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Inflation is down in Europe. But the European Central Bank is in no hurry to make more rate cuts
SingTel annual profit more than halves on $2.3bn impairment charge
Saudi Arabia Launches World’s First Self-Driving Flying Taxi to Transport Hajj Pilgrims
Microsoft to pay off cloud industry group to end EU antitrust complaint
Economic Survey 2023-24: mobile phones dominate as Pakistan’s telecom sector imports stand at $1.62bn
Budget proposals 2024-25: telecom sector in a fix
What Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and other tech execs have said about parenting
In the UK election campaign’s final hours, Sunak battles to the end as Labour’s Starmer eyes victory
Capacity utilisation of Pakistan’s cement industry drops to lowest on record
Erdogan postpones UAE visit, saying leader has ‘health problem’
Markets
US DFC keen to expand investment footprint in Pakistan
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Benjamin Black, on Friday expressed keen interest...
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Turkiye, Saudi sign major solar power deal
ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia will help Turkiye build solar plants capable of powering more than two million homes, under a deal...
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UAE markets fall amid growing US-Iran tensions
Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates declined on Friday as investors weighed growing geopolitical tensions after the U.S. said...
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Indian 10-year bond yield surges most in two weeks on US–Iran jitters
MUMBAI: India’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield spiked on Friday, driven by mounting concerns about a potential military confrontation between...
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Sri Lankan shares end lower; post weekly gains – Markets
Sri Lankan shares posted a weekly gain after three straight weeks of losses, even as they inched down on Friday,...
Palm slips, but still logs weekly gain to snap two-week decline – Markets
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Friday, weighed down by weaker soyoil, overproduction concerns and sluggish export...
Why AI Delivers Insight But Rarely Delivers Change
Artificial Intelligence has been able to produce insight like never before. Dashboards are richer. Pattern recognition is faster. Forecasts are...
Short-term JGB yields fall as cooling inflation reduces BOJ rate hike pressure – Markets
TOKYO: Short-term Japanese government bonds (JGBs) rose on Friday, sending yields lower, after data showing cooling inflation reduced the urgency...
Middle East
World
UK police seek information from ex-protection officers of king’s brother Andrew
SANDRINGHAM: British police said on Friday they were contacting former protection officers who worked for King Charles’ younger brother Andrew...
Read moreKing Charles’ brother Andrew released after arrest over misconduct relating to Epstein
AYLSHAM: King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released from police custody on Thursday evening after being arrested on suspicion...
Read moreAt Board of Peace debut, Trump announces global commitments for Gaza reconstruction
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump told the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday that nations had contributed...
Read moreTrump tells first meeting of Board of Peace that $7 billion raised for Gaza
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump told the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday that $7 billion has...
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REAL ESTATE
Alexander bros’ trial: The most striking revelations from day 1 of the criminal case
A courtroom sketch shows brothers Tal Alexander, Alon Alexander, and Oren Alexander as prosecutor Madison Reddick Smyser delivers her opening statement in their sex-trafficking...
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See the 50,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion at the center of a billion-dollar bankruptcy
The 1907 Crocker-McMillin mansion -- modeled after a Jacobean-Age English estate -- in all its slate-shingled and carved-limestone glory.Evan Joseph/Business...
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EDUCATION
Fully Funded Shanghai Government Scholarships Open for Pakistani Students
The Shanghai Government Scholarship (SGS) has opened its 2026 intake, offering a fully funded chance for international students, including those...
MEDIA
FBI shares new details on suspect and offers up to $100,000 reward for info in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie.Don Arnold/WireImageThe FBI has upped its reward in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and...
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Imran to be taken to hospital two more times, will be administered injection on Feb 25: minister
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Friday that incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan would be taken to a...
UK police seek information from ex-protection officers of king’s brother Andrew
SANDRINGHAM: British police said on Friday they were contacting former protection officers who worked for King Charles’ younger brother Andrew...
Indus Motor profit after tax jumps 28% in 1HFY26
Indus Motor Company Limited (IMC), the assembler of Toyota vehicles in Pakistan, reported a significant increase in earnings for the...
US DFC keen to expand investment footprint in Pakistan
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Benjamin Black, on Friday expressed keen interest...
Over 31m births registered with UCs yet to be added to Nadra’s central database: report
ISLAMABAD: Around 31.9 million births registered with union councils (UC) in 2025 are yet to be added to the record...