Select departures organised as US state department warns Americans to leave on commercial flights ‘due to safety risks’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Travellers stranded by a widening war in the Middle East began departing the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation flights on Monday, as governments around the world worked to extract their citizens from the region. Airlines...
Select departures organised as US state department warns Americans to leave on commercial flights ‘due to safety risks’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Travellers stranded by a widening war in the Middle East began departing the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation flights on Monday, as governments around the world worked to extract their citizens from the region. Airlines Etihad Airways and Emirates, based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and budget carrier FlyDubai said they would operate limited flights, in the wake of the chaos and damaged sparked by Iranian missiles and drones. Continue reading...
For Akio Toyoda , the all-but-certain mega buyout of Toyota Industries Corp. is the ultimate legacy play. It will reshape Japan’s biggest business group, tighten his family’s grip over the Toyota group and end a protracted standoff with an American shareholder activist that tested Japan Inc.’s embrace of corporate governance reform. In what may be the largest-ever Japanese buyout deal, the century...
For Akio Toyoda , the all-but-certain mega buyout of Toyota Industries Corp. is the ultimate legacy play. It will reshape Japan’s biggest business group, tighten his family’s grip over the Toyota group and end a protracted standoff with an American shareholder activist that tested Japan Inc.’s embrace of corporate governance reform. In what may be the largest-ever Japanese buyout deal, the century-old maker of textile looms that spawned the world’s largest carmaker is poised to become part of a new power center after an unprecedented battle with Elliott Investment Management , one of the world’s most aggressive activist funds. After forcing Toyota to up the ante twice with higher bids, Elliott agreed Monday to tender its shares for ¥20,600 apiece, valuing the company at ¥6.7 trillion ($43 billion), and settling for an amount less than its previous demands. The privatization of Toyota Industries is meant to reinvigorate the sleepy affiliate, remaking it as the vanguard of the group’s evolution into next-generation mobility and improving collaboration while streamlining its equity holdings, according to the board’s explanation in June when it accepted the initial offer. Critics see it as a power grab by the chairman on behalf of himself and other Toyoda family members. “It looks more like a consolidation of influence and an attempt to keep Akio Toyoda and his family in control of certain assets,” said Nicholas Benes , founder of the Board Director Training Institute of Japan, who helped usher in Japan’s governance code. A representative for Toyota pushed back against the notion that Akio Toyoda was exerting more control over the group. “Mr. Toyoda’s reason for investing is to support this framework as a capitalist,” the spokesperson said. “It is not intended to lead to control over the Toyota group.” Ever since news of the buyout became public almost a year ago, Akio Toyoda has made few public comments on it. The most extensive remarks he made were in June 2025, when ...
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Allen isn’t in the first act of her own show, only coming on after 45 minutes of a string ensemble to stiffly deliver her acclaimed album in full When Lily Allen’s West End Girl was released in October 2025, it was an instant sensation. A raw document of marital betrayal and neglect, it was a new kind of divorce album for the post-tabloid celebrity, inspired by Allen’s o...
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Allen isn’t in the first act of her own show, only coming on after 45 minutes of a string ensemble to stiffly deliver her acclaimed album in full When Lily Allen’s West End Girl was released in October 2025, it was an instant sensation. A raw document of marital betrayal and neglect, it was a new kind of divorce album for the post-tabloid celebrity, inspired by Allen’s own separation from actor David Harbour . It earned Allen rave reviews and a place alongside Miranda July’s All Fours in a contemporary canon of emancipatory, autofictional art for modern (heterosexual) women. The album’s structure as a narrative held rich potential for live staging, and Allen’s choice to play it in full on a tour of theatres – before returning for an arena run later this year – suggested she would make good on its theatrical promise. Split into two acts, West End Girl Live certainly begins with theatrical flair. A string ensemble – named the Dallas Minor Trio after one of the album’s standout tracks – takes to the stage for a version of Allen’s 2008 hit The Fear. The crowd enthusiastically sings along to karaoke-style lyrics on a screen behind the trio. It works as a prelude: the song’s minor key paranoia translates well to the arrangement and its themes of existential crises are relevant to the album we’re here to see. Continue reading...
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is trading significantly lower on Tuesday, extending the sharp losses in the previous sessions, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is falling well below the 57,500 level, with weakness in exporters and automak
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is trading significantly lower on Tuesday, extending the sharp losses in the previous sessions, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is falling well below the 57,500 level, with weakness in exporters and automak
(RTTNews) - The Indonesia stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last six trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had fallen almost 40 points or 0.5 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now sits just above the 8,805-poin
(RTTNews) - The Indonesia stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last six trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had fallen almost 40 points or 0.5 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now sits just above the 8,805-poin
New Zealand’s tourism industry still needs to do more if it is to regain its title as the nation’s biggest earner of overseas revenue. While foreign visitor spending gained 7 per cent to a record NZ$18.1 billion (US$11 billion) in the 12 months through March 2025, it still lags behind the dairy industry’s NZ$23.1 billion of exports in the same period, according to government data released on Tuesd...
New Zealand’s tourism industry still needs to do more if it is to regain its title as the nation’s biggest earner of overseas revenue. While foreign visitor spending gained 7 per cent to a record NZ$18.1 billion (US$11 billion) in the 12 months through March 2025, it still lags behind the dairy industry’s NZ$23.1 billion of exports in the same period, according to government data released on Tuesday in Wellington. Tourism overtook dairy as the nation’s top overseas earner in 2016 and remained...
Power-station coal prices jumped the most in three years as an unprecedented shutdown of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas plant raised the needs for fuel-switching in the electricity sector. Newcastle coal futures , the Asian benchmark, jumped 8.6% to $128.70 a ton on Monday. That was the highest price for a front-month contract since December 2024. Qatar halted production at the world’s largest LNG ...
Power-station coal prices jumped the most in three years as an unprecedented shutdown of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas plant raised the needs for fuel-switching in the electricity sector. Newcastle coal futures , the Asian benchmark, jumped 8.6% to $128.70 a ton on Monday. That was the highest price for a front-month contract since December 2024. Qatar halted production at the world’s largest LNG export facility on Monday after it was targeted in an Iranian drone attack. The Ras Laffan plant accounts for about a fifth of global supply, and had previously never completely ceased output in its 30-year history. The shutdown caused European gas prices to spike 39%, the most in four years. In Asia, where many countries are heavily dependent on LNG from Qatar, Taiwan said it will increase use of coal power plants if the outage lasts long enough to disrupt gas supplies. Shares in Australian coal producers jumped on Tuesday. Whitehaven Coal Ltd. and New Hope Corp. both rose more than 5% in Sydney at one point, making them among the best performers on the S&P/ASX 200 index .