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Sep 01, 2025

India offered zero tariffs but it’s getting late: Trump

The Indian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to Trump’s comments, which follow the implementation of total duties as high as 50 per cent on Indian goods that have raised questions
about the future of the US-India relationship.

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Web Desk
Sep 01, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake kills 800, remote areas inaccessible

Sharafat Zaman, spokesperson for the health ministry in Kabul, called for international aid to tackle the devastation wrought by the quake of magnitude 6 that struck around midnight local time, at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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Web Desk AFP
Sep 01, 2025

UK experiences warmest summer on record

“Provisional Met Office statistics show that summer 2025 is officially the warmest on record with a mean temperature of 16.10C, surpassing the previous record of 15.76C set in 2018,” Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle said in a statement.

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Web Desk
Sep 01, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake: PM Shehbaz pledges full support as death toll tops 600

More than 600 people have died in Afghanistan after buildings collapsed due to the earthquake, while more than a 1000 are injured

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Reuters
Sep 01, 2025

Greta Thunberg joins another Gaza aid flotilla departing from Barcelona

This marks the second attempt by Greta Thunberg to reach Gaza by sea. In June Israeli forces intercepted the last aid ship and deported her.

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Web Desk
Sep 01, 2025

US visa fee to jump to $442 from October 1

US visa fee would jump to $442 after the Trump administration announced a new $250 “Visa Integrity Fee” for foreign travellers.

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Web Desk
Sep 01, 2025

Aurangzeb meets chief of China’s top financial services firm Hongta Securities

Hongta Securities is one of China’s leading financial services firms. Aurangzeb highlighted Pakistan’s financial position in the meeting.

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Reuters Web Desk
Sep 01, 2025

Gold prices surge to highest level since April on Fed rate cut hopes

Gold surged to its highest in months while Pakistan recorded a fresh all-time peak, fuelled by global rate cut expectations.

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Reuters Web Desk
Sep 01, 2025

Oil trades in tight range amid Russia-Ukraine strikes, demand concerns

Oil markets kicked off the week stuck in a tug-of-war between geopolitics, production fights, and the looming shadow of US tariffs.

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AFP
Sep 01, 2025

Trump plan suggests US taking control of Gaza, displacing Palestinians

Meanwhile, another goal of the plan modeled on President Donald Trump’s stated vision of making it the “Riviera of the Middle East” is to transform Gaza — land which the Palestinians want to be part of a future state — into a tourism resort and high tech hub.