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ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers across the country are expected to receive an unusual relief of Rs1.75 per unit over the next three months (June to August), due to Rs64 billion in savings mainly on account of lower capacity charges paid to power producers during the first quarter (January–March 2026) of the current year, it emerged on Wednesday. Under the annual tariff rebasing mechanism, the government revised tariff-setting to a calendar-year basis, with effect from January 1, 2026, from the historic practice of fiscal-year adjustments. The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has called a public hearing on May 19 at the request of former Wapda distribution companies (Discos), which have sought a Rs63.94 billion refund to consumers under the quarterly tariff adjustment (QTA) mechanism. The refund is estimated to result in a negative QTA of about Rs1.75 per unit for three billing months. Consumers are currently paying about 42 paisa per unit in positive QTA on account of higher costs of Rs10...

Британские эксперты определили лучшие новые кроссоверы компактного класса. В рейтинг попали как бензиновые и дизельные модели, так и гибриды и электрокары.

The Wall Street bank is charging 50 basis points per crypto trade, below basic retail pricing at Coinbase, Robinhood and Charles Schwab. Morgan Stanley has rolled out a cryptocurrency trading pilot on its E*Trade platform, charging lower basic retail fees than some of the largest US crypto and brokerage platforms. The Wall Street bank is charging clients 50 basis points on the dollar value of each crypto transaction, undercutting Coinbase, Robinhood and Charles Schwab on standard retail pricing, according to a Tuesday Bloomberg report. The offering is currently in pilot mode, with E*Trade’s 8.6 million clients expected to gain access later this year, Bloomberg reported. Read more

Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and discussed matters related to mutual interests.

Bitcoin has continued its recovery structure with buyers gradually regaining control. The recent upward expansion has pushed the market back toward key resistance levels, while momentum indicators and market structure suggest that BTC is attempting to transition from a corrective phase into a broader bullish continuation. However, the market is now approaching a decisive area […]

Бывший городской голова Геннадий Труханов рассказал о том, что за лишением его украинского гражданства может стоять бывший глава Офиса президента Андрей Ермак. При этом Труханов видит в этом лишь политические мотивы.

US banks are mounting an aggressive lobbying effort to stall the CLARITY Act, even as key US lawmakers signal a fast-tracked timeline to put the bill on the president’s desk before July 4. The legislative clash centers on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a sweeping regulatory framework that cleared the House with bipartisan support […] The post Banking lobby attempts to kill Clarity Act’s stablecoin progress as markup is scheduled for next week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

De Europese Rekenkamer stelt dat projecten uit het coronaherstelfonds vaak goedkoper uitvallen dan geraamd, terwijl de Europese Commissie door de regels geen zicht heeft op de werkelijke kosten.

Politicians like Benny Gantz, Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper are trying to win over Israelis who are fed up with the societal rift and want a unity government. But center-of-the-center initiatives often collapse when met with reality

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine released video footage of a special operation carried out in April in temporarily occupied Crimea, during which Russian freight trains carrying military equipment and fuel were hit.

Bitcoin miner expands into AI infrastructure with long-term hyperscale contract in Texas, which includes options that could increase the total value of the agreement to over $25 billion.

Donald Pols verraste dinsdag met de mededeling dat hij verantwoordelijk wordt voor de verduurzaming van Tata Steel, een van de grootste CO2-uitstoters van Nederland.

It's day two of Consensus Miami 2026 on Wednesday. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day.

The crypto industry in the UK has come out against the Bank of England’s proposed policy that would ban custodial wallets for stablecoins. As the UK considers options to attract and develop the crypto industry at home, the Bank of England (BOE) has put forward several proposals for how it might regulate stablecoins to mitigate perceived financial risks. These have included a ban on custodial wallets for stablecoin holdings. The UK crypto industry, from stablecoin issuers to Bitcoin hardliners, has predictably taken issue with the ban. “This would be a serious misstep for the UK, risking long-term damage that is hard to unwind,” said Benoit Marzouk, CEO of stablecoin issuer tGBP told Cointelegraph. Read more

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Wednesday addressed the Sixth International Paigham-e-Islam Conference held at the Jinnah Convention Centre, bringing together leading Ulema and Mashaikh, diplomats, politicians, academicians, and senior government officials.

Anthropic released 10 ready-to-run templates targeting some of finance's most time-consuming tasks—from building pitchbooks to closing the books at month-end.

“People are being murdered because of antisemitism on American soil, and thousands more are threatened. ADL will not stop until that baseline changes,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

JOB DUTIES:   Understand and be able to technically support operations departments. Prepare equipment selections for service tools operations. Review inventory related to the equipment selection. Review orders and ensure that the necessary documentation has been included and that the job will meet the customers’ technical needs. Participate in the organization of pre-job operations meetings/job […]

Руководитель Главного управления разведки Украины Олег Иващенко сообщил, что РФ имеет планы по использованию временно оккупированной территории Украины.

The shareholders of the Vifrana winery in Adamclisi, Constanta County, are offering for sale a 57.75% stake for RON0.14 per share, half the price announced last year, with the total price reaching EUR775,000.