 2015.When Musk…
BAJAUR/WANA: More than 30 suspected terrorists were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were assembling inside a mosque in Bajaur district went off on Thursday. The incident came hours after at least 15 suspected terrorists were eliminated in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in South Waziristan district, officials and sources told The Express Tribune. Sources said that terrorists from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were using a mosque in the remote Hilki Charmang area of Bajaur, where security forces are engaged in a counterterrorism operation. The terrorists were preparing an IED for a major attack on security forces, which…