Gold’s price potential still ‘explosive’ amid Beijing hoarding, Hong Kong trading push
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Gold’s price potential still ‘explosive’ amid Beijing hoarding, Hong Kong trading push

Gold prices have “explosive” upside potential, according to analysts, boding well for Hong Kong’s ambitions as a trading hub as Asian central banks continue to have a voracious appetite for stockpiling bullion. Supporting the outlook, Beijing – which has added to its gold reserve for 20 straight months – wants to better connect the Shanghai Gold Exchange to Hong Kong, and the South Korean central ...

6月 実質消費支出 7か月連続減少 家計調査

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総務省が発表したことし6月の家計調査で2人以上の世帯が消費に使った金額は物価の変動を除いた実質で、前の年の同じ月より3.3%減少しました。減少は7か月連続です。1世帯あたりの消費額は29万886円でした。

6月家計調査 7か月連続減少

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総務省が発表したことし6月の家計調査で2人以上の世帯が消費に使った金額は物価の変動を除いた実質で、前の年の同じ月より3.3%減少しました。減少は7か月連続です。1世帯あたりの消費額は29万886円でした。

Iran seeks to bar US and Israeli ships in Hormuz deal with Oman

Iran seeks to bar US and Israeli ships in Hormuz deal with Oman

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Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to sail through it, according to local media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to manage the crucial waterway. The agreement has become key to expectations for a reopening of Hormuz and a resumption of energy flows that have been throttled since the US and ...

Iran seeks to bar US ships as Hormuz deal with Oman advances

Iran seeks to bar US ships as Hormuz deal with Oman advances

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Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they are allowed to use it, according to local media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to manage the crucial waterway. The agreement has become key to expectations for a reopening of Hormuz and a resumption of energy flows that have been throttled since the US and Israel a...

Trump administration plans overhaul of antipoverty program for children

Trump administration plans overhaul of antipoverty program for children

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While officials say proposed revisions to Head Start program will encourage more enrollment, advocates say it will undermine the programThe Trump administration has said it plans to overhaul Head Start, tossing out many of the regulations that are the hallmark of the early education program for the nation’s neediest children.Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversee...

Trump administration announces changes to Head Start in overhaul

Trump administration announces changes to Head Start in overhaul

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While officials say proposed revisions will encourage more enrollment, advocates say it will undermine the programThe Trump administration has said it plans to overhaul Head Start, tossing out many of the regulations that are the hallmark of the early education program for the nation’s neediest children.Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the federally funded...

ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– live

ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– live

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President’s orders come month after supreme court struck down administration’s earlier attempt to place restrictions on birthright citizenship enshrined in US constitutionSign up for the Breaking News US emailOne quick note on the contempt resolution: Senator Rand Paul may try to send it straight to the Department of Justice, since advancing it in the Senate would require 60 votes. Republicans hol...

Judge approves $106m settlement over deadly 2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse

Judge approves $106m settlement over deadly 2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse

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Settlement ends years-long legal battle over collapse of 18-story hotel that was under construction in New OrleansA judge approved a $106m settlement on Thursday that ends a years-long legal battle over the deadly 2019 collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New Orleans.The 18-story hotel project partially collapsed in October 2019 , killing three people and damaging nearby pr...

サッカーJリーグ「秋春制」の新シーズンが今夜開幕

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サッカーJリーグは7日夜、ヨーロッパの主要リーグと同じ「秋春制」を導入して最初のシーズンが開幕します。開幕をこれまでの2月から8月へと変更するリーグ開幕以来の大改革がどのような効果をもたらすのか注目されます。

Australia news live: Richard Marles insists Tony Burke’s speech on Labor’s new restrictive immigration policy ‘hasn’t been called off’

Australia news live: Richard Marles insists Tony Burke’s speech on Labor’s new restrictive immigration policy ‘hasn’t been called off’

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Deputy prime minister says Burke’s speech before National Press Club was not cancelled. Follow today’s news livePolice investigating after 23-year-old found dead at rural property with injuries consistent with animal attackPolice are investigating after the body of a man was found with significant injuries in Sydney yesterday, with initial inquiries indicating he may have been attacked by animals ...

アメリカの原油輸出減少 代替調達進める日本にも影響可能性も

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中東情勢を受けて、日本にとって原油の代替調達先としてアメリカの重要性が増す中、ことし6月のアメリカからの原油の輸出が前の月と比べて減少に転じました。今後もこうした傾向が続けば日本の原油調達に影響が及ぶ可能性もあり、アメリカの輸出動向が注目されます。