Japan is set to approve the nation’s first abortion pill that gives women a method to end pregnancy without surgery, providing controlled access to the medicine decades after it became available in France and US.
With over five billion images, LAION has become central to the future of artificial intelligence — and a growing debate over how to regulate it.
Confusion surrounding Twitter Inc. deepened over the weekend after a number of high-profile accounts saw their prized blue check-marks reinstated — even though some of their owners have been dead for years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders highlighted several risks the economy still faces as growth rebounds this year, repeating the need for more self-reliance in key areas like technology in the face of growing competition from the US.
South Korea will likely be a part of FTSE Russell’s World Government Bond Index next year if not in September, and that’s likely to bode well for the nation’s bonds, according to BNP Paribas SA.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party eked out wins in four of five Japanese by-elections held Sunday, as speculation simmers over whether he will call an early general election.
South Korea reinstated Japan to its list of preferred trading partners, a major step in mending ties with a long-time rival that also aligns with Washington’s efforts to create a global supply chain less reliant on China.
Global oil traders are fixated on the next milestone in China’s economic recovery, when travelers pack their bags and head to the airport for the Golden Week holiday in early May.
Bitcoin’s rebound is just the start of a rally that will take it past $50,000 next year courtesy of a process known as halving that curbs the supply of new tokens, according to projections from crypto analysts.
The Bank of Japan is planning to review and inspect policies taken over the past decades, kicking off discussions as soon as at a two-day meeting scheduled for April 27 and 28 under newly-appointed Governor Kazuo Ueda, the Sankei newspaper reported Sunday, without attribution.
