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Pakistan in a high-voltage last round-robin league match of the Asian Champions Trophy here on Wednesday. There has been complete contrast in the overall performance of both the sides in the tournament so far. While the hosts are unbeaten in the four games they played so far, Pakistan have managed only a win along with a couple of draws and a loss and their semifinal hopes depend on the result of this vital clash. A win for Pakistan will guarantee them a spot in the last four stage, but a defeat would leave their fate on the result of the match between China and Japan. If Pakistan lose on Wednesday, they will hope for China to upset Japan. In case Japan wins, the victory of margin should be lesser. Besides Pakistan would also hope for Malaysia to beat South Korea by a big margin, which would benefit the Men in Green. With three wins and a draw, India are atop the table with 10 points, followed by Malaysia (9 points), South Korea (5), Pakistan (5), Japan (2) and China (1).

Ciara, the 37-year-old artist behind «How We Roll» happily disclosed her pregnancy on Tuesday, anticipating her fourth child, and her third with the quarterback of the Denver Broncos, Russell Wilson The couple chose to announce their joyful news through a video on Instagram, filmed by the NFL star during their anniversary trip to Japan last month.

₹12,755 crore. Consequently, the unit will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maruti Suzuki, and its key management positions, some of which are currently held by Suzuki employees from Japan, will be taken over by the Indian team. With this deal, Maruti Suzuki will aim to enhance its operational and organizational efficiencies, and double its manufacturing capacity by consolidating production within a single management entity.

As the tournament progresses, top teams like the USA, Canada, and Germany remain strong contenders, setting the stage for exciting quarter-final matches later this week.

A triple whammy hit global bond markets last week, with the Bank of Japan loosening its yield curve control program, Fitch downgrading U.S. Treasurys, and rising commodity prices reviving the narrative of “higher for longer” for the Fed funds futures.

Japanese blockchain startup Soramitsu is exploring new central bank digital currency (CBDC) applications with a new project on the cross-border payment system for Asian countries.

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(Bloomberg) — LNG Japan Corp. agreed a deal worth as much as $880 million for a stake in a giant natural gas project off Australia, a new step to secure supply of a fossil fuel the nation expects to retain a key role in its energy mix.

Bulging sales of US Treasuries are about to deliver a major test of investor demand and determine whether a selloff has room to run as the market braces for the biggest round of refunding auctions since last year.

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group continued to rack up losses for the fiscal first quarter as technology investments soured amid a market downturn

Two major Japanese investors have struck a $US500 million ($763 million) deal to buy into Woodside Energy’s $16.5 billion Scarborough LNG project in Western Australia, shrugging off warnings from green groups about the environmental and commercial risks involved with the project.

Japan has expressed concerns over Iran’s advancing uranium enrichment program and its suspected supplying of combat drones to Moscow for Russia’s war on Ukraine

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell 88 cents to $81.94 a barrel Monday

Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street rallied and Japanese wages rose ahead of a U.S. inflation update that might influence Federal Reserve plans for possible interest rate hikes

Mazda Motor Corp will suspend production at its two domestic plants on Wednesday and Thursday, the carmaker said on Monday as reported by Reuters. Moreover, Shinkansen, or high-speed train, service may also be suspended between the Hakata and Osaka stations from Wednesday night until Thursday morning, the West Japan Railway Co said.

China's exports are expected to fall 12.5% in July from a year earlier, based on a Reuters poll of economists, extending a drop of 12.4% in June and marking the worst reading since the early days of the pandemic in February 2020. The trade figures come a day ahead of the country's inflation reading, with markets on the lookout for further signs of deflation in the world's second-largest economy. Ahead of the data release, the offshore yuan was little changed at 7.2039 per dollar.

"Markets are likely to trade in a range ahead of RBI policy this week. FIIs continued their selling streak for the last few days, thus keeping the upside limited. We expect sector- and stock-specific actions to continue," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a negative startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 15 points, or 0.08 per cent, lower at 19,666.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for negative start on Tuesday.

inflation data on Wednesday. In Japan, official data showed the country’s household spending fell 4.2% YoY in June, compared with 4% in May, remaining in negative territory for the fourth straight month. In the US, the latest consumer price report will be released on Thursday, which is expected to offer clues about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path.

India prevailed over defending champions South Korea 3-2 in their fourth round-robin fixture of the Asian Champions Trophy here on Monday, maintaining their unbeaten run in the continental hockey tournament. Even before the action got underway at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, India had sealed their place in the semi-finals, following Japan's loss to Malaysia earlier in the day. Both teams began the match on a fast-paced note, playing mainly possession-based hockey.

Toshiba has announced a 2 trillion yen, or $14 billion, tender offer in a move that would take it private, as the scandal-tarnished Japanese electronics and energy giant seeks to turn itself around