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Asia stocks mixed after Wall St hits new highs
Asia stocks mixed after Wall St hits new highs
Economy
by  AFP

Asian markets were mixed on Friday following recent strong gains and after the Dow and the S&P 500 hit new records. Modest gains on Wall Street came after an upward revision to US GDP for the second quarter and bumper results from AI chip giant Nvidia.

Cash-strapped Taliban look to airspace for windfall
Cash-strapped Taliban look to airspace for windfall
Economy
by  AFP

Far above Kabul, the cash-strapped Taliban government has located a potentially lucrative revenue stream: Afghanistan's airspace. Against such economic headwinds, the airspace revenue stream "is helpful for the cash-strapped current administration", said Sulaiman Bin Shah, former deputy minister of industry and commerce in the ousted government and founder of the Catalysts Afghanistan consultancy.