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Xi Jinping, has linked arms with two anti-Western states, declaring a «no limits» partnership with Russia and pledging «unswerving» support for North Korea. But the specter of a budding bromance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after their meeting this week in eastern Russia, may not be as welcome a development for Xi as it might initially seem. Closer ties between Pyongyang and Moscow could result in both countries being less reliant on Beijing. That might diminish China's perceived clout in global negotiations over ending Russia's war in Ukraine and curtailing North Korea's nuclear program. «I doubt Xi is overjoyed to see the Kim-Putin lovefest unfolding across China's border,» said John Delury, a professor of Chinese studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

NEW DELHI : The Pokémon Co. and its American partner, software developer Niantic Inc., have launched the popular mobile game Pokémon GO in Hindi. As part of the expansion plans, the companies have allocated ₹125 crore over five years for activities like advertising and marketing.

MUMBAI : Electronics giant Samsung, consulting and IT services leader Accenture and manufacturing conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) are among the early recruiters at the youngest Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, placement executives said. The compensation offered ranges from ₹6 lakh to ₹48 lakh. The IITs in Varanasi, Mandi and Bhilai, are the some of the first to start placements in September.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose $1.64 to $90.16 a barrel Thursday

Neumora Therapeutics, which is backed by Amgen and Japan's SoftBank, fell in their market debut on Friday, giving the company a market capitalisation of $2.51 billion. The Watertown, Massachusetts-based company's shares debuted at $16.50 per share on Nasdaq, below the offer price of $17 apiece.

Neumora Therapeutics, which is backed by Amgen and Japan's SoftBank, fell in their market debut on Friday, giving the company a market capitalization of $2.51 billion. The Watertown, Massachusetts-based company's shares debuted at $16.50 per share on Nasdaq, below the offer price of $17 apiece. The ongoing surge in listings points to a nascent recovery in the U.S. IPO market amid growing expectations of a pause in interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Neumora, which is developing drugs for brain diseases, raised $250 million by selling 14.7 million shares priced at the mid-point of its previously disclosed range.

The Japanese government reportedly plans to permit start-ups to raise public funds through the issuance of crypto, assets, such as currencies, instead of stocks, local media has reported. 

Toyota Motor Corp is on track for record annual sales in India, a senior executive told Reuters, as its partnership with Suzuki Motor, which has a portfolio of affordable cars, attracts a new set of buyers. Toyota sold over 160,000 cars in India last year and had sold close to 150,000 by the end of August this year, Atul Sood, vice president of sales told Reuters. «We are confident of closing this calendar year with our best ever performance and setting a new benchmark,» Sood said. Toyota's India business has been the biggest beneficiary of its global partnership with Suzuki which allows the two Japanese carmakers to share technology and vehicles.

American bully XL. “It's clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs.

The trust’s net asset value increased 5% over the six months, compared to an MSCI Japan Small Cap fall of 0.4% in the same period.

Absence really does make the heart grow fonder—sometimes a bit too much. Arm got a roaring welcome back to the public market on Thursday. The British chip designer listed its shares on the Nasdaq almost seven years to the day after its acquisition by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank was completed.

As on-chain activity continues to fuel major gains in crypto markets, Jinbe Knight of the Sea (JINBE) token has been the latest to break-out, after a sensational +2,000% pump saw the One Piece-themed meme coin surge to top of DEXtools.

Berkeley Earth, which focuses on environmental data science and analysis, said last month was the warmest August since records began to be kept in 1850, with «particularly warm conditions» prevailing in parts of India, Japan, North Atlantic, Eastern Equatorial Pacific, Northern South America, Central America, parts of Africa and the Middle East. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a US government agency, said on Thursday that 2023 witnessed Earth's hottest August in its 174-year climate record. The sizzling month also marked the northern hemisphere's warmest meteorological summer and the southern hemisphere's warmest meteorological winter on record, the NOAA's National Centres for Environmental Information said. Berkeley Earth said August 2023 exceeded the previous record set in August 2016 by 0.31 degrees Celsius, «a surprisingly large margin, well outside the margin of uncertainty». Its researchers said: «We estimate that 13 per cent of the Earth's surface experienced its locally warmest August average, and 87 per cent of the Earth's surface was significantly warmer when compared to its local average during the period from 1951 to 1980.» In total, they estimated that 65 countries (mostly in the tropics) witnessed their warmest August on record. These countries include Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Turkiye, Venezuela and Yemen. Some of these countries broke their August records by extraordinary margins.

The Financial Times citing American officials. The report came shortly before high-ranking diplomat Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan, stated on social media that Li "hasn't been seen or heard from in 3 weeks," and that the minister might have been placed under house arrest, as reported by AFP. These recent events contribute to the mounting signs of possible instability within the Beijing leadership.

The price of uranium surged to its highest price in 12 years amid fears of a supply crunch instigated by a coup in Niger, and Canadian miner Cameco’s decision to curtail production, just as demand for the commodity is poised to increase.

rupee ended at 83.03 a dollar. The dollar jumped overnight after US retail sales increased 0.6% in August versus an estimated 0.2% rise. “USDINR is expected to rise towards the higher end of the consolidation range 82.80-83.20 amid firm dollar.

Asian stocks rose strongly on Friday, extending a global equity rally, after better-than-expected Chinese economic data added to the good vibes from expectations that tightening campaigns by the world's biggest central banks were close to over. The dollar stuck close to a six-month peak from overnight against major peers, buoyed by robust U.S. economic data, while the euro sagged following the European Central Bank's signal that Thursday's rate hike was probably the last this cycle. Crude oil hit a fresh 10-month top. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares rallied 0.84%. Japan's Nikkei jumped 1.33% to a two-month high. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.2%, and mainland Chinese blue chips rose 0.2%, flipping from early small losses. Australia's stock benchmark surged 1.75%. U.S.

chip designer Arm Holdings rose almost 25% in their stock market debut, in the largest initial public offering of shares in nearly two years. The shares opened at $56.10 on the Nasdaq Thursday after having been priced at $51. They closed at $63.59, giving Arm a market value of $68 billion. Most consumers use at least one product that contains Arm's chips, though many people may not be familiar with the company itself.

Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of Gemini, its conversational artificial intelligence software, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Gemini is intended to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4 model, according to the report.

Indian stock market is expected to open higher Friday led by positive global cues amid improved domestic investor sentiment. Asian markets traded higher, while the US stock market ended with gains overnight amid easing fears of recession in the world’s largest economy. On Thursday, the domestic benchmark equity indices ended at record high level with the Nifty closing above 20,100-mark.

The world is tracking towards 2.5 degrees warming by 2100 and a massive 50 per cent increase in global capital investment is needed to put it on course for net zero emissions by 2050, and to cap warming at the most ambitious goal of 1.5 degrees in the Paris Agreement.