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For Malam Zameer, who has lived in Peshawar’s Khababiyan Afghan refugee camp for the past four decades, the thought of returning to Afghanistan feels both unimaginable and heartbreaking. Born in Afghanistan but raised in Pakistan, he never thought he would have to leave the place where most of his children were born and raised. “Since the de-notification of refugee camps, I can hardly sleep,” Zameer told The Express Tribune. “We’re being asked to go back, but how can we afford it? It costs between Rs200,000 to Rs300,000 to transport our belongings to Afghanistan. Most of us are daily wage laborers,…
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Roughly a decade ago, cryptocurrency began to show up in the residential real estate market. There were stories of the first bitcoin home sale, but really it was just people buying in the currency and then converting it back to dollars. Now crypto is being used more for leverage. Lenders…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesNetflix is due to report third-quarter earnings after the closing bell Tuesday.The streaming service is no longer offering investors quarterly subscriber updates, but Wall Street will be keen to hear how recent price hikes and the platform’s growing advertising tier are faring — especially as businesses across all sectors grapple with consumers tightening their purse strings.Here’s what Wall Street expects for the company’s most recent quarter: Earnings per share: $6.97, according to LSEGRevenue: $11.51 billion, according to LSEGNetflix posted major earnings beats for the first and second quarter of the year. The company noted that…
Azma says govt has traced 3,800 additional bank accounts funding TLP, while those aiding group to face terror charges Punjab’s Minister for Information, Azma Bukhari announced a sweeping crackdown on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and its supporters, saying that individuals financing the group will face terrorism charges as government has frozen 95 bank accounts linked to party and its leader Saad Rizvi. “95 bank accounts and properties registered in the name of Saad Rizvi have been sealed. The leadership of the religious organisation has been divided into three tiers, and a crackdown is currently underway against them,” said Azma Bukhari addressing a…
Packages on a conveyor belt at an Amazon fulfilment center in Dartford, UK, on Monday, July 7, 2025.Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon on Tuesday launched a new ultrafast delivery service in the United Arab Emirates that can ferry groceries, cosmetics, electronics and other household items to shoppers in 15 minutes or less.The service is called Amazon Now and includes a range of “everyday essentials,” the company said in a release.Amazon said orders can be placed “24/7” and are shipped out via micro-fulfillment centers, or small-format warehouses, located in UAE neighborhoods. Each site’s product selection is tailored “based on…
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA New York man who received a pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been charged with threatening to kill House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries.Christopher Moynihan, 34, of Clinton, is charged with making a terroristic threat against Jeffries, New York State Police said. He is being held in lieu of a $10,000 cash bail.Moynihan, in August 2022, pleaded guilty to five…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a lodge for the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Tuesday announced ChatGPT Atlas, a new artificial intelligence-powered web browser.The company said the browser was built around ChatGPT, and users will be able to open the chatbot as a sidebar on any page to help offer summaries, explanations or to carry out tasks within a window.The launch of ChatGPT Atlas puts OpenAI in direct competition with rivals like Google…
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHBO Max is the latest streaming services to raise its prices.The streaming giant, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Tuesday that it is raising prices across all plans. HBO Max’s Basic with ads plan is increasing $1 a month to $10.99, the Standard plan is going up $1.50 to $18.49, and Premium is increasing $2 to $22.99. HBO Max last raised prices in June 2024.The price hikes are effective immediately for new subscriptions. Existing monthly subscribers will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing, with the new prices starting on their next…
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) questions U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesRepublican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska on Tuesday warned President Donald Trump that his proposal for the U.S. to buy Argentina’s beef will hurt American cattle ranchers and fail to lower prices.”Bottom line: if the goal is addressing beef prices at the grocery store, this isn’t the way,” Fischer wrote in an X post.Trump floated the idea over the weekend as a way…
The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit on March 16, 2021.Rebecca Cook | ReutersDETROIT — General Motors CFO Paul Jacobson on Tuesday said the company expects earnings next year to top its 2025 results, which have performed far better than Wall Street’s expectations.Investors had been hoping to hear comments about 2026 guidance as the automaker reported third-quarter earnings that included raising 2025 guidance and topping Wall Street’s expectations.”Looking ahead to 2026, we have multiple levers to carry our current momentum forward, including progress on [electric vehicle] losses, warranty costs, tariff offsets, regulatory…