Bangladesh student protests over jobs escalate, telecoms disrupted
Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted.
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Kim backs Putin’s ‘sacred war’ as North Korea-Russia ties deepen, border tensions flare
Kim received the group, led by Vice-Minister of Defence Aleksey Krivoruchko, for discussions on military cooperation, in which the North Korean leader pledged Pyongyang’s support for Russia’s operations in Ukraine, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday.
Internet and mobile services cut off in Bangladesh amid violent protests that have killed 28 people
NEW DELHI (AP) — Internet and mobile services were cut off in Bangladesh on Friday, following days of violent protests over the allocation of government jobs, with local media reports saying at least 28 people had been killed this week.
15 Chinese tourists hurt in dual bus crashes on treacherous New Zealand road
The buses were travelling in the same direction on a stretch of highway popular with tourists when they slid from the road on Thursday and overturned, at about the same time and only 100 metres (109 yards) apart, New Zealand’s police said in an emailed statement. Temperatures in the area were freezing and others driving on the highway reported heavy fog and black ice on the road at the time.
Alarm bells ring in Japan as experts warn of fast-spreading new Covid variant KP. 3
The KP. 3 variant is spreading rapidly, even among those who are vaccinated or have recovered from previous infections, according to Kazuhiro Tateda, president of the Japan Association of Infectious Diseases.
Nvidia rebounds after TSMC says AI chip demand remains strong
Nvidia shares rose about 3% during trading on Thursday, rebounding one day after the stock plunged 7% on geopolitical concerns sparked by comments from U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump.
After a volatile week for tech stocks, here are the top analyst calls on Nvidia, Netflix and more
Tech stocks continued to sell off on Thursday, as investors dumped more megacap tech names.
Asia-Pacific markets fall as rotation out of tech continues; Japan headline inflation holds steady
Asia-Pacific markets fell on Friday as investors on Wall Street continued to rotate out of tech stocks and take profits from the rally in equities in recent weeks.