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US and Chinese national flags flutter next to the portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong as people visit Tiananmen Square, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, in Beijing. Photo: REUTERS BEIJING: US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at … Read more
[ Brokerage house said HMB qualified for inclusion after meeting the required liquidity threshold KARACHI: The latest review by MSCI has shown a decline in Pakistan’s overall weight in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index. Pakistan’s share dropped to 4.8%, down from 5.8% in the previous review. Topline Securities attributed the decline primarily to a nearly … Read more
Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing offers clues for this year’s summit.
[Honda posted its first loss since 1957 as it took a multibillion-dollar hit from scaling back its electric-vehicle plans.
‘Lord of the Rings’ filmmaker reveals work on long-awaited follow-up to Spielberg film New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson attends handprints ceremony on the ‘Walk of Fame’ of the Croisette in Cannes, France. Photo: REUTERS CANNES, FRANCE: Peter Jackson returned to the Cannes spotlight this week not only as one of cinema’s most celebrated fantasy filmmakers, … Read more
. When Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced four Daanish schools for Gilgit-Baltistan during his 7 May visit to Gilgit, the news travelled through the region’s parents and teachers faster than any other line in his address. Free education, free meals, free uniforms, smart boards and e libraries, all on federal account, in a region where … Read more
[ DG says trademark, copyright & patent services will be fully digitalised in six months KARACHI: Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan Director General Noman Aslam has said that the IPO Pakistan has launched an aggressive six-month digital transformation strategy aimed at revolutionising the intellectual property ecosystem through automation, artificial intelligence and online complaint management to … Read more
It was the first such major attack after a three-day US-brokered ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia KYIV: Russia unleashed a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting critical infrastructure in the west, killing at least six people and prompting NATO-member Poland to scramble fighter jets, officials said. Hungary, now led by a government … Read more
Historic sites and roads have been closed in the Chinese capital for President Trump’s state visit, resulting in severe traffic and disappointed tourists.
KARACHI: Singer, actor and visual artist Ali Zafar has released a visually striking music video for his song ‘Shiddat’ from the album ‘Roshni’, transforming one of his original paintings from 2002 into a cinematic AI-generated experience. The artwork, created during his thesis year at National College of Arts, forms the emotional and visual foundation of … Read more