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Japan’s Nikkei 225 breached the 50,000 mark for the first time Monday as investors cheered progress in U.S.-China trade talks and strong momentum from Wall Street. The benchmark index rose over 2%, while the Topix added 1.61%.Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this week during his visit to Japan.”It is expected that the message she would convey is to significantly expand domestic demand through a high-pressure economy,” Crédit Agricole CIB said in a note on Monday.A strong expansion of the country’s domestic demand would “completely lift Japan out of its deflationary structural stagnation”…

A view of the logo of HSBC bank on a wall outside a branch in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 14, 2024.Henry Romero | ReutersHSBC said on Monday that it will recognize a provision of $1.1 billion in its third quarter results following a court ruling in Luxembourg related to the Bernard Madoff investment fraud case.Herald Fund SPC sued HSBC’s Luxembourg unit in 2009, claiming restitution of securities and cash it said were lost in the fraud.The court denied HSBC unit’s appeal in respect of Herald’s securities restitution claim, but accepted the unit’s appeal in respect of the cash restitution…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — – Daniel Ríos found the net in the first half, Thomas Müller and Kenji Cabrera scored in the second and the Vancouver Whitecaps blanked FC Dallas 3-0 on Sunday in a best-of-three first-round opener of the MLS Cup playoffs.Yohei Takaoka did not have to make a save in earning his third clean sheet in seven postseason starts for the Whitecaps, the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.Neither team scored until Ríos found the net in the 43rd minute to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead at halftime. Ali Ahmed collected his first playoff assist in his…

Oct 26, 2025, 07:06 PM ETLENS, France — United States winger Timothy Weah left the field with what appeared to be a thigh injury during Marseille’s 2-1 loss to Lens after providing his first assist for the Ligue 1 club during the first half.Marseille did not immediately answer a request from The Associated Press on Sunday regarding the nature of the injury.Weah set up Mason Greenwood’s opening goal in the 17th minute Saturday and was replaced by Leonardo Balerdi in the 52nd minute appearing to hurt his left thigh.Speaking after the game, Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi said through a…

Oct 26, 2025, 06:46 PM ETFor Real Madrid, Sunday was a day of vindication. After losing all four matches against archrivals Barcelona last season, Los Blancos won the first meeting of 2025-26 between the pair.It was also a day for celebration. Madrid earned a 2-1 Clásico victory in Xabi Alonso’s first match in the dugout for Spanish football’s showpiece rivalry.And yet, not everyone was in a celebratory mood.In the 72nd minute, Alonso made the choice to withdraw Brazil winger Vinícius Júnior and replace him with his countryman, Rodrygo. Vinícius, last year’s Ballon d’Or runner-up, clearly didn’t agree with the decision.The…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSEStock futures rose Sunday evening as investors looked ahead to a widely expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and a raft of Big Tech earnings reports.S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were up roughly 0.7% and 0.9%, respectively. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 290 points, or 0.6%.Investors expect the Fed to slash rates at its meeting on Oct. 29, particularly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released cooler-than-expected inflation data last week. Slightly more than 96% of investors expect a deep rate…

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was featured in an award-winning film. After all these achievements and at the age of 100, he is not ready to fully retire. “I plan to keep going for about five more years,” Ono said last month as he marked Japan’s “Respect for the Aged Day” with a gift and a certificate ahead of his birthday.What’s the secret of his health? “To work,” Ono…

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors. Ballots are counted at a polling station in Yopougon after polls closed in Ivory Coast’s presidential election, in Abidjan, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) Ballots are counted at a polling station in Yopougon after polls closed in Ivory Coast’s presidential election, in Abidjan, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Read More Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left and Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul react as they switch country signs during a signing ceremony on the sidelines…

Gary Neville said the Premier League title race is Arsenal’s to lose after the league leaders opened up a four-point gap at the top and their direct rivals continued to falter.On the weekend Arsenal – unbeaten since August – registered their fourth straight success, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea all lost, meaning the Gunners’ closest challengers are currently Bournemouth. Neville believes Mikel Arteta has come up with a formula that may not be “spectacular”, but their best asset – consistency – will be enough to reposition the London club as “the best in the country” after a series of second-place…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were rescued, and the two aviators in the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet ejected and were recovered safely, and all five “are safe and in stable condition,” the fleet said in a statement. The causes of the two crashes were under investigation, the statement said.The USS Nimitz is returning to its home port in…