Bessent ‘to-do’ list shows proposal for US to buy $5-10bn of Japanese yen
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Bessent ‘to-do’ list shows proposal for US to buy $5-10bn of Japanese yen

Treasury secretary’s notepad, photographed by Reuters on Friday morning, prompts questions over US plansDuring a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, the US treasury secretary Scott Bessent carelessly revealed plans for the US to buy $5-$10bn ⁠in Japanese yen in a scribbled “to do” list left visible to a Reuters photographer.The image, taken over Bessent’s shoulder during a portion of the meet...

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世界の広い地域で10月まで高温予想 国連が強い危機感

国連のグテーレス事務総長は世界のほとんどの地域で、今後3か月の間(8~10月)平年より気温が高くなることが予想されるとして、暑さによる死者の増加や飢餓の深刻化などの社会的影響に強い危機感を示すとともに、化石燃料の使用削減などの対策を急ぐよう訴えました。

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

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Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royaltiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax despite generating almost $1bn in revenue from coal mining in Queensland over the past year.Financial accounts show the Carmichael thermal coal operations used la...

Ready player 3: India offers Asean a US-China alternative

Ready player 3: India offers Asean a US-China alternative

SCMP •

At a food fair in New Delhi, a vegetable exporter from the Philippines set out its wares: bags of dried moringa and lemongrass, bundles of taro leaves and a bowl of laing, the creamy coconut-milk stew made from them. The question Dry Tech Manufacturing wanted to answer was simple: could the simple Filipino food it sells under its Sheentaro brand tantalise the taste buds of the world’s most populou...

FIFA scraps its World Cup investment plan after backlash

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FIFA is shelving a controversial plan that would have allowed for billions of dollars in private commercial investment in the World Cup after the proposal was met with fierce opposition from its member nations.

災害時のフェイク情報に「パターン」 冷静に情報の受け止めを

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地震などの災害時には多くの人が不安になるため、SNSなどで事実とは異なるフェイク情報が広がりやすく、今回の熊本地震のあとも広がっています。災害発生からの時間の経過とともに、広がりやすいフェイク情報には「パターン」があり、専門家は情報を冷静に受け止めるよう呼びかけています。

Trump officials drop Reflecting Pool charges against ex-US Olympian David Hearn

Trump officials drop Reflecting Pool charges against ex-US Olympian David Hearn

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The US Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor” as well as “the rush to complete the project pri...