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Investors also still hoping for interest rate cut next week.

The Rising Sun flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and is still commonly seen in Japan with variations of the design used in commercial products and advertising.

Modest open likely for the U.S markets after the key U.S. stock futures were looking moderately up Monday morning.

Typhoon Faxai made landfall in Chiba just east of the capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay

An expert warned that Earth getting hit by the massive asteroid Apophis is more likely to happen than a person dying in a plane crash.

India and Russia have agreed to launch a sea route that will extend from Vladivostok, a major port city in Eastern Russia, to Chennai, on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India. The agreement could present a challenge to China as the maritime route will include parts of the South China Sea where China continues to flex its muscle.

China's reeling economy takes new hits to its foreign trade in August.

President Donald Trump's campaign manager hints at a political future for some of the Trump children.

Joe Schmidt says there will be no repeat at the World Cup of the limp Irish performance in the 57-15 thrashing by England

 GGG’s trainer has figured out how his fighter could possibly beat Derevyanchenko.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. just jeopardized his anticipated rematch with Manny Pacquiao by reportedly agreeing to fight a Chinese boxer.

Climate campaigners inspired by Swedish militant Greta Thunberg plan to stage major protests at the Frankfurt auto show this year

Ireland's coach Joe Schmidt says the past six years in the job are a "bit of a blur"

Amadeus Driando Ahnan, of the Better Nature start-up, presents meat-free products at a conference in San Francisco for the booming food sector

China is planning to release $126 billion into its economy to stimulate small business lending.

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Japan’s military ties to the U.S. make it difficult for them to sign a World War II peace treaty. So, almost 75 years after the September 2, 1945 surrender of the Japanese to the Allied forces, it appears there are still some “loose ends” remaining to be resolved.

After the collapse of the INF treaty, Putin says he offered to sell hypersonic, intermediate range missiles to Washington to head off an arms race. The offer was spurned by Trump.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once admitted the company had been “shameless about stealing great ideas.”

Word the U.S. and China would resume high-level trade talks early next month sent shares higher.

'Great friends'

China has once again provoked its southerly neighbors in the South China Sea by moving a huge crane vessel near the Vietnamese coast in an area that is within the Vietnamese exclusive economic zone (EEZ).