Oct 3 (Reuters) – HKEX: * BLACKROCK, INC'S LONG POSITION IN H-SHARES OF ZTE CORP INCREASES TO 7.94% ON SEPT 29 FROM 6.91% – HKEX Further company coverage:
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VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF 2026 SOCCER WORLD CUP MATCH BALL 'TRIONDA' SHOWS: UNKNOWN (RELEASED ON OCTOBER 3, 2025) (FIFA – See restrictions) 1. FOUR STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF 'TRIONDA' THE OFFICIAL MATCH BALL FOR 2026 WORLD CUP 2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEW BALLS TRIONDA 3. TWO STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO POSING WITH OFFICIAL MATCH BALL STORY: FIFA has launched the official match ball for the 2026 World Cup, a vibrant sphere called TRIONDA that celebrates the tournament's historic three-nation hosting arrangement while packing cutting-edge technology to help referees make split-second decisions. The adidas-designed ball takes its name from the Spanish for "three waves" – a nod to Canada, Mexico and the United States jointly staging football's biggest show for the first time. Its eye-catching red, green and blue color scheme honors each host nation, while a revolutionary four-panel construction creates wave-like geometry across its surface. "The Official Match Ball for the FIFA World Cup 26 is here and it's a beauty!" declared FIFA President Gianni Infantino after unveiling it on Friday (October 3). "I can't wait to see this beautiful ball hitting the back of the net. The countdown to the greatest FIFA World Cup ever is on – and the ball is rolling!" TRIONDA features national symbols for each host – Canada's maple leaf, Mexico's eagle and the United States' star – with gold touches paying tribute to the World Cup trophy itself. But beyond the aesthetics lies serious technology: intentionally deep seams create optimal flight stability, while embossed icons boost grip in wet conditions. Most significantly, the ball contains a 500Hz motion sensor chip that tracks every movement in real time, feeding precise data to video assistant referees to help with crucial decisions including offside calls. The launch adds to mounting excitement ahead of the tournament, following the unveiling of official mascots and news that over 4.5 million fans from 216 countries entered the initial ticket draw. The final tournament draw takes place in Washington DC on December 5, 2025. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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Oct 3 (Reuters) – NI Hsin Group Bhd: * TERMINATION OF LETTER OF INTENT FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MARA SDN AND NI HSIN EV TECH SDN Further company coverage:
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(Corrects paragraph 3 to say Abu Dhabi-based AI investment firm MGX, not Mubadala, is involved in deal talks. The error appeared in an earlier version as well.) (Reuters) -BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in advanced talks to acquire Macquarie-backed Aligned Data Centers in a deal valuing the technology infrastructure company at $40 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The companies have yet to finalize a deal, but an agreement could be announced within days, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter. Abu Dhabi-based AI investment firm MGX, established by sovereign wealth fund Mubadala and G42 as founding partners, is also involved in the talks and will invest independently as part of a transaction, the report said. GIP and BlackRock declined to comment on the report. Aligned, Macquarie and Mubadala did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The enormous uptake of AI, both in business and personal use, has prompted a host of companies to invest in AI data centers. McKinsey estimates those investments to reach $6.7 trillion by 2030 to meet computing power demand. Texas-based Aligned, which specializes in AI-related infrastructure, raised more than $12 billion in January. (Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham and Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)
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By Kentaro Okasaka and Joseph Campbell TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese restaurants, bars and stores are running low on beer and other beverages from industry leader Asahi Group as the impact from a cyberattack entered a fifth day on Friday, with no resolution in sight. Known for its Super Dry beer and Nikka Whisky as well as non-alcoholic beverages, Asahi suspended operations in Japan on Monday, including order processing, shipping and call center functions after a cyberattack caused a system outage. The company began processing orders for some products on Wednesday by visiting customers in person and handwriting orders, it said. While it continues to take orders for food and soft drinks, it has not taken further orders for alcoholic beverages to prioritise outgoing shipments, which began on Friday for the first batch of manually filled orders, it said. FULL RECOVERY NOT IN SIGHT YET In updating its emergency responses, Asahi announced on Friday evening that ransomware attacks on company servers had been confirmed, and that it aimed to restart call center operations to handle phone enquiries from customers next week. Asahi is working with outside specialists to restore its computer system, but it is unclear how soon the company can resume full operations, it said. Asahi also said it was looking into the potential impact on its earnings. The breach is the latest in a string of cyber and ransomware attacks targeting global companies. In Britain, luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover was forced to shut down its factories last month, while Marks & Spencer and the Co-op Group have also fallen victim to sophisticated breaches. On Friday in Tokyo, one eatery that normally only serves Asahi-branded beer said it was on its last keg of Asahi Super Dry, and that its supplier brought beer from rival Sapporo a day earlier, citing the shortage. "It's a bit of a problem," said Tomiko Yano, a chef at restaurant Kushiyaki Tosaka. "We specialise in yakitori (skewered chicken) and it pairs really well with Super Dry. A lot of customers say that, so I'm a little worried (about the shortage)." Convenience store operator Lawson said it was expecting a shortage of Asahi products soon and it was making preparations to sell alternative products. FamilyMart and 7-Eleven also said they were affected. Asahi's shares have fallen about 4% to their lowest level since February after the company said it was attacked. (Reporting by Kentaro Okasaka, Joseph CampbellWriting and additional reporting by Chang-Ran Kim, Mariko Katsumura, Kiyoshi Takenaka Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus and Mark Potter)
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(Updates for markets close) By Bharath Rajeswaran Oct 3 (Reuters) – India's equity benchmarks inched higher on Friday and logged weekly gains, led by banks after the regulator announced a raft of lending reforms and as metals advanced on dollar weakness. The Nifty 50 rose 0.23% to 24,894.25, while the BSE Sensex added 0.28% to 81,207.17. The indexes rose about 1% in the week, led by high-weight banks, state-owned lenders and private banks which rose 2.2%, 4.4% and 2.5%, respectively, after the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday eased rules for lending to capital markets and large companies. The RBI, which maintained rates as expected, also detailed plans to increase limits on lending against shares and reduce risk weights for non-bank lenders for infrastructure projects. "The status quo on rates is a relief for banks as a rate cut would have led to contraction of net interest margins, while the relaxation of restrictions on bank loans will aid credit growth," said Prakhar Sharma and Vinayak Agrawal, equity analysts at Jefferies. Metals rose 1.8% on the day to a record high, lifting weekly gains to 3.9%, supported by a weaker dollar on firming October U.S. rate cut bets and supply disruptions. The broader small-caps and mid-caps rose 1.8% and 2% this week. Among individual stocks, Tata Motors rose 6.4%, marking its best week in nearly five months, after setting the effective date for the demerger of its truck and bus unit from the passenger vehicle business. Sentiment was further lifted as Tata's luxury arm JLR announced a phased resumption of operations following a month-long shutdown. On the day, V-Mart Retail and Sai Silks surged 16% and 18.4% after strong quarterly business updates. The drivers for the next leg of the rally will be global liquidity and corporate earnings that kick off next week, said Sonam Srivastava, founder and fund manager at Wright Research PMS. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema, Janane Venkatraman and Mrigank Dhaniwala)
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By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to be sentenced on Friday for prostitution-related charges, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in prison and the defense urging his swift release. A jury on July 2 convicted Combs, 55, on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines to take part in drug-fueled sexual performances – sometimes known as "Freak Offs" – with Combs' girlfriends while he recorded video and masturbated. The jury acquitted him on the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, which could have earned him a life sentence. Combs pleaded not guilty and is expected to appeal his conviction after sentencing. The founder of Bad Boy Records, Combs is credited with elevating hip-hop's stature in American culture. The New York-born entrepreneur is one of the most prominent men in the entertainment industry to have faced trial on sex crimes charges. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian is due to sentence Combs at a hearing in Manhattan starting at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). Combs faces up to 20 years in prison, though the judge has a wide degree of discretion in crafting a punishment. Combs, who has been behind bars at a Brooklyn jail since his conviction, is expected to address the court. In a four-page letter to Subramanian, filed with the court on Thursday, Combs apologized "for all the hurt and pain that I caused others by my conduct," and asked the judge for mercy, saying, "I lost my way." "Lost in the drugs and excess. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness," he wrote, adding that the ordeal of incarceration had left him "humbled and broken to my core." He also said he was now sober for the first time in 25 years. A former personal assistant to Combs, known in court by the pseudonym Mia, is also expected to speak. Mia testified at his trial that he raped her multiple times. TRIAL CENTERED ON 'FREAK OFFS' Over the course of a two-month trial earlier this year, prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office argued Combs coerced two of his former girlfriends – the rhythm-and-blues singer Casandra Ventura and a woman known in court by the pseudonym Jane – into partaking in the performances through violence and threats to withhold financial support. Jurors saw surveillance footage of Combs kicking and dragging Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016, an incident she testified took place after a Freak Off. Jane testified that Combs last year attacked her and told her to perform oral sex on a male escort after she said she did not want to. Combs' lawyers acknowledged he had physically abused his girlfriends, but argued they willingly took part in the sexual performances. Both Ventura and Jane testified that they at times took part consensually because they loved Combs and wanted to please him. COMBS TAUGHT JAIL COURSE Prosecutors are pushing for Combs to spend 11-1/4 years in prison. Defense lawyers say the appropriate sentence is 14 months, which would mean Combs would be released by the end of the year after receiving credit for time served. In pushing for leniency, Combs' lawyers said he helped his fellow inmates at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center by teaching a six-week course on business management and personal development called "Free Game with Diddy." As part of the class, inmates were required to write an essay about "lessons learned from Sean 'Diddy' Combs' journey," court filings show. Combs' sentence could hinge in part on how much weight Subramanian gives to evidence he physically abused his girlfriends. Defense lawyers say Combs' acquittal on the sex trafficking and racketeering charges means that evidence of his abuse should play no role at sentencing. "The scene and images of me assaulting Cassie play over and over in my head daily," Combs wrote in his letter to the judge, expressing remorse and "shame" for the incident. "I was dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved." Prosecutors said federal guidelines call for higher sentences when crimes involve threats or bodily injury. They said other people convicted on prostitution-related offenses involving violence regularly face significant penalties. "The defendant should be no exception," prosecutors wrote in a September 30 filing, "particularly when his history and characteristics demonstrate years of violence." (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York;Editing by Noeleen Walder and Nick Zieminski)
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SPORTS DAILY OUTLOOK – FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 2025 . EXPECTED: . RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-Australia and New Zealand Captain's Runs ahead of their Rugby Championship test match in Perth. EXPECTED 0900GMT APPROX . SOCCER-SPAIN-RMA-VIL/PREVIEW: Real Madrid hold a press conference and training session a day ahead of their LaLiga match against Villarreal. LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE ON REUTERS LIVE FRO M 1030GMT. PLEASE MONITOR FOR UPDATES EDIT EXPECTED 1200GMT . SOCCER-ENGLAND-CHE-LIV/PREVIEW: – Chelsea's Enzo Maresca holds a press conference ahead of his side's Premier League match against Liverpool. EDIT EXPECTED FROM 1200GMT . SOCCER-ENGLAND-CHE-LIV/PREVIEW: Liverpool manager Arne Slot speaks to the media ahead of his team's Premier League match against Chelsea. EDIT EXPECTED FROM 1200GMT . GOLF-ASIAN/ Round two of the Jakarta International Championship, an Asian Tour event at Damai Indah Golf. EDIT EXPECTED AFTER 1300GMT TENNIS-SHANGHAI/: Day three of the Shanghai Masters – an ATP Masters 1000 tournament. EDIT DELIVERY TIME TBA. PLEASE MONITOR FOR UPDATES . TENNIS-BEIJING/: The quarter-finals of the China Open – a WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. EDIT DELIVERY TIME TBA. PLEASE MONITOR FOR UPDATES . SOCCER-WORLDCUP-ESP/: – Spain coach Luis de la Fuente announces his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria. EDIT EXPECTED FROM 1300GMT . SOCCER-WORLDCUP-ENG/: – England head coach Thomas Tuchel holds a press conference at Wembley Stadium after announcing his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Latvia and the international friendly against Wales. EDIT EXPECTED FROM 1400GMT . RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-ARG-ZAF/ – South Africa hold their captain's run in London a day ahead of their final Rugby Championship clash against Argentina at Twickenham. EDIT EXPECTED FROM 1430GMT . SOCCER-ENGLAND-MUN-SUN/PREVIEW: – Manchester United's Ruben Amorim speaks to the media ahead of his side's Premier League match against Sunderland. EDIT EXPECTED FROM 1600GMT . SURFING-WSL/: – The latest action from the Ericeira Pro, the fourth round of the 2025 World Surf League Challenger Series. POSSIBLE ONLY – DEPENDENT ON WEATHER CONDITIONS . DELIVERED: . 9994-BASEBALL-MLB-NYY-BOS/ – Cam Schlittler fans 12 as Yankees KO Red Sox, earn American League Division Series bid DELIVERED 0611GMT . 9993-BASEBALL-MLB-CHC-SD – Cubs shut down Padres, earn National League Division Series berth DELIVERED 0536GMT . 9992-BASEBALL-MLB-CLE-DET/ – Tigers take down division champ Guardians to advance to ALDS DELIVERED 0116GMT . 0093-TENNIS-SHANGHAI/ – Djokovic hopes to face Sinner in Shanghai semis, weighs in on scheduling complaints DELIVERED 1955GMT . 9858 – TENNIS-SHANGHAI/ – Brooksby breezes to second round in Shanghai, Opelka ousted, Bu keeps China's hopes alive DELIVERED 1732GMT . 9857 – TENNIS-BEIJING/ – Gauff quells Lys challenge, Anisimova beats Paolini to reach China Open semis DELIVERED 1541GMT . 9934 – GOLF-ASIAN/ – Prateeptienchai leads the Jakarta International Championship before darkness ends the day DELIVERED 1210GMT . 9922 – SOCCER-FIFA/ – FIFA Council meets in Switzerland with World Cup now months away DELIVERED 1125GMT . 9862 – BASEBALL-MLB-CLE-DET/ – Guardians beat Tigers 6-1, force decisive game three DELIVERED 1110GMT . 9866 – BASEBALL-MLB-CHC-SD/ – Machado homer lifts Padres over Cubs to even series DELIVERED 1057GMT . 9795 – BASEBALL-MLB-LAD-CIN/ – Yamamoto and Betts lead Dodgers to NLDS with Reds sweep DELIVERED 0610GMT . 9790 – BASEBALL-MLB-NYY-BOS/ – Yankees beat Red Sox 4-3, force decisive game three DELIVERED 0504GMT . 9643 – SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-BAR-PSG/ – Depleted PSG battle back to earn gritty 2-1 win at Barcelona DELIVERED 0004GMT . More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen . Television Editorial Support / tvsports@thomsonreuters.com Tel: +44 20 7542 2244
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Oct 3 (Reuters) – Onar Holding Corp: * ONAR HOLDING CORP – AMENDS ARTICLES TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES – SEC FILING * ONAR HOLDING CORP – COMMON STOCK INCREASED TO 1 BILLION SHARES – SEC FILING Source text: Further company coverage:
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By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Friday that unpredictable change is inevitable and central banks need to be aware of that and have strategies to operate in those environments. Williams' comments, which came in prepared remarks for an event in Amsterdam, did not address the outlook for U.S. monetary policy. Williams serves as vice chair of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee, which cut interest rates last month as officials sought to offset rising risks to the job market. “Unpredictable change and uncertainty will certainly continue to be with us for the foreseeable future,” Williams said, flagging issues like “the effects of ongoing global demographic shifts, artificial intelligence, and potentially transformative innovations in our financial systems.” Williams said dealing with uncertainty means that central banks need robust principles and strategies in place that can deal with a range of contingencies, while noting there will still be novel situations to deal with. Williams also said that formerly unconventional strategies like bond buying are no longer novel and are a normal part of the toolkit. Williams said anchoring inflation expectations is critical and cannot be taken for granted. (Reporting by Michael S. Derby; editing by Diane Craft)
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