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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefiting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on March 15, 2005.Joe Schildhorn | Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice in late-night court filings on Tuesday gave federal judges additional information as part of its efforts to get grand jury proceedings related to notorious sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell unsealed.The DOJ told the judges that it has now notified all but one of the victims mentioned in those grand jury transcripts.Manhattan…

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has convened a consultative meeting in Peshawar on Thursday to craft a strategy on making the upcoming August 5 protest for the release of the party’s founder a success. According to PTI sources, the meeting has been called by the PTI central leadership that will be attended by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar, Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, Junaid Akbar, Omar Ayub and other leaders. The meeting will consider all aspects of the upcoming protest in detail. According to sources, the meeting will decide whether to stage a march on Islamabad or hold protests at the provincial…

Students place chrysanthemums on the tombstone of U.S. Flying Tiger pilot Glen Beneda in Hong’an County, central China’s Hubei Province, July 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)WUHAN, July 29 (Xinhua) — In a cemetery shaded by towering pines in central China’s Hubei Province, a line of over 80 Americans, most of whom are high school or college students, stood silently on Monday. One by one, they placed chrysanthemums on the tombstone of U.S. Flying Tiger pilot Glen Beneda.The Flying Tigers, officially known as the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force, was formed in 1941 by U.S. General Claire Lee Chennault…

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he respects his teachers just as much as he respects his parents because they shaped his future and enabled him to compete effectively in his field and emphasised that teachers must earn this kind of respect by providing proper education to their students. This he said, while speaking at the ceremony of awarding teaching licenses to successful candidates organised by the Sindh Education department here at CM House on Tuesday. The ceremony was attended by Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah, Minister for Livestock Mohammad Ali Malkan, Secretary (School Education)…

Wang Zhizhong, vice minister of public security and head of the National Immigration Administration, attends a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on China’s immigration management achievements during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, July 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) — China has introduced unilateral visa-free entry and mutual visa exemption agreements with 75 countries as part of its efforts to streamline visa rules and promote international exchange, an immigration official announced at a press conference on Wednesday.Wang Zhizhong, head of the National Immigration Administration (NIA), also noted that…

Listen to article BEIJING: Pakistan has firmly established itself as the leading exporter of boiled beef to China, achieving a striking 139% year-on-year increase in export value during the first half of 2025, according to official trade data released by China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC). Between January and June 2025, Pakistan’s boiled beef exports to China reached a total value of $5.24 million, representing a significant rise from the $2.36 million recorded during the same period in 2024. The volume of exports also grew substantially, with Pakistan shipping 1,030,606 kilograms of boiled beef during this period. The average price per kilogram…

Revolut cards are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on March 29, 2024.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — A year on from securing its initial U.K. bank license, Revolut is still awaiting full authorization from regulators.The fintech giant was granted a banking license with restrictions in July 2024 from the U.K.’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), bringing an end to a years-long application process that began back in 2021. The PRA is a unit of the Bank of England.This key victory moved Revolut into what’s known as the “mobilization” phase of a company’s journey toward becoming a…

 VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesGoogle on Wednesday said it will sign the European Union’s guidelines on artificial intelligence, which Meta previously rebuffed due to concerns they could stifle innovation.In a blog post, Google said it planned to sign the code in the hope that it would promote European citizens’ access to advanced new AI tools, as they become available.Google’s endorsement comes after Meta recently said it would refuse to sign the code over concerns that it could constrain European AI innovation.”Prompt and widespread deployment is important,” Kent Walker, president of global affairs of Google, said in the…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: As a sugar crisis persists in the country, officials on Tuesday shared with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) the names of the 67 sugar mills that exported 750,000 tons of sugar worth Rs111 billion to 21 countries over the past year. During a PAC meeting chaired by Junaid Akbar, the industries and production secretary said in 2023-24 Pakistan had surplus sugar of 1.3 million tons, of which 790,000 tons were approved for export. He said that 1.9 million tons of sugar was still available in stock, which could last until November, adding that the sugar crushing season runs…

BASSETERRE: Australia completed a 5-0 sweep of the West Indies in their Twenty20 international series with Ben Dwarshuis’s bowling paving the way for a three-wicket victory in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Monday. Mitchell Owen top-scored for Australia with 37 off 17 balls, while Cameron Green (32), Tim David (30) and Aaron Hardie (28 not out) all made valuable contributions as the visitors reached their target of 171 with 18 balls to spare. The win sealed the first T20 series sweep by an Australian men’s team in the West Indies, and saw them end the tour with a perfect 8-0 record…