Tokyo stocks jumped 2.28 percent on Wednesday to close at their highest level in nearly three years thanks to a weaker yen and receding concerns over Europe's debt crisis.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed up 247.23 points at 11,113.95, its highest finish since April 2010, while the Topix index of all first-section shares rose 1.51 percent, or 13.91 points, to 934.67.
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fishing around the islands but restricted access by military, coast guard and other official planes and ships to the 12 nautical mile (22 kilometer) limit of territorial waters.
An Ecuadorian beauty queen was assassinated after her Instagram post of a plate of octopus ceviche led gunmen to the restaurant where she was dining.
Christopher Gregor allegedly murdered son Corey Micciolo weeks after forcing him to run for being ‘too fat’
The actor clearly didn't read the room, so the "Tonight Show" host bailed her out.
Washington sanctions nearly 300 companies and individuals from China, Russia, Singapore, UAE and other countries
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The former president made the chilling remark about the 2024 election to a Wisconsin newspaper.
In the context of a sprawling global leviathan that has just posted profits of $7.7bn (£6.1bn) in the last three months alone, Shell’s decision to close a small power generation unit in China amounts to little more than a rounding error on its books.
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Missiles from North Korea, drones from Iran, and a massive amount of technical assistance from China. Russian President Vladimir Putin may complain about the backing Ukraine is receiving from its Nato allies, but it is doubtful that Russia would be able to maintain its military offensive without the help it is getting from its motley collection of autocratic friends.
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Viewers have called the revelation ‘crazy’ and ‘devastating’
Elite dinner co-hosted by entrepreneur David Sacks at his home in the Hollywood Hills
French President Emmanuel Macron said France could send troops if requested by Ukraine in response to a Russian breakthrough.
“I’m tired of calling him names,” said the Hollywood icon, who gave an (almost) curse-word-free interview about the threats posed by a possible second Trump presidency.
The latest Ukrainian deep-strike weapon isn’t a drone, a cruise missile or a ballistic missile. It’s a balloon.
“We have no direct interest in stimulating Great Eastern liquidity or share price.”
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The pair have settled their differences as the manager faces doubts over captain Virgil van Dijk’s fitness
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