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HCLTech announced this week that it is setting up an artificial intelligence/cloud native lab in Singapore that will be ready next year. Singapore is the fifth country — after the US, UK, Germany and India — where the Noida-based company is setting up such a facility. The announcement comes days after India's second largest software services provider, Infosys, collaborated with University of Cambridge to establish an AI lab in London, adding to over a dozen such centres it has globally.

Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60 per cent in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale.

In its 2024 report, the FIL Investment Services (UK) board said it is reviewing potential actions for the Fidelity America, Fidelity Europe (ex UK) and Fidelity Japan funds after they were found not to have demonstrated good value for investors. Part of the Fidelity Investment Funds IX range, the three strategies all failed to outperform their respective benchmarks over a one, three and five-year period.  The board said it has examined the reasons for underperformance, with each fund's portfolio managers and the chief investment officer noting plans for «additional oversight» on how m...

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Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, says its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale

The Nikkei rose 1.11% to close trade at 38,474.90 points, after opening 0.58% higher.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stock indexes drifted lower at the start of a momentous week full of potential flashpoints in Washington, D

Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck drivers

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain shared the second place, granting their citizens visa-free access to 192 countries, as per the latest rankings. The United States ranked 8th, giving its citizens visa-free entry to 186 countries.

Azad Engineering shares rallied over 14% to Rs 1,670 in Monday's trade on BSE, following the announcement of a major long-term contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries worth Rs 700 crore. «Azad Engineering Limited has signed long term contract & price agreement (LTCPA) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Japan (MHI) for the supply of highly engineered & complex rotating and stationary airfoils for advanced gas & thermal power turbine engines to meet their global demand in the power generation industry,» the company said in an exchange filing.

US presidential election polling data showed no clear advantage between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Oil rose after OPEC+ delayed a hike in output. The greenback dropped against most major currencies such as the yen and the Australian dollar in early Monday trading, while 10-year Treasury futures rose.

Nobu at the Regent Hotel in Kowloon this week were in for a treat as celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa was in the city to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the reopening of his namesake restaurant in Hong Kong. To mark the event, he hosted special omakase meals for two days.

United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea's recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea's military said. North Korea on Thursday tested the newly developed Hwasong-19 ICBM, which flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other missile it has fired. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called it «an appropriate military action» to cope with external security threats posed by its rivals.

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.

AM/NS India, a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Japan’s Nippon Steel, is set to establish an integrated steel project of 17.8 million tonnes capacity, with a proposed aggregate investment of Rs 1.4 lakh crore, in the Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh. This would be one of the largest greenfield projects in recent times. In the first phase of the project, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel will establish a 7.3 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) capacity blast furnace steel plant with an initial investment of Rs 80,000 crore. The company has sought 2,600 acres of land for the first phase. In the second phase, AM/NS will add a capacity of 10.5 MMTPA with an investment of Rs 60,000 crore and has sought an additional 2,000 acres of land. According to government sources, about 1,800 acres of land is readily available adjacent to Nakkapalli bulk drug park and can be provided.

Godzilla Minus One" made headlines in 2023 as the film made an impressive collection in the box-office as well as bagged Oscars award. Since then fans have been asking about «Godzilla Minus One» sequel. It's a good news for fans as Takashi Yamazaki is directing a new Godzilla film. Godzilla-Toho has made an «emergency announcement» stating that there will be new Godzilla movie. The film's VFX will be helmed by Yamazakhi. The movie's screenplay will be written by «Godzilla Minus One» apart from being the director of the film. Also Read: Taylor Swift is against dynamic pricing of Eras Tour tickets, rather, she made a bold choice; here's what that is

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A study by the Asian Development Bank shows that countries in Asia will suffer worse damage from the climate crisis than other regions and they are not spending enough to limit the damage and adapt to changing weather patterns and natural disasters

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