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Shares are mostly higher in Europe and Asia as China's leaders begin a major meeting expected to bring fresh pledges of help for the world's second-largest economy

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, has also expressed interest in either purchasing the national carrier or establishing a new provincial airline, tentatively named "Air Punjab." On Saturday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif confirmed that his daughter and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had sought his advice on whether the provincial government should pursue the acquisition of PIA or launch a new airline, Dawn reported. «Maryam proposed that the Punjab government launch a new airline, Air Punjab, and I advised her to proceed with further consultations on the potential acquisition of the PIA,» Sharif shared from New York.

Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a «conveyor belt road» by the government, to make up for a shortage of truck drivers. The amount of funding for the project is not yet set. But it's seen as one key way to help the country cope with soaring deliveries. A computer graphics video made by the government shows big, wheeled boxes moving along a three-lane corridor, also called an «auto flow road,» in the middle of a big highway. A trial system is due to start test runs in 2027 or early 2028, aiming for full operations by the mid-2030s. «We need to be innovative with the way we approach roads,» said Yuri Endo, a senior deputy director overseeing the effort at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with...

Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday

Asian shares are mostly declining amid uncertainty ahead of the United States presidential election next week

Nike executive John Slusher is moving into the Olympic world to head the commercial arm for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Global markets are mostly lower after a rally in technology stocks propelled the Nasdaq composite to a record high

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant has been restarted after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to pr...

Donald Trump's Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk's X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president's social media platform, as per a report. Trump Media & Technology Group is now valued at over $10 billion after its shares more than quadrupled since late September. Meanwhile, X Holdings is valued at around $9.4 billion, based on the most recent value the investment group Fidelity assigned to its stake in the company formerly known as Twitter, AP reported. The stock of Trump Media, or TMTG, tends to move more with Trump’s re-election odds than on its own profit prospects and investors have seen his chances of retaking the presidency improving of late. On Tuesday, the stock rose more than 12 per cent to $53.30, on top of a 21.6 per cent gain Monday. The stock was moving so sharply that trading was briefly halted several times during the morning. The stock had dropped to roughly $12 late last month.

The couple shares four children, North (born June 2013), Saint (December 2015), Chicago (January 2018), and Psalm (May 2019). Despite their ongoing issues, Kardashian emphasized her desire for the children to maintain a strong relationship with their father. She stated, “I always want my kids to be around their dad as much as possible,” highlighting the importance of open communication between them for their children’s well-being.

Tim Walz is accused of driving a Chinese Communist Party official's daughter to the verge of suicide. According to The New York Post, Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, had a turbulent romantic relationship with the daughter of a Chinese Communist Party official while working as a teacher in Foshan, which nearly drove her to suicide. In a phone interview with The Post on Monday, Jenna Wang, 59, revealed that she fell deeply in love with the current governor of Minnesota when he was a young English teacher at a high school in Foshan, Guangdong province, China.

Asian shares mostly rose after U.S. stocks closed broadly higher with gains in Big Tech companies offsetting a skid in oil-and-gas stocks

US election and key economic data that will set the stage for the next Federal Reserve decision. Shares rose in Sydney while Tokyo stocks were little changed and futures pointed to gains in Hong Kong. US futures were steady after most major groups in the S&P 500 gained at the start of the busiest week for corporate earnings.

Asian shares rose, as the yen dipped in the midst of political uncertainty after Japan’s ruling party lost its majority in Parliament’s lower house in weekend elections

Asian stocks are mostly higher aside from in Japan, where investors are awaiting the outcome of an election on Sunday

Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal announced her retirement on Thursday, ending a glittering 16-year career during which she became an inspiration for beating abject poverty and conservative views at a small town in Haryana where her father worked as a cart-puller. The-29-year-old will sign off as one of India's most decorated hockey players after leading the women's team to its best-ever finish at the Olympics — a fourth place at the Tokyo Games in 2021. «It's been an outstanding journey. I never thought I will play for so long for India. I have seen a lot of poverty from childhood but focus was always to do something, represent the country,» she told reporters here. A clinical forward, who made her international debut in 2008 as a 14-year-old in the Olympic qualifiers that year, Rani scored 205 goals in her 254 outings for India.

Tokyo Metro jumped 36% in their Tokyo market debut on Wednesday after an initial public offering proved popular among investors. Tokyo Metro, one of the capital's two major subway operators, opened at 1,430 yen ($9.44) after shares were initially untraded with a glut of buy orders.

Global shares are mostly lower in cautious trading ahead of earnings reports around the globe

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks rose to records to close out their latest winning week

Tokyo: Naomi Osaka's season appears to be over after she said she will not play at next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals because of injury. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion said in Tokyo on Sunday that she had ruptured abdominal muscles. «I thought I strained my back, but I did an MRI in Beijing and they said that I bulged a disc in my back and I also ruptured abdominal muscles,» Japan's Kyodo News agency reported the 27-year-old as saying.