NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) – The euro slid to a 20-year low and came closer to parity against the dollar on Monday on concerns that an energy crisis will tip the region into a recession, while the U.S. currency was boosted by expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike rates faster and further than … Read more
Text size Investor sentiment seemed downbeat as the new week started. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The stock market dropped Monday, after news that China is imposing more Covid-related restrictions. That’s a near-term problem, but markets are more focused on inflation and earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 164 points, or 0.5%. The S&P … Read more
“To ensure the continuation of the Government including the safety of all citizens I accept the best recommendation of the Party Leaders today, to make way for an All-Party Government,” Wickremesinghe wrote on Twitter. His statement came after a meeting of party leaders, held by Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker, agreed to ask both the president … Read more
Protesters participate in an anti-government demonstration outside the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle on July 9, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images) (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images) Thousands of anti-government demonstrators protested outside a stadium in Sri Lanka’s southern coastal city of Galle during the … Read more
The body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo on Saturday after he was assassinated in the city of Nara. As Japan reels from the shocking shooting, here’s what we know so far. Funeral arrangements for Abe: The funeral for Abe will be held over Monday and Tuesday, his office told CNN, … Read more
His widow, Akie Abe, traveled with her husband’s body from the central city of Nara back to Tokyo, where the family resides. Officials will now meet with the family to discuss funeral arrangements, Abe’s office told CNN. As Abe’s body arrived home, police continued to question the suspected gunman who had earlier admitted the killing … Read more
Abe died from excessive bleeding and was pronounced dead at 5:03 p.m. local time, doctors at the Nara Medical University hospital said during a news conference on Friday. The doctors said the bullet that killed the former Japanese leader was “deep enough to reach his heart” and a team of 20 medical professionals were unable … Read more
TOKYO — Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga comic and trading card game, has died, apparently while snorkeling in southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Friday. The body of Takahashi, 60, was found Wednesday floating about 300 meters (330 yards) off the coast of Okinawa, by a person running a marine leisure business, … Read more
The broadcaster reported Abe collapsed while giving a speech in Nara City at around 11:30 a.m. local time and appeared to be bleeding after a possible gunshot from the back. According to a Liberal Democratic Party official, Abe was shot in the chest before being rushed to hospital in an ambulance, NHK reported. The former … Read more
The slow response, exacerbated by international sanctions and decades of mismanagement, concerns people working in the humanitarian space, like Obaidullah Baheer, lecturer in Transitional Justice at the American University of Afghanistan. “This is a very patchwork, band-aid solution for a problem that we need to start thinking (about) mid to long term… what do we … Read more