Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio’s plan to launch one of the country’s largest public share offerings in recent years is expected to shake up the domestic market and spur digital companies to raise funds amid a lull in the Iran war and global trade tensions.
Earlier this month, the company filed its initial public offering plan with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to raise US$3.8 billion to US$4 billion, potentially surpassing Hyundai Motor India’s record US$3.3 billion IPO in
Hong Kong police have launched a murder investigation and arrested two men after a man died following a dispute in a Mong Kok flat where drugs were also found.
A police spokesman said on Wednesday that officers received a call at about 2.50pm on Wednesday from a man who reported that his friend, 45, was attacking another acquaintance, 58, with scissors
The organisation also accuses paramilitaries of widespread violence against children, including murder, rape and forced recruitment
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The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack on El-Fasher city between 2024 and 2025, Amnesty International alleged Wednesday.
Sudan has been mired since April 2023 in a brutal war between the army and the RSF,
At least five people have been killed and many injured in a fire in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said on Wednesday.
The blaze broke out mid-morning on the eighth floor of the building, where more than 200 people live, in the city’s Linkeroever neighbourhood, sending vast plumes of smoke into the air, Antwerp police said in a statement.
An evacuation of the 10-storey building was under way.
“Right now, unfortunately, at least 5 people
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Kuaishou-backed Kling AI is close to completing a US$3 billion fundraising round that would value the company at US$18 billion post-investment, according to people familiar with the matter, as competition intensifies in China’s artificial intelligence video generation sector.
The latest valuation was narrowed from an initial target of US$20 billion set in April, when Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou first planned to spin off Kling AI, according to a source, reflecting the shifting market sentiment for Kling AI.
Greater social and political stability in Hong Kong will allow the city to hold high-profile celebratory events for the anniversary of the Communist Party’s establishment, analysts and politicians have said, encouraging residents to learn more about the party.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced on Wednesday that the government would organise a series of celebratory activities in the city to mark the 105th anniversary of the party’s founding.
Without elaborating on the details, Lee said the events would be held across all of Hong
A Chinese aerospace start-up plans to launch a rocket using carbon dioxide, the same compound that gives Coca-Cola its fizz and bite.
Hunan-based commercial space firm Zhiyu Aerospace Technology announced on Monday that it was collaborating with another local tech company to apply “supercritical carbon dioxide cold-launch” technology to small launch vehicle systems.
Z-Trak Space, as the company is also known, said the cutting-edge method could “truly achieve low-cost, high-frequency, fast-response commercial
Indirect talks in Doha, Qatar, between officials from the United States and Iran aimed at ending the Middle East war have started, a diplomat with knowledge of the talks said on Wednesday.
The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive talks, confirmed negotiations were under way after they earlier said the US and Iran were to hold “indirect technical talks on Wednesday in Doha with Qatari and Pakistani mediators”.
The Doha talks are based “on the memorandum of understanding, building on the progress made at the
Victor Willis, lead singer of the disco group Village People whose hit Y.M.C.A. became a fixture at rallies for US President Donald Trump, has died, his spouse said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“It is with profound sadness that I must announce the death of my husband, VICTOR WILLIS. Victor passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, as a result of a short, but aggressive illness,” the post on Willis’s official page said
