TOKYO :The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again if trend inflation accelerates toward its 2 per cent target as expected, governor Kazuo Ueda said, keeping alive market expectations of a further withdrawal of monetary support later this year.”If our price forecasts change, that would also be a reason…
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See AllBEIJING : Xiaomi secured lock-in orders of more than 70,000 SU7 cars as of Saturday, its founder Lei Jun told an investor conference on Tuesday. The Chinese smartphone maker targets deliveries of more than 100,000 SU7 cars in 2024, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing said on his Weibo account, relaying key takeaways from Lei at the investor event.
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View MoreIn 2023, CAAS took enforcement actions against 309 cases of unlawful unmanned aircraft operations. Eight individuals and seven companies were prosecuted in court, and were fined between S$4,000 and S$45,000. CAAS has put up additional “No UA flying” (unmanned aircraft) signs at open fields and parks, which have already been…
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View MoreSYDNEY: An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia’s federal court late on Monday (Apr 22) granted the country’s…
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View MoreBANGKOK: Thailand’s 500 billion baht (US$13.51 billion) “digital wallet” stimulus policy gained Cabinet approval on Tuesday (Apr 23), Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said, clearing another hurdle for the signature policy of the ruling Pheu Thai party. The handout would give 10,000 baht (US$270.20) to 50 million Thais to be spent…
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View MoreDO LIKE THE KIDS DO Jill Dreves, the founder of Wild Bear Nature Center in Nederland, Colorado, has a simple recipe for getting dirty: Make a mud pie. She suggested throwing something similar to a sip and paint event: Ask everyone to bring an old cake pan and get creative…