By Brad Brooks and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily halted the execution of a man scheduled to become the first person to be put to death in the United States for murder attributed to shaken baby syndrome, according to a court document. The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of …
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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Consumer inflation in Tokyo for October likely undershot the central bank’s price target for the first time in five months, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The core consumer price index (CPI) in Tokyo, a leading indicator of nationwide price trends, was expected to have risen 1.7% from a …
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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in India, citing her alleged involvement in mass killings during violent protests that erupted earlier this year. The protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas, escalated into some of the deadliest …
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By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -China stocks rose on Friday as the central bank officially launched a swap facility aimed at boosting the equity market, although shares elsewhere in Asia were mixed in the wake of data confirming a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. The dollar hovered close to an 11-week high versus major …
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By Makiko Yamazaki and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Friday that recent currency moves are “somewhat one-sided and rapid,” in a fresh warning against speculative trading as the yen fell past the key 150 line against the dollar. “We as Japanese authorities are closely watching foreign exchange moves, …
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By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s new home prices fell at the fastest pace since May 2015 in September, official data showed on Friday, despite increased efforts to revive the struggling property sector. In annual terms, new home prices were down 5.8% from a year earlier, deeper than a 5.3% slide in …
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(Reuters) -China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the third quarter, and though consumption and industrial output figures for last month beat forecasts a tumbling property sector remains a big challenge for Beijing as it tries to boost growth. Data released on Friday showed the world’s second-largest economy grew 4.6% year-on-year …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters on Thursday that China is too large to continue relying on exports to drive its economy and faces dangerously slower growth unless it shifts toward a consumer-driven economic model. Georgieva told Reuters in an interview that China’s growth could fall …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Anyone hoping for a quiet end to the trading week in Asia will be disappointed, as investors brace for a batch of top-tier economic data on Friday that includes Japanese inflation and the main event – Chinese GDP. Other Chinese indicators …
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By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – An online debate held on Thursday against a sitting congressman’s artificial intelligence likeness – marking a gray area in the use of the technology during elections – featured few fireworks, few viewers and a few glitches. The debate, pitting two independent challengers against incumbent Don Beyer, a Democrat, was streamed …
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