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Asia stocks mixed before US-Russia summit
Asia stocks mixed before US-Russia summit
Economy
by  AFP

Asian stocks were mixed Friday after better-than-expected Japanese growth and weak Chinese data, while oil slipped back ahead of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine. Oil prices dipped, reversing gains on Thursday ahead of Trump's Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war.

Trump's tariffs drown Brazil's fish industry
Trump's tariffs drown Brazil's fish industry
Economy
by  AFP

When the water pump is switched on, hundreds of tilapia come to the surface of a pond at a Brazilian fish farm. Fider Pescados, Brazil's second biggest exporter of tilapia, manages 400 fish ponds along the Rio Grande in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, the country's most populous and richest.

Japan posts modest growth despite US tariffs
Japan posts modest growth despite US tariffs
Economy
by  AFP

Japan eked out modest growth in the second quarter despite painful US tariffs, official data showed Friday, in welcome news to embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The cabinet office data also saw a revision upwards for its reading for the previous quarter to show an expansion of 0.1 percent.

LA 2028 to sell venue name rights in Olympic first
LA 2028 to sell venue name rights in Olympic first
Economy
by  AFP

Organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will sell naming rights for some competition venues to "unlock an additional revenue stream" in a move that breaks with Games tradition of forbidding brand names on stadiums and arenas.

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