Alibaba shares jumped nearly 20% after the company reported triple-digit percentage growth in AI-related product revenue.

Nestlé dismissed CEO Laurent Freixe after an investigation revealed an undisclosed relationship with a direct subordinate.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen past 1,400, with more than 3,000 people injured.

The Philippines is at a pivotal juncture in shaping its economic and labor policies.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed slightly higher on bargain hunting, gaining 23.99 points or 0.39% to finish at 6,106.92 on Thursday.

Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) has announced the appointment of Gilbert Gabriel F. Santa Maria as President and Chief Executive Officer of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), effective September 1, 2025.

Time is running out for wild salmon in the Columbia River Basin, where populations of salmon and other native fish have been declining for decades.

Congressional Republicans scored a major win this summer by passing President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote.

Brazil’s labor court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 165 million reais (about $30 million) for collective moral damages after workers were subjected to slave-like conditions at a company-owned Amazon farm in the 1970s and 1980s.

Major Japanese camera manufacturers are expanding their mirrorless offerings to meet growing demand for advanced features such as AI-assisted shooting.

Japan’s top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, abruptly canceled a trip to Washington after failing to bridge differences with the US over rice imports.

Apple’s September 9 event, set for 1 p.m. Eastern, comes at a critical moment for one of the world’s most valuable companies.

Staff at a luxury jewelry retailer were instructed to pose as customers to mislead investors in the UK’s biggest diamond fraud.

The EU’s foreign affairs chief, Kaja Kallas, declared that frozen assets will not be returned to Russia unless Moscow pays reparations to Ukraine.

Lawyers for the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to halt a lower court injunction and allow the government to freeze billions in foreign aid spending previously allocated by Congress.

After deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested he might send them to Chicago next — while mocking Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s weight.

Seven & i Holdings Co. said it has completed the sale of a subsidiary operating about 30 retailers, including the struggling Ito-Yokado supermarket chain.

Shares in Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD fell as much as 8% on this week after the company reported a sharp drop in profit amid an intensifying price war in China’s auto sector.

The Nasdaq 100 closed down 1.22% on Friday.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index sank for a sixth straight day, down 45.96 points or 0.75% to 6,082.93, as foreigners dumped ₱921 million worth of shares.

Tommy Lowe, the 93-year-old co-founder of Cracker Barrel, criticized the restaurant chain’s executives, saying they learned an expensive “I told you so” lesson after abandoning their modernized logo following backlash from MAGA supporters.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and the first woman Iowa ever elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month that she will not seek reelection.

The Trump administration is selling, redistributing, or losing track of millions of dollars’ worth of equipment and supplies from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

The U.S. trade deficit in goods widened sharply in July as imports surged, suggesting trade could drag significantly on economic growth in the third quarter.