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TOKYO, Nov 26 (News On Japan) – Mercari, a leading online marketplace, has announced new measures and compensation policies in response to increasing issues among users, such as the fraudulent replacement of returned items. Since mid-November, Mercari has seen a rise in complaints involving situations where sellers agree to a buyer’s return request, only to […]
Wall Street’s high water mark for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) projects a nearly 17% increase from current levels at the end of 2025. On Monday, Deutsche Bank chief global strategist Binky Chadha issued a year-end target of 7,000 for the S&P 500, matching Yardeni Research’s call as the most bullish among strategists tracked by Yahoo […]
The FSTB is drafting specific new measures to tackle the problem, says Christopher Hui. SING TAO Previous Next Themis Qi Regulation on creditors will be tightened – including introducing a borrowing ceiling for unsecured personal loans – says Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu. […]
Religious authorities in the northern Malaysian state of Terengganu have been accused of acting like the “Taliban”, after a sharia court ordered a 42-year-old father of five to be the first in the state to be caned for close proximity with a woman out of wedlock. The court on Wednesday ordered the man, a construction […]
Hyundai is recalling over 145,000 of its electric vehicles, including Ioniq and Genesis models. At issue is the vehicle’s integrated charging control units (ICCU), which may stop charging due to an internal electrical fault. When a vehicle’s ICCU fails, the car will enter a “fail-safe” mode and slow down gradually. “If the vehicle is driven […]
Arkane founder and Dishonored co-creative directorRaphaël Colantonio says the Metacritic scoring ecosystem encourages devs to make “safe, boring games,” while launches like Stalker 2 suffer in overall scoring at launch due to bugs and technical problems. Colantonio calls lower launch scores impacted by bugs “misleading” because these technical issues can be fixed further down the line, […]
Video: Queen Camilla cancels appearances due to lingering chest infection issues Queen Camilla cancels appearances due to lingering chest infection issues We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Dismiss Skip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer Queen Camilla has been forced to pull out of […]
Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari (left) meets Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in this undated image. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to resolve the issues between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) days after party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed dissatisfaction with the incumbent government. According […]
Russia’s Gazprombank has alerted clients abroad to potential payment disruptions with China’s UnionPay cards after being targeted by new U.S. sanctions, the RBC news website reported Friday. “There may be difficulties with the UnionPay payment system cards abroad from Nov. 21. If you are outside Russia, we recommend using cash,” Gazprombank said in a statement. […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at ICC arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas officials, Russia launching a new ballistic missile at Ukraine, and potential criminal charges against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. ‘Reasonable Grounds’ The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former […]