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April 16, 2025

Bandai Namco to power up overseas retail presence with more shops
TOKYO — Japanese entertainment group Bandai Namco Holdings is deepening its global push with plans to quintuple its experience-based stores in overseas markets in the next five years. Multi-brand retail complexes, dubbed Bandai Namco Cross Stores, offer merchandise based on the group’s popular intellectual properties. They range from model kits based on the Gundam sci-fi…
U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed in Alabama immigration raid and held before release
A U.S.-born citizen who was wrestled into the dirt, handcuffed and detained in a vehicle as part of an immigration raid had a REAL ID on him that was dismissed as fake, the man’s cousin said Friday. Video of the arrest, aired by Noticias Telemundo, showed authorities grabbing Leonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, while at a…
Alizeh Shah dismisses cosmetic surgery rumors
LAHORE: Pakistani actress Alizeh Shah has strongly denied rumors suggesting she underwent cosmetic surgery, calling the claims baseless and expressing her frustration over the ongoing speculation. The actress has faced public scrutiny due to noticeable changes in her facial features and physique, leading some to associate her transformation with cosmetic procedures. Even a few fellow…
Trump approves Nippon Steel acquisition of US Steel: sources
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has approved Nippon Steel’s bid to buy U.S. Steel, White House sources said Friday. Trump’s decision clears the way for the deal to go forward nearly a year and a half since it was announced. The president appears to have decided the transaction poses no threat to national security…
Advocates wait for the results of Trump’s executive order on IVF policy
This week, Julie Eshelman has been holding her breath, waiting to see if President Donald Trump delivers on his campaign promise to make in vitro fertilization free. Eshelman is a milit wife and, thanks to IVF, a mom. She first began fertility treatments in 2016, and she and her husband finally welcomed a baby girl…
Seven & i shareholders seek answers as $49bn Canadian buyout bid looms
Seven & i shareholders seek answers as $49bn Canadian buyout bid looms
Boeing, Justice Department reach deal to avoid prosecution over deadly 737 Max crashes
The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that it has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the aircraft maker to avoid prosecution over two crashes of its 737 Max planes that killed 346 people. The non-prosecution agreement would allow Boeing, a major milit contractor and top U.S. exporter, to avoid being labeled a felon.…
SBP to remain closed on May 28 for Youm e Takbeer
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan will remain closed on May 28, 2025 (Wednesday) being public holiday on the occasion of Youm-e-Takbeer. The holiday commemorates Pakistan’s nuclear tests conducted in Chagai on the same date in 1998. In a statement issued, the central bank said the closure follows the federal government’s declaration of a public…
Itochu-CP Group deal left Japan trading house with $841m in profit: CFO
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Itochu dissolved its decade-long cross-shareholding arrangement with Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group this spring, a “very good deal” that resulted in 120 billion yen ($841 million) in profits and capital gains, Tsuyoshi Hachimura, the chief financial officer, told Nikkei. Edited excerpts from the interview follow.