ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur, largely eschewing Chinese government involvement, but US demands to sell his crown jewel TikTok are testing the boundaries with Beijing. A year ago, ByteDance was approached by the Chinese government with offers of help when TikTok, a short-video app with a huge following among young people globally, …

QUETTA: Consul General of Iran Hassan Darwesh called on Customs Collector Abdul Waheed Marwat and discussed with the latter ways of increasing cooperation to enhance trade between Pakistan and Iran. Referring to the importance of bilateral trade for providing employment opportunities in the two countries, the Iranian envoy underlined the need for further increasing working hours at the border and …

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the government wanted reduction in the rates of independent power producers (IPPs) and Prime Minister Imran Khan had discussed the matter with IPPs. Addressing a ceremony of the inauguration of 132-kv grid station at Fatima Jinnah Housing Scheme here on Sunday, the foreign minister said that the PTI government had taken off …

Faced with a balance-of-payments problem, Pakistan urgently needs as much foreign investment as possible. This need becomes all the more urgent keeping in view a limited scope of volumetric expansion in exports and remittances in the short term. Pakistan’s foreign direct investment (FDI) grew to $2.56 billion in 2019-20, up from $1.36bn in 2018-19 but less than $2.78bn recorded in …

Rihanna, who got into an accident while driving her electric scooter last week, is recovering after a recent accident involving an electric scooter. “Rihanna is completely fine now but flipped over on an electric scooter last week and bruised her forehead and face,” a representative for the singer said in a statement to a magazine,  adding that “luckily there were …

Oscar-winning actor Brad Pitt is starting a new business after his split with Angelina Jolie. According to reports, the Hollywood star is teaming up with a famous french family to launch a new business. According to a French newspaper, the Hollywood hunk is teaming up with Peters family to launch rosé Champagne house called Fleur de Miraval. AFP reported that …

Drake and DJ Khaled have expressed gratitude to Justin Bieber for shooting the music video for their new song  titled “Pop Star”. The singer’s wife Hailey Bieber also had an appearance in the video for the song which is a collaboration between Drake and DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled on Saturday took to Instagram to share that the video has received …

Fans are praising Selena Gomez after she announced to launch a new makeup line to support mental health services. According to reports, the singer will donate 1 percent of all sales from Rare Beauty toward mental health resources. The “Lose You to Love Me” singer intends to raise an ambitious $100 million to bring mental health services to underserved communities …

Following in the footsteps of late mom Princess Diana, Prince Harry is considering to buy Australian beach house after his multi-million Netflix deal. The Express UK quoting royal source reported that the Duke of Sussex is planning to buy the same beach house his mother escaped to when she was making a decision to enter the British royal family after Prince Charles …

Sofia Richie and her ex beau Jaden Smith looked affectionate as they frolicked in the surf at a beach in Los Ageless. The exes, who  reunited for a fun day,  have  been pals for years and were rumored to have dated nearly eight years ago. The model and the rapper, both 22, were seen holding hands while playing at the …