Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. China’s financial watchdog just threw cold water on Hong Kong’s red-hot tokenization boom, quietly advising major brokerages to pump the brakes on their real-world asset business. The move sent Hong Kong stocks tumbling and exposed the delicate dance…
Pakistan appears to have made a sharp U-turn on US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. First foreign minister Ishaq Dar said it diverged from what Muslim-majority nations had originally put forward, then Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed it as a step towards ending the bloodshed. US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Pakistan…
Another piece of Chinese-owned property in Nashua has come to the public’s attention — the former Daniel Webster College property, encompassing some 52 acres. Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess encouraged the Board of Aldermen on Sept. 9 to pass a resolution giving him the authority to seek state and/or federal funds to purchase the property, currently…
Four Italian citizens have been deported from Israel after they were detained by Israeli authorities when boats sailing in a flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza were intercepted, Israel’s foreign ministry has said. More than 470 people were detained, according to Israeli police. The ministry said authorities were in the process of deporting the others….
Wikimedia Commons Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. If you had just $100 to put to work in today’s market, where would it go? For “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki, the choice is obvious. “If I had $100 what would I invest in?…
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil — The Rio International Film Fest will feature China as its country focus in next year’s edition, as part of the 2026 China-Brazil Cultural Year, said Walkiria Barbosa, Rio Fest’s executive director and int’l marketing. The governments of the two countries announced in Nov. 2024, during a visit of China’s president…
By Tim Kelly, John Geddie and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling party picked hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country’s first female prime minister in a move set to jolt investors and neighbours. The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for almost all…
Photo: Mkckim via Wikimedia Commons Chinese authorities were set to cancel all flights and ferries to and from Hainan on Saturday night ahead of Typhoon Matmo’s arrival, disrupting travel during the peak holiday season for the southern resort island. All flights to and from the international airport in the provincial capital Haikou were expected to…
Palestinians in Gaza have seen decades of conflict and ruin, but remained hopeful on Saturday that the US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end the ongoing two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million. Israel said on October 4, that…
China is backing living battery tech from microbes, but in the process, China is saying goodbye to lithium hopes. Researchers are considering bio-bacteria that are powered by living bacteria. The living battery has a self-charging efficiency of 99,5% making it worth researchers’ time and effort. China is moving away from resource-heavy batteries that damage the…