TAIPEI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday ahead of the arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi and cancelled more than 100 flights, with the storm expected to brush past the island’s northeastern coast and gradually weaken on approach. At one point…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – China beat the US in the women’s team final at the World Gymnastics Championships in the Netherlands on Wednesday, handing the Americans their first loss since 2010. With China needing 12.600 for victory in the final event of the night, the…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has raised about 100 billion yuan ($14.98 billion) in its latest fundraising round, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter. Battery pioneer Contemporary Amperex Technology and WeChat-operator Tencent Holdings were among the biggest…
(Corrects day in first and last paragraphs to Thursday) SYDNEY, Oct 22 (Reuters) – An Australian television reporter and a bystander rescued a man from a car as it was engulfed by flood waters on Thursday, footage of the incident showed. Will Murray, a journalist…
TAIPEI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan is probing organised crime’s links to Chinese efforts to carry out “transnational repression”, a security official said on Thursday, after the island’s government said Beijing was behind an attack on a comedian who mocked President Xi Jinping. Taiwan, which China…
By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Asian stocks struggled to stay above water in early trade on Thursday, as tech earnings optimism provided only fleeting support amid lingering concerns over AI and uncertainty in the Gulf. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares…
SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A downdraft in the dollar took a pause on Thursday as investors began hunkering down ahead of a slew of central bank meetings next week, where hawkish holds are expected on interest rates in Japan, the US and Europe. The currency…
By Carlos Méndez Oct 21 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg to keep him living in California after the CEO warned he was considering leaving the state that houses the company’s headquarters if voters pass a wealth tax proposal next month.…
By Maria Cheng ANKARA, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Thursday, marking the first bilateral visit by a Canadian leader, as he seeks to deepen trade with other “middle powers” and ease dependence on the US.…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Epic Games said on Wednesday that its popular shooter title “Fortnite” will return to Apple’s App Store in Australia on Thursday, after the country’s federal court found the iPhone maker violated competition law and ordered it to open up its iOS…