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TOKYO :Core consumer inflation in Japan’s capital slowed in June but stayed well above the central bank’s 2 per cent target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations for further interest rate hikes.The Tokyo consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 3.1 per cent in June from a year earlier, government data showed, compared with a median market forecast for a 3.3 per cent gain. It slowed from a 3.6 per cent increase in May.A separate index for Tokyo that strips away both fresh food and fuel costs – closely watched by the Bank of…
[LONDON] Britain’s vehicle production declined from a year ago for the fifth successive month in May, industry data showed on Friday, as factory disruptions and US tariffs weighed on automakers.UK car and commercial vehicle production dropped 32.8 per cent from a year ago to 49,810 units last month, marking the worst percentage drop in May output since 1949, excluding the Covid-19 pandemic-hit 2020, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.Exports to the UK’s two biggest markets, the EU and the US, declined by 22.5 per cent and 55.4 per cent respectively, SMMT said.US President Donald Trump’s…
San Francisco Giants’ legend Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the Giants’ home stadium where he set baseball’s career home run record.
Chongqing, China.Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty ImagesA new trend is driving Southeast Asian tourists to China’s Chongqing city — viral social media clips of monorails running through a residential building, buildings perched atop hilly terrain, and a pedestrian bridge on the 13th floor.Flight bookings from Southeast Asia to Chongqing increased more than sixfold during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which fell on May 31 this year, compared with the previous year, Chinese online travel platform Fliggy told CNBC.”In 2025 alone, we’ve captured a nearly 12-fold surge in demand for Chongqing, compared to demand for other cities,” said Sarah Wan, Klook’s…
WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.Guidance from the parliamentarian is rarely ignored and Republican leaders are now forced to consider difficult options. Republicans were counting on big cuts to Medicaid and other programs to offset trillions of dollars in Trump tax breaks, their top priority. Additionally, the parliamentarian, who is the Senate’s chief arbiter of its often complicated rules, advised against various…
First there was stonewalling, then the private complaints from MPs before a very public outburst that saw an eye-watering 127 MPs tell their prime minister they were going to defy him on a welfare vote.Now, the inevitable climbdown has arrived, with Downing Street making a significant offer to rebels last night on their planned cuts to disability benefits. A government with a massive 165-strong working majority, had an awakening on Thursday to the importance of parliament as it embarked on a humiliating climbdown after the private warnings of MPs to Downing Street fell on deaf ears.It’s worth taking a beat…
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican businessman Nate Morris entered Kentucky’s competitive campaign Thursday to succeed longtime Senate power broker Mitch McConnell, branding himself as a political outsider and loyal supporter of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.Morris joins U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and ex-state Attorney General Daniel Cameron as GOP heavyweights vying for their party’s nomination next spring in the Republican-leaning Bluegrass State. He said his campaign would become a referendum on McConnell’s Senate record, and he tried to link his two Republican rivals to the senator, though Morris has his own past ties to McConnell.“You have two McConnellites who owe everything…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs “committed crime after crime” but thought his “fame, wealth and power” put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments.“That ends now,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik said. “It’s time to find the defendant guilty.”Combs, 55, sat with his head down as Slavik highlighted testimony and evidence from the seven-week trial that she said proved sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and other charges. Wearing a sweater and khakis, he sometimes scribbled notes to his lawyers and shook his head…
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