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Asia stocks climb: Japan, Australia hit record highs; RBA decision ahead

Investing.com-- Most Asian stock markets advanced on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei hitting a record high on optimism over the ...

South Korea court to rule on bid to arrest former first lady

If detained, she would be South Korea’s only former first lady to be arrested, joining her husband, ex-President Yoon Suk ...

Oil prices steady with focus on US-Russia talks, China trade truce

Oil took some support from optimism over the U.S. and China extending their trade truce by 90 days, quashing concerns over a ...

Australia’s Albanese says Netanyahu ’in denial’ over suffering in Gaza

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu was ...

Asia stocks mostly higher as tariff truce supports sentiment

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, buoyed by an extension of a tariff truce between the world’s two ...

Musk accuses Apple of antitrust violation, says xAI will take legal action

(Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Monday Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is engaging in antitrust violations by allegedly making it impossible for any artificial intelligence company other than OpenAI to reach the No ...

Oil gains as US-China tariff pause extension boosts trade hopes

U.S. President Donald Trump extended a tariff truce with China by another 90 days, a White House official said on Monday, staving off triple-digit duties on Chinese goods as U.S. retailers prepared ...

Bank of Thailand set to cut rates on August 13 to support economy

BENGALURU (Reuters) -The Bank of Thailand will lower its key interest rate on Wednesday to support a slowing economy as negative inflation persists and U.S. tariffs remain elevated, according to a ...

Singapore raises 2025 GDP forecast after strong Q2 growth

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) now expects 2025 GDP growth of 1.5% to 2.5%, up from an earlier forecast of 0.0% to 2.0%. The economy grew 4.4% year-on-year in the second quarter, up from 4.1 ...

Trump signs order extending China trade truce by 90 days

Investing.com-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday evening confirmed he had signed an executive order extending a recent trade truce with China by 90 days, entailing relatively lower trade tariffs ...

Highview Merger Corp. prices $200 million IPO at $10 per unit

Highview Merger Corp. priced its initial public offering of 20 million units at $10.00 per unit, raising $200 million. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable ...

Spark New Zealand to sell 75% data center stake for $419 mln

Investing.com-- Spark New Zealand Ltd (NZ: SPK) said on Tuesday it will sell a 75% stake in its data center business to Australia’s Pacific Equity Partners in a deal that values the business at about ...