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Opinion: BOJ eyes policy rate at 2% by end of 2027

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan decided at its monetary policy meeting on June 16 to raise its policy rate to around 1.0 percent from around 0.75 percent, a move that was widely expected. The central bank ...
Over the past several decades, the semiconductor industry has experienced sustained growth. Early expansion was driven by the ...
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Few ideas command more universal agreement than the belief that children must be protected. Across cultures, religions, and ...
What foreign buyers—especially Americans—need to know about the normalization, the legal structure, and why capital keeps flowing south.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz began to rebound Monday following weekend tit-for-tat strikes between the US ...
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Doha on June 30, 2026, for indirect US-Iran talks via Qatari mediators, with no ...
Lebanon’s ability to enforce state authority in the south remains the central question as Israel, Lebanon, and the US move ...
The terrorist organization's decision to launch the Oct. 7 massacre was timed in part to thwart Saudi-Israeli normalization, say researchers.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday discussed ties between the two countries as well as regional issues in a phone call, said the country's ...
"It's not as simple as just saying the strait is open. There are lots of logistical issues that need to be taken into consideration as well," said analyst Edward Meir of Marex. About seven weeks after ...