Beyonce performs at pre-wedding party in India

By The Associated Press
December 10, 2018 | 7:47 AM

Beyonce brought her star power to a pre-wedding party for the daughter of India’s richest mogul. The 37-year-old singer performed Sunday and sang some of her hits such as “Crazy In Love” and “Perfect.” Guests included Hillary Clinton and a host of Bollywood stars in the historic Indian city of Udaipur. Beyonce posted a photo on Instagram of one of her outfits and a video giving a sneak peak of her performance. Mukesh Ambani’s daughter, Isha, is marrying Anand Piramal on Wednesday.

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Shares fall in Asia, with Kospi down 5.2%, while oil prices jump

By The Associated Press
August 18, 2026 | 11:05 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped Wednesday in Asia after Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high as artificial-intelligence stocks resumed their decline. South Korea’s Kospi led the regional retreat, dropping 5.2% to 6,515.97. The two biggest companies benefiting from the AI boom tracked losses for their U.S. rivals. Samsung Electronics shed 6.9%, while memory chipmaker SK Hynix tumbled 7.9%. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 sank 2.6% to 65,703.78. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.4% to 25,382.66, while the Shanghai Composite index shed 1.5% to 3,927.70. Taiwan's Taiex fell 1.4%, and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.4% to 9,083.70. Apart from renewed jitters over criticism that AI-related stocks have shot too high, rising oil prices also were clouding market sentiment.

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