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Troubled Boeing faces investors and awaits strike vote
Boeing will be under a spotlight Wednesday as the beleaguered aviation giant announces what is expected to be its biggest quarterly loss in four years, and striking employees vote on whether to end a costly weeks-long stoppage. Later Wednesday, some 33,000 hourly workers in the Seattle region will vote on whether to end the company's latest contract offer and end their nearly six-week strike.
Tokyo Metro shares rocket on debut
Shares in Tokyo Metro, one of the world's busiest subways, soared almost 50 percent on its debut Wednesday after its government owners raised $2.3 billion in Japan's biggest initial public offering in six years.
'181 people died,' Jigawa gov gives update on explosion, meets Tinubu
Umar Namadi of Jigawa said about 200 people died in recent explosion that rocked the state, while announcing next step during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
Cattle disease wreaks havoc in Libya
On Najmeddine Tantoun's farm on the outskirts of the western Libyan city of Misrata, the usual whir of hundreds of dairy milking machines has given way to near silence. Most of the North African country's revenue comes from its oil resources, but Misrata is a major dairy centre which used to produce 70,000 litres of milk a day.
Tokyo Metro: Asia's oldest subway goes public
Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro's nine lines, part of a dizzyingly complex transport network serving the Japanese megacity and its sprawling suburbs. The trains ran every three minutes on what is now part of Tokyo Metro's modern-day Ginza Line but were crowded with passengers who previously overran the city's trams.
Asian markets mixed as rate cut bets are trimmed; US vote in focus
Asian equities diverged Wednesday after another unremarkable day on Wall Street, where rising bond yields and comments from Federal Reserve officials dampened expectations for US interest rate cuts. The Dow and S&P 500 both fell for a second straight day on Wall Street, having ended at fresh peaks Friday, though the Nasdaq ticked higher.
Amid high fuel price, Tinubu gives Nigerians option of buying CNG at N200, details surface
Amid the high price of fuel and the likelihood of it increasing again, President Bola Tinubu has given Nigerians the option of buying CNG at a friendly price.
JUST IN: Court sacks Kano electoral commission chairman 4 days to election, reason emerges
A federal high court in Kano has sacked Prof. Sani Lawan Malumfashi as the chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC).
Presidential hopefuls Peter Obi, Kwankwaso meet in Kano, details emerge
Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi met with Rabiu Kwankwaso in Kano state on Tuesday, October 22. Supporters of both men hope they will unite in 2027.
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