JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s rand gained on Friday, lifted by stronger precious metal prices and the local central bank’s ...

European shares were at a record high on Friday, led by technology and healthcare stocks, even as caution prevailed ahead of ...

LOS ANGELES: Pop superstar Taylor Swift will take the stage at least once at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on ...

Myanmar’s ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ...

Superstar Indian cricketer Virat Kohli flopped on his first domestic cricket match in more than a decade Friday to the dismay ...

MOSCOW: An oil refinery in Russia’s southern Volgograd region caught fire after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, but the ...

TOKYO: Import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by Japan fell by 0.4% to 65.9 million metric tons in 2024, preliminary data from ...

NEW YORK: Chinese state-linked social media accounts amplified narratives celebrating the launch of Chinese startup ...

SoftBank Group is in talks to lead a funding round of up to $40 billion in artificial intelligence developer OpenAI at a ...

GALLE: Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal was waging a lone battle on 63 with Australia ahead by 518 runs and tightening their grip ...

The South Korean won and the Malaysian ringgit fell most among Asian currencies on Friday as investors assessed ...

BANGKOK: The Thai baht was little changed against the US dollar on Friday. At 0143 GMT, the baht was 0.04% higher at 33.63 ...