Political pressure on the Bank of Japan to slow its interest rate hikes is growing amid a push by Sanae Takaichi’s government to restore dovish policymakers to the bank.
After nearly four decades in Britain, Ali Haydor says there are now days when he wishes he could hide his brown skin.
Workers stayed home, shops were shut and buses sat idle across South Africa on Tuesday, as fears mounted that planned anti-immigrant marches would descend into violence.
Germany should end a boycott of Russian oil and gas to bolster its flagging economy, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, Alice Weidel, told Reuters as she outlined the party’s ambitions to lead a national government.
Asian stocks surged at the end of a sparkling quarter on Tuesday, while a resurgent dollar pushed the yen to a four-decade low and was headed for a fourth straight quarterly rise.
Britain will unveil its long-delayed Defence Investment Plan on Tuesday, prioritising £5 billion of investment in drones and a focus on autonomous systems, to try to modernise and build up its depleted armed forces at a time of rising threats.
Relatives of deportees lost in a hotel collapse have questioned why their phones and documents were withheld, complicating efforts to identify them.
Japan reiterated on Tuesday that authorities stood ready to respond to currency moves, keeping the rhetoric unchanged despite the yen’s slide to a four-decade low.
The yen slumped to levels not seen since 1986, with the Japanese currency set for a 2% drop in the second quarter, its fourth straight quarter of decline.
Engineers are urging the government to swiftly audit public housing that is still standing.