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Japan squads banner Mayor Raisa Treñas volleyball tilt in Iloilo
Panay News
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August 19, 2025
ILOILO City – Japanese athletes from Nippon Sports and Science University are set to showcase their talent in the 1st Mayor Raisa S. Treñas International Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament slated on August 23 to 24 at the Joe III Garden in Iloilo...
Tech stocks drag Nasdaq, S&P lower ahead of Fed’s meeting
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 19, 2025
REUTERS/BRENDAN MCDERMID Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, today. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 dipped today, driven by tech stocks, as investors gear up for what Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will say about...
Africa and Japan: Co-creating a future through youth, innovation, and partnership
The Citizen
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As the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) convenes in Yokohama, the world turns its attention once again to Africa a continent rich in diversity, resilience, and promise. This year’s conference arrives at a...
Asia stocks hit by tech sell-off, Nikkei falls after weak trade data
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 20, 2025
Most Asian stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Wednesday, with technology shares logging steep losses in tandem with their Wall Street peers, while Japanese markets extended a fall from record highs on soft trade data. Regional markets took...
Douglas Castro’s music-tech Neural DSP combines his two biggest passions
Silicon Republic
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August 20, 2025
2022’s Finland EY Entrepreneur of the Year Douglas Castro on his passion for music and how he turned that into two successful businesses. Douglas Castro had always wanted to mix music with mechanics. An avid metal musician for more than two...
Will Texas Tech football play a game overseas? AD Kirby Hocutt weighs in
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Texas
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Every year from 1977 through 1993, a late November or early December regular-season college football game was played in Tokyo, Japan. The game, then known as the Coca-Cola Classic, showcased the Texas Tech football team against Oklahoma State on...
Silverline Technologies logs multi-fold increase in Q1 profit
The Hindu Business Line
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August 20, 2025
Silverline Technologies, a software and business solutions company, has reported multi-fold increase in June quarter net profit at ₹11 crore against ₹2 lakh logged in the same period last year. Revenue in the quarter under review was up at ₹100...
Morning Bid: Tech angst on AI doubts
Yahoo Finance
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By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets In markets, the trigger for sudden confidence swoons is often elusive, particularly when looking at periodic...
European shares steady as tech-led selloff jitters cool
Zawya
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European shares steadied on Wednesday, as a tech-led selloff on Wall Street that has rippled through equity markets eased, while currency and rates traders honed in on a key meeting of central bankers later this week. The pan-European STOXX 600...
Details of New Technology Govt Will Use to Curb Road Accidents
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 20, 2025
The government has announced the development of a database to monitor national traffic accidents in a bid to tackle the alarming rise in road carnage countrywide. This initiative is part of a broader safe system approach to road safety and will be...
Lightware MX2 drives museum’s 16K and 360º LED screens
AV Magazine
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August 21, 2025
A Lightware matrix switcher is playing a pivotal role in one of the world’s most immersive theatres. The XROSS Theater, in Toppan Inc’s Koishikawa XROSS Digital Museum in Tokyo, is designed to transport visitors into hyper-realistic, 360º...
Asian shares decline as tech selloff hits Wall Street, dollar gains some ground
Profit by Pakistan Today
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August 20, 2025
SINGAPORE: Shares in Asia fell on Wednesday, weighed down by a tech-led selloff on Wall Street, while the dollar gained some ground ahead of a key meeting of central bankers later in the week. Oil prices inched higher after falling in the previous...
Fireball lights up night skies across western Japan
Manila Standard
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August 20, 2025
Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies across the country’s west on Tuesday night as it fell. A Kyodo News livestream of a volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture...
Duckworth heads to Japan to boost Illinois' quantum chances in race against China
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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August 20, 2025
Sen. Tammy Duckworth landed in Japan early Wednesday on a trip aimed at bolstering Illinois’ relationships around quantum technology, supply chain and national security. And a huge focus is beating China in the race to create a functioning quantum...
Springboks and Japan to play first rugby match at Wembley in nine years
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 20, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Eliminating Japanese beetles a daunting task for Wisconsin fruit growers
Stevens Point Journal - Wisconsin
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Since they first appeared in the United States over 100 years ago, Japanese Beetles have made their presence known in gardens, orchards and vineyards across much of the eastern and midwestern states. Just the sight of the shimmering, metallic...
Gravity Media’s London Production Centre expansion reaches far beyond its walls with Calrec Argo and True Control 2.0 technology
Sound & Video Contractor
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August 20, 2025
Completing its latest expansion phase, Gravity Media’s Production Centre facility in London White City has extended its remote and distributed production capabilities with the addition of three Calrec Audio Argo consoles and ImPulse DSP cores to...
Russia releases declassified documents showing Japanese Unit 731's atrocities of human experiments in China
Global Times
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The ruins of the site of Unit 731 of the Japanese invaders in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province Photo: IC The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on Tuesday released on its official website declassified...
Palantir Continues To Decline In Pre-Market As Valuation Concerns Mount—Citron Research Targets Overvaluation
Benzinga
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Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR declined 0.95% to $156.08 during pre-market on Wednesday, extending its 9.35% drop from Tuesday's regular trading, despite expanding its partnership with Fujitsu Ltd. The continued slide comes amid valuation...
STI rises 0.1% despite US big tech sell-off
The Business Times Singapore
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Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 277 to 256, with 1.48 billion securities worth S$1.49 billion changing hands [SINGAPORE] Equities in Singapore rose slightly on Wednesday (Aug 20), as the market reacted to a sell-off among US big...