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 AFP/APP Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday with representatives of US businesses, state media reported, as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investment and reassure American firms in the face of a slowing economy. "On the…

AFP/APP San Francisco: California, home to Silicon Valley, is eager to rein in the deployment of artificial intelligence and is looking to Europe's tough-on-big-tech approach for inspiration. California, the richest state in the…

AFP/APP Brussels: The EU called on Facebook, TikTok, and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear labels ahead of Europe-wide polls in June. The recommendation is part of a…

Shazia Mehboob  Islamabad: A tragic incident occurred in Shangla district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where a passenger van was targeted in a suicide blast, resulting in the loss of six lives, including five Chinese nationals.  DIG…

AFP/APP New York: Donald Trump will in three weeks become the first former US president to face a criminal trial, a judge ruled Monday, hours after an appeals court threw the tycoon a lifeline in his bid to stave off an unrelated,…

AFP/APP Gaza Strip: Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with no sign of a let-up in the war despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an "immediate ceasefire". The resolution was adopted…

AFP/APP Washington: The revelation that Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer prompted a swift backlash over a torrent of lurid social media speculation around her health, including by those positing she was secretly dead.…

AFP/APP New York: Donald Trump faces twin legal crises on Monday in New York, where he could see the possible seizure of his storied properties over a massive fine as he separately fights to delay a criminal trial even further. The…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Joe Biden and presumptive White House challenger Donald Trump traded barbs Saturday on the key topics of age and immigration, as they targeted the battleground state of Georgia. Biden, hoping to ride…

News Desk Islamabad: Gambia, situated in West Africa, stands out as the sole nation globally where elections are conducted using ballot boxes. The voting method employing pebbles is not only distinctive but also minimizes the…