Beijing will bolster Hong Kong’s position as a global financial hub by enhancing openness and cooperation in the financial and economic sectors, as geopolitical shifts and emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain reshape the global order, according to Chinese regulators and global executives. Speaking during Hong Kong’s flagship Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit on…
Andreas HaleNov 4, 2025, 09:31 AM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining…
A new class action lawsuit against Spotify accuses the company of allowing massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, with Drake in particular allegedly benefiting from billions of artificial streams. In the suit, filed in federal court in California on Sunday, rapper RBX, who is also Snoop Dogg’s cousin, claims that Spotify is “all…
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Emergency Service Department (Rescue 1122) Murree has issued a special warning ahead of the winter season, urging citizens to remain vigilant and avoid unnecessary travel owing to expected severe weather. “In view of the winter season, rainfall and hail, all rescue stations and key points in Murree and Kotli Sattian will remain…
A CDA spokesperson described the e-stamp system as ‘a move toward transparency’ Buying or selling property in Islamabad has often meant standing in long queues, filing heaps of paperwork, and facing uncertainty over the legality of transactions. That is now set to change with the launch of an electronic stamp paper system by the Islamabad…
[This story contains spoilers for Shelby Oaks.] Chris Stuckmann has turned his lifelong dream into a reality. It was never about becoming the world’s most successful movie critic on YouTube; it was about making a theatrically released motion picture. That ambition is now known as Shelby Oaks, which, after two weeks in the marketplace, is…
RAWALPINDI: The launch of a state-of-the-art underpass and overhead bridge project at District Kachehri Chowk has thrown Rawalpindi’s entire traffic system into chaos as nine major connecting roads have been sealed for ten months. The closure has gridlocked traffic across the city and cantonment areas, turning a five-minute commute into a two-hour ordeal. Heavy machinery…
China is touting a shape-shifting hypersonic missile as a leap in strike power — but the real test is whether the weapon’s engineering can outrun physics. Last month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese military researchers have unveiled a prototype hypersonic “morphing” missile capable of altering its aerodynamic shape mid-flight, marking a…
Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls. It follows a review which found depictions of choking were “rife” on mainstream porn sites and had helped normalise the act among young people. Both the possession and publication of such material…
K-P Assembly Committee on Law and Order expresses dissatisfaction at briefings by IGP, chief secretary PESHAWAR: A special committee of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly has expressed dissatisfaction with briefings from the chief secretary, the inspector general of police (IGP) and the home department on law-and-order situation in the province. The committee has decided to summon…
