Tokyo shares opened lower Thursday after falls in New York, while investors awaited a shareholders meeting at Toshiba, which has warned of a $9 billion annual net loss, stemming largely from its nuclear business.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.35 percent, or 66.66 points to 19,150.82 in the first few minutes of trading, while the broader Topix slipped 0.30 percent, or 4.64 points, to 1,537.43.
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Israel’s strike on Iran on Friday morning will not come as a surprise to Western observers – but it will cause great concern in Washington and London as the region tips closer towards an all-out war.
Israel’s presumed counterstrike against Iran has proved Joe Biden and David Cameron wrong in their insistence that Israel should just “take the win”. Instead, it fought back – and yesterday Iran was trying to pretend that nothing had happened.
Passengers on service said they were abused by group on train after men got on at London Bridge
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Aston Villa booked their place in the Europa League semi-finals in dramatic fashion by winning a drama-filled penalty shootout, where goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez received his second yellow card but was not sent off.
All but a small handful of Manchester City players and staff had already retired to the dressing room, dazed and doubtless a little confused about what had just unfolded, by the time Bernardo Silva started his slow trudge off the pitch.
The top three finishers of the Beijing half marathon are stripped of their medals after an investigation into the controversial result.
The Lemme co-founder is thankful for her body because it "gave me my 3 big babies and my little baby"
Snake was comparable in size to extinct Titanoboa, researchers say
A 39-year-old Singaporean woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds after going missing in Spain, and a Singaporean man has been arrested. Read on.
Tensions between Israel and Iran have reached new heights as Tehran repeats its warnings that a response to its own missile attack could be lethal for the region
Xiang Yun recounts how she was sexually harassed at seven, and another incident after she had entered the media industry. Read more.
Jürgen Klopp said Liverpool squandered their Europa League chances at Anfield and insisted Mohamed Salah’s wastefulness was not the cause of their exit
Judge Susan Evans KC said the ‘frightening’ attack ‘undermined public confidence’ in the safety of busy beaches.
It showed the then-president "was very, very concerned," said the conservative attorney.
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