Ismail Industries Limited has announced its decision to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Spain, marking a significant step in the company’s global expansion strategy.
The decision, approved by the Board of Directors through a circular resolution, is subject to all applicable regulatory approvals, according to the notification sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).
The new subsidiary will serve as a strategic gateway for Ismail Industries to tap into the European Union (EU), one of the largest consumer markets in the world. This move aligns with the company’s long-term vision to expand its global footprint and establish its leading brands in international markets.
The company emphasized that this milestone reflects its commitment to growth and innovation, positioning itself to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the EU market.
Ismail Industries Limited, known for its popular confectionery brands, Candyland and Bisconni, continues to strengthen its presence in both local and international markets.
Olympians Pooja Rani and Jaismine Lamboria registered contrasting wins to assure two more medals for India at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool on Wednesday.
Two-time Asian boxing champion Pooja Rani got the better of Poland’s Emilia Koterska 3-2 in the women’s 80kg quarter-finals.
In a keenly-contested women’s 80kg bout, Pooja Rani banked on her experience to tackle the speed and energy of her much-younger opponent.
The Polish boxer was slightly ahead in the contest after the opening round but Pooja Rani dominated the second to take control and then maintained a cautious game plan to assure herself a semi-final berth.
World Boxing Cup Astana gold medallist Jaismine, on the other hand, dominated U22 Asian champion Khumoranobu Mamajonova of Uzbekistan 5-0 to reach the women’s 57kg semi-final.
Jaismine did not allow the Uzbek boxer to settle down in the first round itself and maintained that advantage throughout the bout to advance to the semis.
Nupur Sheoran, World Boxing Cup Astana gold medallist, was the first Indian to be assured of a medal when she reached the women’s 80+kg semi-finals on Wednesday.
Two more Indian boxers – Meenakshi (women’s 48kg) and Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (men’s 50kg) – are a win away from assuring themselves a medal and will be seen in quarter-final action on Friday.
However, it was the end of the road for former world champion Nikhat Zareen and World Boxing Cup silver medallist Abhinash Jamwal.
Facing two-time Olympic silver medallist Buse Naz Çakıroğlu of Türkiye in the women’s 51kg quarter-finals, Nikhat fought valiantly in all three rounds but the judges ruled in the Turk’s favour.
Later, Jamwal went down 4-1 against Paris 2024 bronze medallist Lasha Guruli of Georgia in the men’s 65kg quarter-finals.
India have fielded a 20-member contingent at the inaugural World Championships. Earlier, Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain endured a disappointing outing with a second-round exit in the women’s 75kg on Saturday.
Inflation rose slightly in August as companies continued to push the cost of tariffs onto consumers.
The newest update to the consumer price index (CPI), which measures a basket of goods and services, showed that prices increased 2.9% over the last year – the highest since January. Core CPI, which excludes energy and food costs, stayed stable at 3.1% after going up in July.
Despite this slight uptick in inflation, Wall Street remains optimistic that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at the central bank’s board meeting next week. The Fed is under intense pressure from Donald Trump to cut rates, but the decision looks likely to be led by fears that the US jobs market is weakening.
Investors are anticipating a quarter-point rate cut. Rates currently stand at a range of 4.25% to 5.5%.
US stocks shot up on Wednesday after the producer price index, which tracks wholesale prices, showed a slight dip in August after a steep rise in July, making investors hopeful that inflation – while still rising – is going up at a slow pace.
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The Fed has refrained from cutting rates over the past year, citing instability in the economy introduced by federal immigration and trade policies. The central bank has been on a years-long mission to bring inflation down to a target of 2%, a level that hasn’t been seen since early 2021. Higher interest rates help temper rising costs, but at the risk of slowing other parts of the economy, including the labor market.
At his closely watched speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium last month, chair Jerome Powell said that recent economic circumstances “may warrant adjusting our policy stance”, which many investors took as a signal that the Fed will drop rates.
Powell said that while tariffs have started pushing prices up, with no clear end, a slowdown in the jobs market has caught the attention of the Fed. Powell said that the “downside risks to employment are rising”.
“If those risks materialize, they can do so quickly in the form of sharply higher layoffs and rising unemployment,” Powell said.
Data released in early August painted a concerning picture of the labor market, as initial jobs figures for May and June were revised down by a total of 258,000. The White House quickly blamed the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the government agency that collects and reports employment data, for the gaps. But economists pointed out that uncertainty introduced by Trump’s tariffs likely caused delays in survey collection.
Last week, BLS revised down figures from June again, and the number of jobs added to the economy went into the negative for the first time since December 2020. The unemployment rate also went slightly up to 4.3%, the highest since 2021.
The Fed is scheduled to announce any changes to the interest on 17 September.
A similar number of students from the school attended Newcastle’s most recent Champions League game, against AC Milan in 2023.
Newcastle do not have an authorised reseller and the only way to sell season tickets is through the club’s official platform at face value.
The Newcastle United Supporters’ Trust “welcomed” the club “taking visible action to deter and penalise those who may be profiteering from other fans or, in this baffling case, a number of school pupils from Dundee”.
“Along with the rise in ticket prices, according to our annual survey, one of the biggest concerns for Newcastle fans is reduced ticket availability due, not only to high demand, but the selling of tickets through third party sites or other unauthorised means,” it added in a statement.
“The situation this week has highlighted those frustrations once again. Ticketing can be a divisive subject but we feel united in the stance that tickets belong in the hands of genuine Newcastle United supporters and thank the club for their approach to those who misuse the system. We will continue to request transparency across all ticketing procedures.”
It is understood 78 Newcastle season tickets or memberships have been cancelled this season for unauthorised selling.
About 4,500 membership accounts are on an internal watchlist because of suspicious activity, while about 750 supporters are being actively monitored for potential touting.
Newcastle are purchasing unauthorised tickets in an attempt to identify the sellers.
More than 130,000 bot attempts have also been foiled for the Barcelona game.
Google is testing a new Gemini Live feature that overlays Google Maps info cards during camera sharing sessions.
The cards display place names, types, average ratings, and number of reviews right on the user’s screen.
Currently, users can use Gemini Live’s camera sharing feature to learn more about the places in front of them. They can point their phone’s camera towards any storefront, restaurant, place of historical significance, etc., and ask Gemini Live questions about it. Using the Google Maps extension, Gemini Live will pull key information, like average ratings and number of ratings about the place, and speak the information out to you. You can get this information displayed on the screen using Captions.
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Google is working to improve the feature by showing preview cards on Gemini Live’s camera sharing screen. The cards would contain information from Google Maps, such as the place’s name, type (restaurant, historical monument, etc.), average rating, and number of reviews. We managed to activate the feature ahead of its launch to give you an early look at it:
Gemini Live will show multiple cards if Google Maps has multiple places with the same name, as shown in the screenshots above. Gemini could have used the device’s location to pinpoint where the user is, possibly narrowing down the search results from Google Maps in some cases, so that’s a lost opportunity. Maybe Google will see this as feedback and add the feature in future releases. If the place’s name is relatively unique, you will see a singular entry.
This feature will also work with Gemini Live without camera sharing, i.e., when you have a regular audio-only conversation. However, without the visual cues, you will have to be very specific about the place’s name so that Gemini can figure it out and display a card. For now, the info cards are not clickable, but Google could make them clickable in future releases to take you straight to the Google Maps listing page.
Google has not yet shared any information about further upgrades to Gemini Live’s camera sharing functionality. We’ll keep you updated when we learn more.
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The men’s 100m semifinals and final at the 2025 World Track and Field Championships air live Sunday morning on CNBC and Peacock.
The world 100m champion is traditionally considered the world’s fastest man, an unofficial title that Noah Lyles has held since he won the last world title in 2023.
Lyles followed that with Olympic 100m gold in Paris, becoming the first American to win that title since 2004.
Now Lyles bids to become the first repeat men’s 100m world champion since Usain Bolt in 2013 and ’15.
The World Track and Field Championships air live on NBC Sports and Peacock from Sept. 13-21.
Who are the favorites in the World Championships men’s 100m?
Lyles faces a sizable challenge in Jamaican Kishane Thompson, who led Lyles in the 2024 Olympic final until the final strides. Lyles ended up winning by five thousandths of a second — 9.784 to 9.789.
Thompson is the world’s fastest man in 2025.
On June 27, he won the Jamaican title in 9.75 seconds, the world’s best time in a decade. On Aug. 16, he beat Lyles in their first head-to-head since the Paris Olympics, 9.87 to 9.90.
But Lyles was upbeat, since he was still ramping up his season after an ankle injury in the spring.
The World Championships field also features U.S. 100m champion Kenny Bednarek, the world’s second-fastest man this year with a best time of 9.79.
Bednarek, a two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist, eyes his first 100m medal at a global championship.
Plus Jamaican Oblique Seville, who has two wins over Lyles this season, clocking 9.86 and 9.87 into headwinds.
World Championships Men’s 100m Schedule
Day
Time (ET)
Round
Platform
Friday
10:23 p.m.
Preliminary Round
Peacock
Saturday
7:35 a.m.
Heats
CNBC, Peacock
Sunday
7:43 a.m.
Semifinals
CNBC, Peacock
9:20 a.m.
Final
CNBC, Peacock
3 p.m.
Highlights
NBC, Peacock
Noah Lyles edged Kishane Thompson by .005 at the Paris Olympics.
Emma Heming Willis has opened up about one of the most painful chapters in her marriage, admitting she once thought her relationship with Bruce Willis was falling apart before his dementia diagnosis gave her clarity.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the 49-year-old author and caregiver said she questioned whether Bruce had stopped loving her and even contemplated divorce. She explained that before doctors confirmed his struggles with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, she felt the actor had become distant and unrecognisable.
“I felt like my marriage was crumbling,” Emma admitted, recalling a period when Bruce’s behaviour seemed to shift. She noticed his stutter return and their conversations no longer made sense, which left her questioning what had gone wrong between them. “I thought it was something I was doing in our marriage that was not working anymore,” she said.
The couple, who married in 2009 and share daughters Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, had enjoyed what Emma described as a romantic and beautiful love story before symptoms began to show. Without answers, Emma said she grew frustrated, often blaming herself for the breakdown in communication. “It’s like you’re banging your head against a brick wall,” she reflected.
When Bruce was finally diagnosed in 2022, Emma described the moment as bittersweet but also relieving. “There was relief in understanding, ‘Oh, okay, this wasn’t my husband, it was that this disease was taking parts of his brain,’” she said. From that point forward, she softened her perspective, realising the strain was not the result of marital issues but of a devastating illness.
Emma has since become a strong advocate for caregivers, releasing her book The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path, where she shares her own experiences while offering guidance to others in similar situations.
Her story highlights not only the hidden toll dementia takes on families but also the resilience required to continue loving through such profound change.
