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  • Reuters

    Asian shares retreat as investors question US economic strength

    Asian share markets were mildly weaker on Tuesday as global investors consider the prospect the U.S. economy's 'exceptionalism' is starting to unwind as manufacturing activity in the world's largest economy further weakened. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.1%, after U.S. stocks ended the previous session with mild gains. Australian shares were down 0.21%, while Japan's Nikkei stock index slid 0.77%.

  • NBC Sports Bay Area

    Should Giants have tried harder to sign Soto?

    Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper discuss whether the Giants should have tried harder to sign Juan Soto, and if should they make a huge offer this offseason.Should Giants have tried harder to sign Soto? originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

  • AFP

    Video shows chicken shop outside defunct Hindu temple in Pakistan, not India

    A video showing a defunct Hindu temple in Muslim-majority Pakistan has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it was located in India's southern Kerala state and contained a chicken shop "inaugurated" by opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. A human rights activist told AFP the temple was no longer in use as Hindus fled the Punjab region in Pakistan following the subcontinent's partition in 1947, which split the country from neighbouring India.