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BOJ keeps rate‑hike door open even as Iran war squeezes firms
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will keep raising interest rates if its economic forecasts hold, a senior central bank official said, reinforcing a tightening bias even as...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
UNC target Tommy Lloyd: 'Full focus' on Arizona, Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS -- North Carolina needs a head coach and Arizona's Tommy Lloyd continues to come up as a candidate. As the Wildcats readied to hit the court at Lucas Oil Stadium ahead of the Final Four, ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan for AI and cyber defence expansion
TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Microsoft on Friday said it will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan between 2026 and 2029 to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and strengthen cyberse...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
Trump threatens to strike Iran's bridges and electric power plants
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned late on Thursday about striking and destroying bridges and electric power plants in Iran in his latest threat to hi...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
UN to vote on Hormuz resolution as China opposes authorization of force
By David Brunnstrom and John Irish April 2 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said o...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
Inspection finds 49 violations of detention standards at largest US migrant detention camp
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced critic...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
US returns Chinese drug fugitive in rare extradition, Xinhua says
BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. handed over a Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes to China for the first time in recent years, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, citing C...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
Japan turns up FX heat as volatility rises, signals readiness to act
By Makiko Yamazaki and Rocky Swift TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday put currency traders on notice, saying the government stands ready to act against spe...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula tested again, but advances in Charleston
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula continues to live dangerously in her title defense on the clay courts at the Charleston Open. One day after prevailing in a three-set marathon over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putints...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026
China services activity growth cools in March, private PMI shows
By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - Growth in China's services activity slowed in March from February's 33-month high, as softer demand and a decline in overseas orders weighed ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 02, 2026




