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AFP/APP Hong Kong:Asian markets rose Friday after falling for much of the week, with below-forecast US data injecting some fresh life into hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. The readings came ahead of the…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday after US inflation data matched the Federal Reserve's expectations. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.60 percent, or 242.22 points, at 40,611.66, while the broader Topix index…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Asian markets were mixed Monday after data showed a slight uptick in US inflation, but Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell said the reading was "in line with expectations". Traders were also cheered by a big jump in…

Xinhua/APP Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to cause a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said. The weather…

News Desk Abbottabad: From January 1st to December 26th, 2023, as many as 16,988,946 tourists explored the different districts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Remarkably, KP welcomed 4,554 foreign tourists, signaling the…

AFP/APP Taiwan: Typhoon Koinu brushed past southern Taiwan, killing one person and injuring 304 on Thursday. It lashed the island with the strongest winds it has ever recorded, causing localized damage and knocking out power to…