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Hassan Omar Hassan, the secretary-general of the United Democratic Alliance of Kenya, speaks at a forum on the English edition of the fifth volume of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Dec. 1, 2025. A forum on the English edition of the fifth volume of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Monday, with about 200 participants attending the event.The China-Kenya Readers Forum on “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was co-hosted by China’s State Council Information Office, China International Communications Group and the Chinese Embassy…
Authorities routinely offer apologies after such incidents but fail to take concrete action Lahore High Court took up a miscellaneous petition seeking measures to curb smog and issued notices to the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) and other respondents over the alleged cutting of trees in Nasir Bagh. Justice Shahid Karim heard the petition filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique. The petitioner contended that despite clear court orders, trees were felled in Nasir Bagh, and earlier, a banyan tree had also been cut in the Cantonment area. The petition stated that authorities routinely offer apologies after such incidents but fail to…
A Kalshi billboard displaying New York City mayoral election odds in New York, US, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesKalshi bettors can now buy and sell tokenized versions of their wagers on Solana, the company told CNBC exclusively on Monday. It’s the latest sign the prediction market company is deepening its push to win over the same cryptocurrency holders that have pumped billions of dollars of digital assets into its rival Polymarket.Tokenization refers to creating a digital version of a real-world financial asset such as a stock, bond or treasury note. The resulting token,…
New service may ease delays that Pakistani companies face between cloud providers Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud have launched a managed service that lets customers create private, high-speed connections between the two cloud platforms. The links are designed to cut out the public internet, reduce delays and make it easier for companies to run different parts of their systems on different providers. The move responds to a growing global trend where businesses mix tools from both platforms but struggle with slow transfers and complicated setups. Better connectivity could ease long-standing performance issues in Pakistan Many Pakistani companies already use…
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesInstagram will require U.S.-based employees to work five days a week in an office, Meta confirmed on Monday.The new return-to-office policy will take effect on Feb. 2 and is intended to foster a more creative and collaborative working environment, according to a report by the Sources newsletter that cited an employee memo by Instagram chief Adam Mosseri.The report also noted that Mosseri aims to reduce the number of meetings at the photo-sharing unit and wants employees…
In this year’s flurry of massive artificial intelligence deals – for which a couple of billion dollars is pocket change – Nvidia ‘s announcement on Monday of a $2 billion investment to expand its long-time partnership with Synopsys might seem just incremental. Not so, asserted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in an interview with Jim Cramer shortly after the news broke. Jensen said, “This is a huge deal.” Here’s why: Synopsys provides software and tools that allow companies like Nvidia to design, test, and verify semiconductors. Jensen said, “Nvidia was built on a foundation of design tools from Synopsys,” among others.…
CM Afridi has instructed all provincial assembly members to reach Islamabad immediately for planned protest tomorrow The Islamabad Capital Territory administration and District Administration Rawalpindi have imposed Section 144 across the cities in the wake of the PTI protest announced outside Adiala Jail and the Islamabad High Court tomorrow. A spokesman for the ICT administration confirmed the enforcement of Section 144, which restricts all forms of public gatherings, demonstrations, and rallies. “No individual or group will be allowed to organise protests or hold any public events under these restrictions,” the spokesman said. The measures are already in effect and apply…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during travel to Washington, D.C., from Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, U.S., November 30, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | ReutersThe White House on Monday released new details about President Donald Trump’s October MRI, offering a more comprehensive explanation for the procedure after questions about why the 79-year-old underwent advanced imaging at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read aloud from a summary during the daily press briefing, saying that the MRI was part of Trump’s “comprehensive executive physical” and was ordered because men in his age group “benefit from a…
Thomas Trutschel | Getty ImagesShopify was hit with an outage on Cyber Monday, leaving some businesses unable to manage transactions during one of the biggest shopping days of the year.In an update to its status page, the Canadian e-commerce company said select merchants were experiencing issues logging into Shopify, while others were unable to access point-of-sale systems, a critical portal used to manage transactions and other backend processes.”We are still investigating and applying mitigations for the admin and login issues,” the company wrote on its status page around 12:20 p.m. EST.A Shopify spokesperson pointed CNBC to its status page when…
K-P Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s political landscape remained unsettled on Sunday as rumours of possible governor’s rule intensified, prompting denials from both the Prime Minister’s Office and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. Sources familiar with the political scenario said the idea of imposing governor’s rule has been under examination in Islamabad, with the government’s initial preference reportedly to retain Governor Faisal Karim Kundi if consensus is achieved within the ruling coalition. According to these sources, alternative names were being floated only as contingency options. They said three political figures — Amir Haider Hoti, Pervez Khattak and Aftab…