By Kevin Buckland
TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks jumped to record peaks while bonds slid and the yen sagged to an all-time low against the Swiss franc after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi scored a landslide win in Sunday's snap election.
Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party won 316 of the 465 seats in parliament's lower house, giving her the mandate to push through her big spending plans and promised tax relief without... (continue reading...)
HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in jail on three charges comprising two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials.
The trial has been the financial hub's most high-profile national security case.
The sentence comes after a legal saga spanning almost five years. Lai, the founder of the... (continue reading...)
Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a social media post that the Super Bowl halftime show fronted by singer Bad Bunny was "absolutely terrible."
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Jamie Freed)
By Scott Murdoch
SYDNEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australian artificial intelligence company Firmus said on Monday it had finalised a $10 billion debt funding package led by global private equity firm Blackstone and Coatue Management, a New York-based technology investor.
Firmus said the funding would be used to build the next phase of its Project Southgate, the company's initiative to develop AI training and inference infrastructure, which... (continue reading...)
By Angelica Medina
SANTA CLARA, California, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Bad Bunny transformed Levi's Stadium into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a high-energy journey through the island's culture complete with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga and a tribute from reggaeton pioneer Daddy Yankee.
Clad in a white suit, Bad Bunny opened with "Tití Me Preguntó" while walking through vignettes of... (continue reading...)
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