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Comcast topped Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates for the third quarter on Thursday, despite once again reporting a loss in broadband customers. The company said it lost 104,000 domestic broadband customers during the period, bringing its total subscriber base to roughly 31.4 million. This marked the fourth quarter in a row that Comcast failed to grow its broadband customer base. Earlier this year the company outlined initiatives meant to drive broadband growth — the cornerstone of Comcast’s business — as it has faced fraught competition from alternative providers, namely 5G companies. The company, soon to be led by co-CEOs Brian Roberts…

A worker walks past inside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved $250 million for Glaciers to Farms — a flagship adaptation programme led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build resilient water and agriculture systems for vulnerable communities in glacier-dependent regions of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and Pakistan. GCF’s funding will be provided mostly as grants and invested alongside $3.25 billion from ADB over the next decade in a series of projects identified by the countries covered by the programme, according to ADB press statement received…

Stocks on display at the Nasdaq on Sept. 10, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBCThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. Magnificent or not?Magnificent Seven members Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta Platforms all beat Wall Street’s expectations yesterday, exceeding estimates for earnings per share and revenue while talking up expansion plans. But investors’ responses varied widely.Here’s what to know:Alphabet shares surged more than 7% after the Google parent beat the Street’s forecasts for revenue tied to its Google Cloud and YouTube businesses. Executives…

A general view of a Tim Hortons Drive-Thru coffeehouse and restaurant at Lakeside Retail Park on February 5, 2024 in Grays, United Kingdom.John Keeble | Getty ImagesRestaurant Brands International on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations, fueled by growth of its international restaurants and Tim Hortons.Combined, the two divisions account for roughly 70% of the company’s earnings, according to CEO Josh Kobza.Shares of Restaurant Brands rose 3% in premarket trading.Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.03 adjusted vs. $1 expectedRevenue: $2.45 billion vs.…

JIUQUAN, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang will carry out the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceflight mission, and Zhang Lu will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Thursday. The Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 11:44 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said Zhang Jingbo, spokesperson of the agency.A press conference on the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceflight mission is held in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu (C),…

Summary proposing polling date will be forwarded to president of Pakistan for approval once voter rolls final GILGIT: As Gilgit-Baltistan heads toward general elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Raja Shahbaz Khan on Tuesday said the voter registration process was nearing completion, with the total number of registered voters expected to reach nearly one million in line with the 2023 census. “We will have nearly two hundred thousand additional voters this time,” the CEC said, drawing a comparison with the 2020 elections. He said the current assembly would complete its constitutional term on November 24, after which an interim government would…

Merck on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates as it saw strong demand for its cancer immunotherapy Keytruda. The drugmaker also narrowed its full-year profit outlook to reflect lower estimated tariff costs, among other factors.Sales of Keytruda topped $8 billion for the first time in a quarter, rising 10% from the same period a year ago. Revenue from the drug of $8.14 billion came in just slightly under the $8.24 billion analysts were expecting, according to StreetAccount estimates. The results come as Merck slashes $3 billion in costs by the end of 2027, and prepares to offset revenue…

LAHORE: “Since my childhood, I observed that females face serious challenges in society, especially regarding their right to health,” says Mahnoor Omer, a young lawyer and activist who has taken a bold legal step against what she calls institutional discrimination toward women in Pakistan. Speaking on Express News Morning Show, she said, “If we have licences to practise law, then why not use them to challenge the injustices women face every day?” Her remarks come as the Lahore High Court (LHC) admits a landmark petition filed by her, challenging heavy taxation on sanitary pads — a move that has sparked national…

With high vehicular emissions and industrial pollution, the metropolis has fallen under a blanket of deadly airA biker, though without helmet, wears a mask on a dusty and windy day in the port city on Wednesday. Photo: Jalal Qureshi/express KARACHI: Although the arrival of autumn has become synonymous with the smog season in much of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, little attention is paid to the quality of air in the industrial hub of the country, where high vehicle and industrial emissions have polluted the atmosphere. Air pollution in Karachi has become such a serious issue that even the Auditor General of…

Chinese President Xi Jinping is warmly welcomed by senior South Korean officials, including Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, upon arriving at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. Xi landed in Busan on Thursday to attend the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, and pay a state visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) at the invitation of ROK President Lee Jae-myung. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Busan on Thursday to attend the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, and pay a state visit to South Korea.Upon…