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Mt. Fuji and Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Friday, February 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese Nikkei Stock Average The index soared above 51,000 for the first time on Wednesday, rising 2.17% to a record high on renewed optimism about Japan-U.S. trade relations and expectations for further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The index ended at 51,307.65.It rose after US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed a new rare earth framework on Tuesday. Markets also gained confidence that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points for…

Paris — Two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of French treasures from the Louvre have admitted their involvement in the heist and have been taken into custody, the Paris public prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. Paris prosecutors also said the stolen jewelry was not their property. Paris prosecutor Laure Becuaux told a news conference that the two suspects had been presented before a preliminary judge and could face a formal investigation later on Wednesday. The robber, who robbed the Louvre’s Apollo Museum over seven minutes in broad daylight, attracted global attention after fleeing with tens of millions worth of…

Tourists sit on the bollards of the Sydney Opera House.AFP Contributor | AFP | Getty ImagesInflation in Australia accelerated in the third quarter, with consumer prices rising 3.2% year-on-year, the fastest pace in more than a year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The increase was higher than the 2.1% rise in the second quarter and was also higher than the 3% expected by economists polled by Reuters.The ABS said the most significant price increases were in housing, recreation and culture, and transport.The trimmed average inflation rate, which excludes extreme price fluctuations in consumer goods and services, rose…

Typically, when one company acquires another, it absorbs the new company’s branding or integrates it with its own identity. Grammarly is doing something different. The company changed its name to Superhuman after acquiring email client Superhuman in July. Despite the rebranding, the product, Grammarly, will continue to be known as always. But in the long term, the company said it is considering rebranding products like Coda, the productivity platform it acquired last year. The company is also launching an AI assistant called Superhuman Go, which is built into Grammarly’s existing extensions. The Assistant can offer writing suggestions, give feedback on…

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks at the new iPhone 16 with Siddharth Suryanarayan and Aditi Rao Hydari during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California, USA on September 9, 2024.Manuel Orbegoso | Reutersapple’s Thursday’s earnings report is important for investors because it includes the first official iPhone 17 sales numbers.The report covers sales through the end of September and includes just over a week’s worth of sales data for the latest Apple smartphones, which went on sale on September 19th. Wall Street has been pushing Apple shares higher in recent weeks as early industry…

Katherine Schwarzenegger shares rare throwback photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria ShriverKatherine Schwarzenegger This ghostly memory will never end. As Halloween approaches, gift of forgiveness The author talked about the spooky traditions she loved as a child and cosplaying different characters with her parents. arnold schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver is now at the top of the list. “I fell into an eerie state of mind,” Katherine, 35, wrote. Instagram post on October 28th. “Pumpkin patches, sticker jeans, and little people who take Halloween seriously. The countdown to candy begins… now.” In fact, her family went all out in the costume…

TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 27: US President Donald Trump deplanes from Air Force One upon arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, October 27, 2025. Takashi Aoyama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump says he expects Beijing to lower fentanyl-related tariffs on China after the government confirmed a high-stakes meeting between President Xi Jinping and US leaders.A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday that President Xi will meet with President Trump in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday to exchange views on issues of common concern, but did not provide details.”We will work with the United States to…

Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world that is changing more rapidly than any previous generation. They have emotional outbursts, are overstimulated, and are chronically online. And now, an AI company has given them a chatbot designed to keep the conversation going. The results were devastating. One company that understands this impact is Character.AI. The company is an AI role-playing startup facing lawsuits and public backlash after at least two teenagers died by suicide after having lengthy conversations with AI chatbots on its platform. Character.AI is currently making changes to its platform to protect teenagers…

Fruist, the healthy snack company known for its jumbo blueberries, has raised $150 million in an equity round led by new investors. JP Morgan Asset management. Billionaire Ray Dalio’s family office has doubled its existing investment in agricultural startups. The company is valued at more than $1 billion and is rapidly expanding into the estimated $800 billion snack market, where consumers are spending more on healthier options at premium prices.Fluist has now raised a total of $443 million in equity capital from investors, and says the new funding will help it expand into retail stores around the world. In the…

Nairobi, Kenya AP — Eleven people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed in a plane crash in Kenya’s Kwale coastal region early Tuesday on their way to the Masai Mara National Reserve. Mombasa Air Safari Airlines said in a statement that eight Hungarian and two German passengers were on board, as well as the Kenyan pilot. Officials said the plane crashed in a hilly and forested area about 40 kilometers from the Diani airstrip. The airline did not say when the plane took off from the Diani airstrip, but said the pilot was unable to communicate upon departure and…