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Listen to article ISLAMABAD: A quiet political storm gathered over the capital on Tuesday evening, as a sequence of high-level meetings sparked widespread speculation about an imminent shift in the country’s political landscape. In an unusual sequence of back-to-back meetings on Tuesday, Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the PM House, shortly before the premier met with President Asif Ali Zardari at the President House as speculation grew over the army chief possibly replacing the president. The high-level engagements have taken place amid growing speculation about a possible 27th constitutional amendment, with…

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the NVIDIA GTC Paris keynote, part of the 9th edition of the VivaTech technology startup and innovation fair, held at the Dôme de Paris in the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 11, 2025.Mustafa Yalcin | Anadolu | Getty ImagesNvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold another 225,000 shares of the chipmaker, totaling about $37 million, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.The sale comes as part of a plan adopted in March for Huang to sell up to 6 million shares of the leading artificial intelligence company. Huang…

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen talking to media at the end of a bilateral meeting in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on July 13, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe European Union’s executive arm on Wednesday put forward a proposal for a 2 trillion euro ($2.31 trillion) seven-year budget for the bloc starting in 2028, with a significant increase in funding allocated for defense.”This is a budget for the realities of today, as well as the challenges of tomorrow,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during…

A drone photo taken on May 25, 2024 shows freight trains waiting for departure at the Alataw Pass in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Yu Hui/Xinhua)URUMQI, July 16 (Xinhua) — Alashankou, also known as Alataw Pass, a primary land port in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, had handled more than 4,000 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight train trips this year as of Wednesday, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.Notably, Xinjiang’s railways have expanded border port capacity to enhance the China-Europe freight rail service in 2025. This supports Xinjiang’s development as a major Eurasian logistics hub…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The capital’s high court has ordered a government probe into allegations that young people are being entrapped in online blasphemy cases, following appeals from hundreds of families. There has been a spike in cases of mostly young men being arrested for committing blasphemy in WhatsApp groups since 2022. Rights groups and police have said that many are brought to trial by private law firms, who use volunteers to scour the internet for offenders. “The government will constitute a commission within a 30-day timeframe,” said Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, adding that the commission is required to submit its…

Peter Thiel, president and founder of Clarium Capital Management LLC, holds hundred dollars bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStock Chart IconStock chart iconBitmine (BMNR) 1-monthThe current wave of interest in Ethereum and related assets follows an announcement by Robinhood that it will enable trading of tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs across Europe, and a groundswell of interest in stablecoins throughout June following Circle’s wildly successful IPO and ongoing progress in Congress on the Senate’s proposed stablecoin bill, the GENIUS Act.The price of ether itself also continued…

The books “On Education,” “Outline for Studying Xi Jinping Thought on Culture,” and “Xi Jinping among the People: Moments in Focus” in traditional Chinese characters are pictured at a book launch event in Hong Kong, south China, July 16, 2025. A collection of articles on education by Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with two other books featuring his thoughts and stories — all in traditional Chinese characters — debuted on Wednesday at the opening of the Hong Kong Book Fair. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)HONG KONG, July 16 (Xinhua) — A collection of articles on education by Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with…

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday came down hard on the planning ministry over massive financial irregularities, untraceable grants and apparent administrative dysfunction. The meeting, chaired by Junaid Akbar Khan, scrutinised audit objections related to the ministry’s financial performance. In a shocking revelation, it emerged that the supplementary grants issued by the planning ministry exceeded the original grant by a staggering 134%. The revelation sparked outrage from members. “These figures make no sense. Is there any planning at all in the Planning Division?” Naveed Qamar asked. Committee member Riaz Fatyana lamented that every fourth person in the country…

Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels walks to a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesLegacy media is in a time of tumult. And it’s bringing a new crop of decision-makers to the fore.In an industry that’s long been run by storied Hollywood executives, usually with resumes in content and programming, those with finance backgrounds and track records of deal-making are increasingly reshaping the landscape.Many of those leaders — some of whom recently attended Allen & Co.’s annual conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, known…

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Na Bian | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia is looking to ship more advanced chips to China than its current generation, CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday, as he looks to revitalize sales in the world’s second-largest economy.The comments come after Nvidia said on Monday that it will resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chip to China, reversing a previous ban. The H20 is a less-advanced semiconductor designed for AI workloads that comply with U.S. export restrictions to…