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The Lightyear app.LightyearSome of the biggest names of Estonia’s tech scene are backing Lightyear, a startup looking to become Europe’s answer to commission-free trading pioneer Robinhood.Based in London, Lightyear develops an app that lets users invest in a range of over 5,000 stocks, exchange-traded funds and money market funds. It was founded by two former Wise employees, Martin Sokk and Mihkel Aamer, in 2021.The company is set to announce later on Thursday that it has raised $23 million in a new round of funding led by NordicNinja, a Japanese-backed venture capital fund based in Europe. Estonian tech entrepreneur Markus Villig,…

Listen to article UNITED NATIONS: Rejecting Indian allegations of cross-border terrorism, Pakistan has asked India to change its behaviour, instead of resorting to its “tired narrative of victimhood and blame-shifting” during a UN Security Council debate on ‘Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes’. “It is India which actively sponsors, aids and abets terrorism in my country and beyond,” Ambassador Usman Jadoon, deputy permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the 15-member body on Tuesday evening, while responding to the allegations made by India’s UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish. “Rather than being blinded by hubris and a…

Listen to article PESHAWAR: Torrential rains and flash floods over the past two days have left at least 18 people dead and several others missing across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, prompting emergency responses and warnings of more rain to come. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) statement on Wednesday, 13 fatalities have been reported so far in K-P alone due to rain-related incidents in the last 48 hours. Among the deceased are nine children, three women and one man. Three others, including two children and one woman, have sustained injuries. The PDMA’s preliminary damage report revealed that 19 houses were…

This photo taken on June 25, 2025 shows the first commercially delivered Airbus A310 exhibited at Civil Aviation Museum in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua)TIANJIN, July 23 (Xinhua) — Preserved at Beijing’s Civil Aviation Museum, an Airbus A310 with the registration number B-2301 stands as a physical testament to four decades of cooperation between China’s civil aviation industry and the European plane maker.The China Eastern Airlines lettering on the fuselage and the airline’s red-and-blue logo on the tail remain distinct despite the aircraft’s age.The plane was Airbus’ first commercial delivery to China, delivered on June 25, 1985. Received by the…

Listen to article Heavy rains and flash floods have claimed 10 more lives across Pakistan in the last 24 hours as the monsoon spell intensified, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday. According to the NDMA, four deaths were reported in Punjab, four in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), and two in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). No casualties were reported in Sindh, Balochistan and Azad Kashmir. Since the onset of the monsoon season in late June, at least 252 people have lost their lives and nearly 611 have been injured due to torrential rains, devastating floods, and storms that have swept across the country. The…

* A 30 percent U.S. tariff on imports from the EU is set to take effect on Aug. 1, triggering alarm across the European industries.* Last week, Italy’s Association for the Development of Industry in the Mezzogiorno warned that the U.S. tariffs might lead to a 0.5-percent reduction in Italy’s GDP in 2026 and the potential loss of up to 150,000 jobs, including some 13,000 in the country’s southern regions.* In addition to the tariffs, the recent sharp appreciation of the euro has also triggered growing concern among policymakers and economists, with some warning that the strong currency delivers a…

Listen to article An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta on Wednesday granted a 10-day physical remand of accused Sardar Sherbaz Sakazai in the high-profile double murder case of a woman and a man, Express News reported. The case stems from a gruesome incident in the Degari area, three days before Eidul Azha, in which a woman and man were killed in public. The accused was presented before ATC No 1 in Quetta, where the court approved the police’s request for extended remand. The court directed his custody remain with the police’s Serious Crime Investigation Wing. The grisly video of the attack circulated on social…

The SK Hynix Inc. logo is displayed on a glass door at the company’s office in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. SK Hynix aims to select a U.S. site for its advanced chip packaging plant and break ground there around the first quarter of next year.SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday posted record operating profit and revenue in the second quarter on sustained demand for its high bandwidth memory technology used in generative AI chipsets. Here are SK Hynix’s second-quarter results compared with LSEG SmartEstimates, which are weighted toward forecasts from analysts…

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, arrives in Downing Street with his wife Brigitte Macron during his first inward State Visit to the United Kingdom on 9th July 2025 in London, United Kingdom. Mark Kerrison | In Pictures | Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, on Wednesday sued right-wing provocateur podcaster Candace Owens for repeatedly falsely claiming that Brigitte Macron “is in fact a man.”The Macrons’ 22-count civil lawsuit accusing Owens of defamation and false light alleges that Owens, since March 2024, has “used this false statement” about Brigitte Macron “to promote her independent platform, gain notoriety, and…

This photo taken on July 23, 2025 shows a scene during the Inter-Civilizational Dialogue Among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries 2025 in north China’s Tianjin. The event attracted some 300 participants from home and abroad. Sideline events including a calligraphy exhibition, a sculpture exhibition, and an intangible heritage exhibition were also held during the dialogue. (Xinhua/Li Ran)An attendee of the Inter-Civilizational Dialogue Among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries 2025 visits a calligraphy exhibition in north China’s Tianjin, July 23, 2025. The event attracted some 300 participants from home and abroad. Sideline events including a calligraphy exhibition, a sculpture exhibition, and…