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Philippine court convicts dismissed town mayor, allegedly a Chinese, of human trafficking charges
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern province where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign nationals were forced to conduct scams.The Pasig city regional trial court in metropolitan Manila sentenced Alice Guo to life in prison with seven other Filipino and Chinese co-accused, and ordered them to pay a fine of 2 million pesos ($34,000) each and compensate several trafficking victims, who filed the... Read More
Asian shares surge as Nvidia's strong quarterly earnings lift sentiments
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Most Asian shares surged on Thursday after Nvidia reported stronger than expected quarterly earnings, soothing worries that AI-driven stock prices may have shot too high.The future for the S&P 500 was up 1.3%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7%.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index initially surged as much as 4.2% before giving up some early gains. By afternoon, it was up 2.7% at 49,854.20 as technology stocks rallied, with investor sentiment boosted by Nvidia's report of $57 billion in quarterly revenue after trading closed... Read More
Bangladesh Supreme Court restores nonpartisan caretaker system but not for next elections
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for national elections but said it won't apply to the polls being held early next year.The caretaker system was introduced in 1996 and widely accepted by Bangladesh's people and by international observers as a step toward election fairness in the a parliamentary democracy of 170 million people. In two subsequent elections, two retired chief justices formed nonpartisan governments that held the elections within 90 days and transferred power to the winners. The... Read More
Frida Kahlo self-portrait poised to shatter auction records
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of her asleep in a bed could make history Thursday when it goes on sale by Sotheby’s in New York.With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La cama)” – in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — may surpass the top price for a work by any female artist when it goes under the hammer. That record currently stands at $44.4 million, paid at Sotheby’s in 2014 for Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.”
The highest price at auction for a Kahlo work... Read More
Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect.The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three Meta platforms plus Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube must take reasonable steps to exclude Australian account holders younger than 16, beginning Dec. 10.
California-based Meta on Thursday... Read More
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