Tesla is considering exporting made-in-China electric cars to the United States, two people with knowledge of the planning told Reuters, a reversal that would reflect the automaker’s deepening cost advantage at its Shanghai plant and slower demand from Chinese consumers. Tesla has been studying whether parts made by its China-based suppliers are compliant with local regulations in North America, and …
LAHORE, Nov 12 (EW): The Punjab government has increased the minimum pension of its retired employees, a move that will help them amid skyrocketing inflation in the country. The former government employees will get Rs10,000 in pension per month as the minimum pension has been increased by Rs4,000. Similarly, the family pension has also been raised from Rs4500 to …
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (EW): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Haqeeqi Azadi March will resume from Lala Musa and Jhang today, party leader Musarrat Cheema said on Saturday. Musarrat said Lala Musa was the last pit stop, adding that a second procession will march from Jhang, under the leadership of PTI Secretary General Asad Umar. She said that besides the two …
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (AFP): NASA said Friday it plans to attempt its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon as scheduled next Wednesday, after inspections revealed only minor damage from Hurricane Nicole’s passage through Florida. Jim Free, a senior official at the US space agency, told journalists there was “nothing preventing” a launch on that date, and said that NASA …
MELBOURNE, Nov 12 (AFP): No matter what happens when Pakistan face England in Sunday’s final at the MCG, Shadab Khan has had a Twenty20 World Cup to remember. Starring with both bat and ball, the 24-year-old all-rounder helped energise Pakistan’s flagging campaign when all seemed lost. After last-ball defeats to India and Zimbabwe, Shadab pulled them back from the …
Pakistan will not be satisfied unless UN climate summit negotiators unlock emergency cash for the country to rebuild after this year’s devastating floods, its climate minister said Thursday. “The dystopia has already come to our doorstep,” the country’s climate minister, Sherry Rehman, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the COP27 summit in Egypt. She lamented the glacial pace of …
(Reuters): Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Thursday that comedian Chris Rock will be the first artist to perform live on the streaming platform. Netflix plans to roll out more livestreaming options soon, starting with unscripted series and stand-up specials. Rock’s live performance is the first one that the entertainment service has unveiled. This will be Rock’s second Netflix stand-up …
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 11 (EW): US President Joe Biden flies into UN climate talks in Egypt on Friday armed with major domestic achievements against global warming but under pressure to do more for countries reeling from natural disasters. Biden will only spend a few hours at COP27 in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, three days after …
MELBOURNE, Nov 11 (Reuters): England and Pakistan’s staff will be poring over weather charts as well as tactics in the lead-up to the Twenty20 World Cup final, with a gloomy forecast threatening to scupper the decider at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Heavy rain is expected on Sunday’s match day and also the reserve day on Monday as a multi-year …
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 10 (AP): The foreign minister repeated calls for compensation for the unprecedented destruction caused to Pakistan by this summer’s flooding, saying debt relief could be a mechanism for doing so. Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told The Associated Press that at the UN climate summit in Egypt that the world is unequipped to deal with weather-related disasters of this scale …
