Japan tourism and retail stocks slide after row with China over Taiwan

Leaders from the world’s wealthiest and largest economies will gather in Johannesburg for the Group of 20 summit this weekend, as geopolitical friction threatens to derail the event. There are tensions over Washington’s unprecedented total boycott of the summit, and a diplomatic rift between Beijing and Tokyo is also likely to loom large after China ruled out a one-on-one leaders’ meeting with Japan. Beijing declined a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit – which runs from Saturday to… Source link

Malaysian rapper Namewee has been criticised by Taiwanese model Sprite Fang for seeking part-time jobs amid ongoing investigations into the death of social media influencer Iris Hsieh, Oriental Daily reported. In a social media post on Wednesday, Fang, 42, wrote: “You don’t have money, but at least you still have your life. You can keep writing music to generate income. However, Iris had money but is no longer alive to spend it.” Fang urged Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, to take… Source link

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Ukraine faced losing its dignity and freedom or Washington’s support over a US peace plan which endorses key Russian demands and which Donald Trump said Kyiv should agree to by Thursday. The US president told Fox News Radio he believed next Thursday was an appropriate deadline for Kyiv to accept the plan. In a solemn address to the nation which he delivered in the street outside his office, a location he uses only rarely for major addresses,… Source link