HKMA maintains base rate at 4% as US Fed keeps rate unchanged
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HKMA maintains base rate at 4% as US Fed keeps rate unchanged

Hong Kong’s monetary authority has maintained its base rate following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its key rate unchanged. The city’s base rate was kept at 4 per cent by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US Federal Reserve also retained its target rate in the range of 3.5 per cent to 3.75 per cent, concluding its fifth Federal Open Market Committe...

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米大統領「イランを激しく攻撃する」 攻撃の応酬再燃に懸念

アメリカのトランプ大統領は、イランが中東に駐留しているアメリカ軍に攻撃を試みたことに触れ「われわれはイランを激しく攻撃する」と述べ、イランに対する報復攻撃に踏み切る考えを示しました。アメリカとイランの間で再び攻撃の応酬がエスカレートする懸念が高まっています。

‘She killed the kids!’ Police call from Lindsay Clancy’s husband brings tears to courtroom
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‘She killed the kids!’ Police call from Lindsay Clancy’s husband brings tears to courtroom

Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court on Wednesday as jurors listened to the anguished emergency call her then-husband made after returning from an errand to find she had strangled their three children in their Massachusetts home. On the roughly seven-minute recording, Patrick Clancy can be heard speaking with his wife upon finding her badly injured and bleeding in their yard, after she jumped from the h...

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Parts of U.S. inundated by flash flooding and scorching temperatures; jurors in Clancy murder trial hear new testimony and evidence.

Candace Owens drops unseen Charlie Kirk video, Alex Jones claims assassination story is ‘100% dead’

Candace Owens drops unseen Charlie Kirk video, Alex Jones claims assassination story is ‘100% dead’

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Candace Owens has released new rooftop footage that she says raises questions about whether Tyler Robinson was the person who shot Charlie Kirk. Alex Jones backed her claims, arguing the video contradicts the official case against Robinson. However, authorities still identify Robinson as the accused, and a judge has not yet ruled on whether the case will move to trial.

How Trump’s call for Asia-Pacific allies to raise defence spending may backfire on US

How Trump’s call for Asia-Pacific allies to raise defence spending may backfire on US

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Donald Trump’s demands that American allies in the Asia-Pacific region share more of the defensive burden have renewed questions about how far they can rely on the United States to help deter the likes of China and North Korea. Such concerns have led to an increasing focus on developing their own defence industries – but analysts have said that may eventually weaken American dominance in the globa...

Trump unveils US$22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport

Trump unveils US$22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport

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US President Donald Trump unveiled a US$22 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild Washington Dulles airport by replacing concourses and adding a large parking garage while preserving the landmark main terminal. The announcement is the latest in a series of major projects he has announced in and around the US capital. “It’s considered one of the ‌worst airports anywhere in the world, we’re going to m...

きょうも危険な暑さ 熊本では猛暑日予想 熱中症対策の徹底を

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30日も東日本と西日本を中心に気温が上がって38度を超える危険な暑さとなるところがあり、熊本県の地震の被災地でも猛暑日となるところがある見込みで、熱中症対策を徹底してください。一方、低気圧などの影響で東北や新潟県では断続的に激しい雨が降り、「レベル4危険警報」が発表されている地域もあります。土砂災害や低い土地の浸水などに厳重な警戒が必要です。

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8, wound more than a dozen

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8, wound more than a dozen

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Overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen more, authorities said Thursday. In a late-night post warning of the Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again called on Kyiv's allies to supply his country with more air defence systems. 

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8, wound more than a dozen more

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8, wound more than a dozen more

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Overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen more, authorities said Thursday. In a late-night post warning of the Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again called on Kyiv's allies to supply his country with more air defence systems. 

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8, wound dozens more

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8, wound dozens more

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Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen more, according to authorities on Thursday. In a post on X later Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Kyiv's allies to supply his country with more air defence systems. 

FRB政策金利 5会合連続で据え置き 委員3人利上げ主張

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アメリカのFRB=連邦準備制度理事会は金融政策を決める会合を開き、29日、政策金利を据え置くと発表しました。一方、今回の会合では3人の委員が利上げを主張して反対票を投じていて、イラン情勢を踏まえた物価の上昇も懸念される中、今後の金融政策の方向性が焦点となります。

Brazil becomes world’s top buyer of Chinese cars as imports jump 147%

Brazil becomes world’s top buyer of Chinese cars as imports jump 147%

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Brazil overtook Russia and Belgium in the first five months of this year to become the world’s largest importer of Chinese cars, buying US$5.2 billion worth of vehicles as brands raced to land shipments before a tariff increase took effect in July. The figure, drawn from Chinese customs data, is up 146.9 per cent from the US$2.1 billion recorded a year earlier, when Brazil ranked sixth among buyer...

Hadi Matar convicted in US terrorism trial over Salman Rushdie stabbing

Hadi Matar convicted in US terrorism trial over Salman Rushdie stabbing

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The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie at a speaking engagement in 2022 was found guilty on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges for the attack, which prosecutors said was incited by death threats over Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses. Hadi Matar, 28, already serving a 25-year prison term on state charges of attempted murder for ‌the knife assault, now faces a maximum ...