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An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 6, 2025 shows a new power plant in Bijie, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. In recent years, Guizhou Province has accelerated the construction of a new comprehensive energy base with well-ordered steps to build an advanced coal-fired power generation units and develop wind power, photovoltaic power and other new energy industries.According to the energy administration of Guizhou, by the end of June 2025, Guizhou’s total installed power capacity has exceeded 100 million kilowatts, of which clean energy accounted for more than 60 percent. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 6, 2025 shows…

Listen to article Enforcing a “zero-tolerance” policy against illegal hunting of falcons and quails, the Punjab Wildlife Department will be deploying newly trained Wildlife Rangers across the province under Secretary Forests, Mudassir Riaz Malik. Chief Wildlife Ranger Mubeen Elahi chaired a meeting on Wednesday at the Lahore Zoo to review and finalize strategy.  Officials noted that the illegal hunting of falcons and quails in Punjab has led to a sharp decline in the population of these rare bird species. Immediate FIRs (First Information Reports) will be lodged against offenders, and landowners found complicit in allowing illegal hunting on their property and will…

Lyft missed second-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday, weighed down by intensifying competition with Uber and weakening U.S. travel demand, sending its shares down about 9% in trading after the bell.Larger rival Uber Technologies, which offers ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery business globally, issued an upbeat forecast for the third-quarter earlier in the day, thanks to its efforts to boost engagement across its unified platform.Lyft’s revenue of $1.59 billion in the second quarter missed estimates of $1.61 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.The company recently completed its nearly $200 million acquisition of European mobility platform FreeNow and has signed a…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday he will impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips, but not for companies that are “building in the United States.”The announcement of new sector-specific tariffs shows Trump ratcheting up his efforts to pressure businesses to manufacture their products in the U.S.But specifics about the plan, such as how much U.S. manufacturing a company needs to do in order to qualify…

A staff member introduces a product to a visitor at the booth of DJI at the 5th China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, April 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Sun Xiaotian)SHENZHEN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese drone giant DJI stepped into the smart home cleaning market on Wednesday with its inaugural robotic vacuum cleaner series, expanding its technological expertise beyond aerial devices.The new product line, called the DJI ROMO series, integrates sweeping and mopping capabilities, leveraging the company’s proprietary environmental sensing and intelligent path planning technologies originally honed for its drone operations.”ROMO represents DJI’s first strategic shift…

KARACHI: Congratulations are in order for  Aima Baig and Zain Ahmed. Aima took to Instagram and penned, “Married my best friend last night, Alhumdulillah.” The two have been together since 2024 and made it official in an intimate ceremony in Canada last night.   “It still feels like a dream. It actually happened.” she wrote with a string of ring emojis. “Keep us in your Duas as we begin this new chapter together.” Aima reassured fans that more photos of her as a bride are to come. “Will be uploading our solo pictures eventually, super overwhelmed for now but IA soon.”…

DoorDash food-delivery service in New York City on Feb. 13, 2025.Danielle DeVries | CNBCDoorDash shares climbed about 8% in extended trading on Wednesday after the food delivery company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the second quarter.Here’s how the company did compared to analysts’ estimates based on LSEG’s consensus:Earnings per share: 65 cents vs. 44 cents expectedRevenue: $3.28 billion vs. $3.16 billion expectedRevenue jumped 25% from $2.63 billion a year earlier, DoorDash said in a press release. The company reported net income of $285 million, or 65 cents per share, after recording a loss of $157 million, or 38 cents…

KARACHI: Wali wants to make music, but his father sends him to medical school. Maya wants to become a doctor, but her father forces her to get engaged to a man she has met only once. Aania wants to end her life because no one hears her when she says she is tired. These characters are the main Gen-Z ensemble of ARY’s Parwarish, but off-screen they are all of us. Directed by Meesam Naqvi for Big Bang Entertainment, the show follows a joint-family home shared by two brothers, Jahangir and Suleiman. Jahangir (Noman Ejaz), rash and stern, comes back from…

Airbnb reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat analysts’ expectations.Here’s how the company did based on average analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.03 vs. 93 cents expectedRevenue: $3.10 billion vs. $3.04 billion expectedRevenue increased 13% from $2.75 billion during the same period last year. The company reported net income of $642 million, or $1.03 per share, up from $555 million, or 86 cents per share, a year earlier.In the third quarter, Airbnb expects to report revenue of $4.02 billion to $4.10 billion, or $4.06 billion in the middle of the range. Analysts were expecting $4.05 billion for the period,…

President Donald Trump has tried to justify firing former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer by claiming that her agency’s gold standard employment reports were “rigged” in order to harm him politically.Trump has provided no evidence to support his allegation. Nonetheless, he has repeatedly claimed that the BLS issued “phony” strong-looking jobs numbers during the last year of the Biden administration, only to revise them sharply downward right after the 2024 presidential election.”Just days before the [Nov. 5 presidential] election, they put out numbers that it was like the country was on fire,” Trump claimed Tuesday morning on CNBC’s…