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An aerial drone photo shows people admiring blossoms at a scenic spot in Deqing County, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)HANGZHOU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Week 2025 opened on Wednesday in Deqing County of the city of Huzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province.Themed “Geospatial I.D.E.A.S. Benefiting Our World,” the five-day event, running from Oct. 20 to 24, has brought together over 1,000 representatives from UN agencies and more than 60 countries to discuss cooperation, innovation and sustainable development in the geospatial field.During the opening ceremony, two major initiatives, the…
As urban development and climate change reshape Islamabad’s natural environment, WWF-Pakistan has stepped in with an initiative aimed at protecting cavity and hole-nesting birds. Species like woodpeckers, owls, robins, and parakeets depend on tree hollows and crevices for breeding, but these natural sites are rapidly vanishing due to construction, habitat loss, and extreme weather. To address this, WWF-Pakistan has installed 500 artificial nest boxes across 33 sites in Islamabad and the surrounding Margalla Hills. These sites range from densely built urban areas to greener suburban and forested zones. The boxes, crafted from eco-friendly plywood, were designed following international standards to…
Peter Endig | AFP | Getty ImagesThe New Jersey attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company has violated the rights of thousands of pregnant employees and staffers with disabilities who work in several of its facilities in the state.The complaint, filed in Essex County Superior Court by the office of Attorney General Matthew Platkin, alleges Amazon violated state anti-discrimination law in how it treats pregnant employees and employees with disabilities when they request a work accommodation.The state said the lawsuit follows a years-long investigation by its civil rights division into Amazon’s treatment of workers at warehouses across New…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesTesla’s forthcoming artificial intelligence chip that it’s calling the AI5 will be manufactured by Samsung in Texas as well as by TSMC in Arizona, CEO Elon Musk told investors on Wednesday.On the electric vehicle maker’s third-quarter earnings call, Musk said Tesla is shooting for “excess production,” and that any chips not used in cars or robots can be used in his company’s data centers.”Our explicit goal is to…
A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a farmer harvesting paddy in Xincheng County of Laibin City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Fan Shaoguang/Xinhua)A farmer harvests paddy in Xinghuo Village of Fengqiao Town in Nanhu District of Jiaxing City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 22, 2025. (Photo by Jin Peng/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a farmer driving an agricultural machine in the field in Pingyuanchi Village of Rugao City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wu Shujian/Xinhua)A farmer operates an agricultural machine in the field in Huiting Town of Xiayi…
Home minister says after serving their sentence they will be eligible for government jobs under rehabilitation policy Dressed in new clothes and holding cold drinks, these were the same notorious bandits of the Katcha area once seen in viral TikTok videos flaunting weapons and issuing threats. They stood as guests of the police — wearing outfits of their choice, provided by the authorities. Under the Sindh government’s surrender policy, on Wednesday 72 bandits laid down their arms before the police. Sindh Minister for Home Affairs Zia Lanjar, who was the chief guest at the ceremony held at Shikarpur Police Lines,…
PTA approval for the new iPhone 17 Pro Max has become more accessible, as users in Pakistan can now pay the required tax in monthly instalments, easing the financial burden of a one-time payment. The new option is available through Alfa Mall, an e-commerce platform operated by Bank Alfalah. Customers can choose flexible payment plans ranging from 3 to 36 months, with instalments starting from Rs10,825 per month. Shorter tenures come with zero interest, while longer plans carry a nominal markup. Read: Google announces Pixel 10 launch event The instalment scheme is intended to make it easier for smartphone users to…
Amazon’s robotics ambitions can lead to multibillion-dollar cost cuts for the company, according to Morgan Stanley. Amazon plans to replace 600,000 jobs with robots in the coming years and, ultimately, is working towards its goal of automating 75% of its operations, The New York Times reported on Monday citing several internal strategy documents. The e-commerce giant is planning to add about 40 next-generation robotics warehouses by the end of 2027 and has already begun overhauling old fulfillment centers, per the report. These efforts could wipe out thousands of full-time human jobs across Amazon’s warehouses over the next decade — and…
Rupert Murdoch looks on, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. Feb. 3, 2025.Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersWhy let a $10 billion lawsuit get in the way of old friends having some chicken and gravy for dinner?President Donald Trump last week dined at the White House with Rupert Murdoch and that media baron’s key lieutenants, despite Trump’s ongoing defamation lawsuit over Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal reporting that he sent a “bawdy” 50th birthday letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new report.Breaker Media on Tuesday night reported that Trump hosted his fellow billionaire Murdoch and company at the White…
A Southwest Airlines jet approaches Midway Airport on Dec. 15, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)John J. Kim | Chicago Tribune | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines on Wednesday posted a surprise profit for the third quarter and said it expects to generate record sales in the last three months of the year thanks to better travel demand and higher fares.The carrier said it expects unit revenue to rise between 1% and 3% for the fourth quarter, with capacity up 6% over the same period last year.”This guidance range assumes demand strength remains at current levels…