The event, originally postponed for a year due to China's stringent zero-Covid measures, has drawn over 12,000 participants representing 45 nations and territories from Asia and the Middle East, all converging on the eastern city to compete across 40 different sports.

Global stock markets diverged Friday as investors contemplated central bank signals that interest rates will remain high to combat stubborn inflation

European and Asian stock markets diverged Friday with traders contemplating further hikes to interest rates as inflation stays high despite a recent cooling of consumer-price rises

The battle to take over the management affairs of KElectric may well take a long time as differences between the claimants (one who calls himself the new owner) of KElectric and the current owners (based in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) have come to the fore, with a court battle in the Sindh High Court and the Cayman Islands