Asian markets rose Thursday as Chinese investors waded back ahead of a briefing in Beijing by the country`s housing minister that fanned hopes for more measures to support the ailing property sector. The gains followed a positive day on Wall Street, where traders took heart from healthy earnings from Morgan Stanley and United Airlines that helped claw back some of Tuesday`s losses sparked by worries over this year`s tech rally.

Russian strikes on sites including a furniture workshop in northwest Syria killed 10 people and wounded 30 others, a war monitoring organisation said late Wednesday. "The number of people killed in Idlib has risen to ten civilians including a child, due to the Russian airstrikes on Idlib countryside," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A combative Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden`s presidency Wednesday in a feisty interview with right-wing Fox News aimed at reaching Republican voters wary of Donald Trump. Harris clashed with interviewer Bret Baier on hot-button issues including immigration and gender transition surgery, with the Democratic nominee repeatedly asking "may I finish" when the host talked over her answers.

More than 100 people were killed and 50 others injured in northwestern Nigeria as they tried to scoop up fuel from an overturned petrol tanker, causing the vehicle to explode in flames, the emergency services said Wednesday. The accident occurred at midnight in Jigawa state`s Majiya town after the tanker driver lost control of the vehicle while traveling on a highway, local police spokesperson Lawan Adam said. Ninety-seven people were “burned to ashes” at the scene while eight others