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This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2024 shows the skyline of the central business district (CBD) at dusk in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — From manufacturing expansion to innovation-driven upgrades, foreign-invested firms are scaling up their investment and positioning themselves for new opportunities in China, as the country pledges even wider, high-standard opening up in the coming years.Last week, Swire Coca-Cola Ltd., a bottler of Coca-Cola, commenced operations at a factory in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. With an investment of more than 900 million yuan (about 126.9 million U.S. dollars), the plant covers…

After first blast, SP Zubair headed to site, but was killed by second explosion along with two team members Two bomb explosions in Hangu district on Friday claimed the lives of SP Operations Asad Zubair and two policemen, while two others were injured during an anti-terror operation led by DPO Hangu, which also resulted in the killing of two terrorists. According to police, unidentified terrorists first targeted the Ghalmina check post in the Bilyamina police jurisdiction with a powerful explosion. The post was unoccupied at the time, preventing any civilian casualties or property damage. After receiving reports of the blast,…

Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups exits the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse after his arraignment on October 23, 2025 in Portland, Oregon.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland | Getty ImagesPortland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups appears to be an unnamed co-conspirator identified in a criminal indictment as telling another man the team planned to intentionally lose a March 2023 game against the Chicago Bulls to improve the Trail Blazers’ chances of getting a better pick in the NBA draft.Details in the indictment describing the NBA playing and coaching career of “Co-Conspirator 8,” who leaked the plan to tank the game, match…

India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air. Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain. New Delhi city authorities, working with the government’s Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, launched a test run on Thursday afternoon using a Cessna light aeroplane over the city’s northern Burari area. “A trial seeding flight was done… in which cloud seeding flares were fired”, Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in a…

SpaceX claimed to have disabled more than 2,500 Starlink Internet devices in the scam centres Thailand’s Tak provincial office reported that 1,049 people crossed from Myanmar into Mae Sot district between Wednesday and Friday morning — up from 677 who had fled the KK Park scam compound by Thursday morning. “I was sleeping when I heard loud knocking and people shouting at us in Chinese,” a Thai woman told the broadcaster. “They were carrying guns,” she added. Thailand’s Immigration Bureau said most of the arrivals were Chinese men. Nationals from India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and more than a dozen…

Earnings season next week goes into overdrive as more than 150 companies in the S & P 500 report their quarterly results. Most of the “Magnificent Seven” tech firms are among them. With Tesla already out and Nvidia not out until Nov. 19, that leaves Alphabet and Club names Amazon , Apple , Meta Platforms , and Microsoft . In total, 10 companies in the portfolio are on next week’s list. Here is where Jim Cramer stands on each. Tuesday Corning reports its third-quarter earnings before Tuesday’s open. The specialty glass maker is our newest stock in the portfolio. We…

“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses,” Ford said of the ad, which has aired in U.S. markets.”We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels,” Ford said. “I’ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games.”Ford’s hometown Toronto Blue Jays are set to host the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first game of the Series…

LAHORE: Lahore Traffic Police have intensified action against “one-wheelers,” with social media users posting videos of dangerous stunts now also facing legal consequences. According to CTO Lahore, Dr Athar Waheed, the Cyber Patrolling team of Lahore Traffic Police is keeping a 24-hour watch on one-wheelers across the city. He warned that videos promoting such stunts will not be tolerated and legal action may be taken against those who post or share them for publicity. Read: Face masks made mandatory for bikers as Punjab battles worsening smog The strict enforcement comes after a recent incident in Ichhra, where a video of…

Intel snapped a losing streak of six straight quarterly losses and returned to profitability in the third quarter.In its first earnings report since the Trump administration acquired a 10% stake in the company, the U.S. chipmaker posted strong revenue, noting robust demand for chips that it expects to continue into 2026.Client computing revenue, which includes chips for PCs and laptops, grew 5% year over year, benefiting from PC market stabilization and artificial intelligence PC prospects.CEO Lip-Bu Tan said in a call with analysts Thursday that artificial intelligence “is a strong foundation for sustainable long-term growth as we execute.”The chip strength…

Hoka shoes are seen in a store in Krakow, Poland on February 1, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of footwear maker Deckers Brands plunged more than 12% Friday after the company trimmed its sales guidance for Hoka and Ugg — the two brands driving its growth — over concerns that tariffs are leading to a slide in demand.Hoka, an up-and-coming running shoe brand, is now expected to grow by a low-teens percentage in fiscal 2026 after growing 24% in the year-ago period, while Boots brand Ugg is expected to grow in the range of a low to mid single-digit…