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Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines is studying new types of airplane tickets — this time in the premium cabins at the front of the plane.Airlines spent years slicing up their coach cabins, from extra legroom seats to bare-bones basic economy fares that don’t allow changes or include a seat assignment. Delta was a pioneer in the U.S. when it launched basic economy fares over a decade ago with rivals United Airlines, American Airlines and others following suit.But now airline executives are turning their focus to their premium cabins, where demand is holding up better this year than…
PESHAWAR: The political threat looming over Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s government appears to have diminished significantly after 22 out of 35 independent members in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly aligned themselves with the treasury benches. Among these independents, 11 are already part of the provincial cabinet, while nine others have been appointed as parliamentary secretaries. Notably, the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and the Chairman of the District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Peshawar also hail from this group, leaving only 13 independent members outside the government fold. Even if all 13 remaining independents were to side with the opposition, the combined…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks next to U.S. President Donald Trump at an ‘Investing in America’ event in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025.Leah Millis | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, CNBC’s Megan Cassella reported.The meeting comes as Nvidia rose slightly on Thursday, becoming the first company to close a trading day with a market cap over $4 trillion, beating Apple and Microsoft to the symbolic milestone. Nvidia touched the mark briefly on Wednesday during trading.Trump praised Nvidia stock in a social media post Thursday morning.”NVIDIA IS UP…
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2024. David Dee Delgado | ReutersA federal appeals court in New York on Thursday upheld a civil jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, and which ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages.A three-judge appeals panel in its unanimous ruling said it concluded that Trump “had not demonstrated that the district court” judge who presided over his trial “erred in any of the challenged…
Pakistan and China have agreed to strengthen ties and launch joint broadcasting projects to effectively tackle fake news and disinformation. This agreement was reached during a meeting between Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar and Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and Party Secretary of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China Minister Cao Shumin. Both sides agreed that strengthening media, cultural, and people-to-people relations would introduce new dimensions to the longstanding Pakistan-China friendship, reported Radio Pakistan on Thursday. The two leaders discussed enhancing technical training and institutional collaboration, with an emphasis on…
President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers.Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country’s total supply, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Coffee beans need to grow in a warm, tropical climate, making Hawaii and Puerto Rico the only suitable places in the United States to farm the crop. But, as the world’s top consumer of coffee, the U.S. requires a massive supply to stay caffeinated. Mintel estimates that the U.S. coffee market reached $19.75 billion last year.The increase in trade…
Listen to article BAJAUR: Maulana Khan Zeb, former National Assembly candidate of the Awami National Party (ANP) from Bajaur, and two others were tragically shot dead by unidentified assailants at Shindai Mor, just a few steps from the headquarters of Khar Tehsil, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, on Thursday. The attack also claimed the life of his police security officer, Sepahi Sher Zada, and another person, while three others sustained serious injuries. The injured individuals have been identified as Dr Tariq, Shahsawar, and Osman, all of whom are currently receiving medical treatment. According to the police, Zeb was campaigning for the Bajaur Pasoon when the attack…
A worker prepares orders at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center.Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDaphnee Poteau, a Haitian who came to the U.S in 2023, began working for Amazon last year at a returns center in Indianapolis. While packing up boxes, she met her husband Kristopher Vincent, who’s been at the site, known as IND8, since 2013.Last month, Poteau was contacted by the Department of Homeland Security, after the Trump administration canceled humanitarian immigration programs that allowed participants to live and work legally in the U.S. for two years while applying for permanent status.A notice from DHS told Poteau that her…
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s budget chief on Thursday said that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “has grossly mismanaged the Fed” and suggested he had misled Congress about a pricey and “ostentatious” renovation of the central bank’s headquarters.The broadside by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought opened up a new front in Trump’s war of words against Powell.Trump has repeatedly called on the Fed chairman to cut interest rates, without success. He reportedly…
Listen to article LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has offered an opportunity for the 26 suspended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) to present their case on Friday in his chamber, under Article 10-A of the Constitution. The MPAs had been suspended by Khan due to their disruptive, abusive, and violative conduct during a session of the Assembly. The decision comes after they caused a ruckus and chanted indecent slogans during Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s speech on June 16. Opposition Leader Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar confirmed to The Express Tribune that consultations with their legal…