View of the central business district skyline at sunset in Beijing, China. Sheng Peng | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed Monday as markets kickstarted what ING calls a “quiet” week for economic data from the region. Key data this week from Asia will include China’s loan prime rate, set to…
JYP Entertainment’s boy group Stray Kids attends the 2024 SBS Music Awards Summer in Seoul. The group’s activities has given its parent company a “dramatic rebound to profitability” The Chosunilbo Jns | Imazins | Getty Images K-pop businesses mostly continued to struggle in the third quarter of the year, with three of South Korea’s four…
shutterstock Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been requesting to be allowed to fire ATACMS into Russia for months The US has for the first time allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The outgoing Biden administration has told Kyiv it can use US-made ATACMS missiles for limited strikes inside Russia, according…
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor on November 12, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like…
Getty Images Aliko Dangote made his money through sugar and cement Petrol production at Nigerian business tycoon Aliko Dangote’s $20bn (£15.5bn) state-of-the-art oil refinery ought to be some of the best business news Nigeria has had in years. But many Nigerians will judge its success on two key questions – firstly: “Will I get cheaper…
Pavan Kumar Ruchika Tandon had nonstop surveillance by strangers on the phone For a harrowing week in August, Ruchika Tandon, a 44-year-old neurologist at one of India’s top hospitals, was ensnared in what felt like a high-stakes federal crime investigation. Yet, it was an elaborate scam – a web of deceit spun by scammers who…
Getty Images Malala Yousafzai has campaigned for women’s rights since she was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 A bullet failed to silence her, now Malala Yousafzai is lending her voice to the women of Afghanistan. In just a few years since the Taliban retook control of the country, women’s rights have been eroded…
TT News Agency/AFP The new version of Sweden’s pamphlet “If the crisis or war comes” will reach letterboxes from Monday On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or other unexpected crises. “If crisis or war comes” has…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the opening bell on Nov. 13, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures were slightly higher on Sunday night as Wall Street awaits a major earnings week and monitors a seemingly fizzled out postelection rally. Futures tied to the Dow…
Veteran Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has been arrested after an investigation into a series of sexual abuse allegations, local media have reported. New South Wales Police said detectives from the Child Abuse Squad took an 83-year-old man into custody at an apartment in Sydney’s Circular Quay early on Monday morning, before…
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