Sumo moves to beat Japan summer heat as temperatures rise
Sumo chiefs are planning measures to beat Japan's increasingly punishing summer heat, including avoiding venues that don't have air conditioning and lightening the load on weary wrestlers.
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Qantas says profits slump as fuel costs surge
Australian airline Qantas said Thursday it expects fuel costs to stay high, after the Middle East war pushed up prices and led to a slump in annual net profits.
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'Be more honest': Markets crave clarity from cryptic Fed chair
US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will have to soothe investors frazzled by his cryptic communication style in a key speech on Friday, analysts say, or risk having his leadership undercut by other policymakers filling the void.
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Lofty bond yields, Bessent's intervention pose challenge to Fed's Warsh
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's controversial efforts to lower Treasury yields have potentially put him at odds with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, complicating the latter's communications challenge this week.
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Climate change leaves its mark on America's largest reservoir
From high in the hills around Las Vegas, tourist Choune Osterero gazes down at the line of chalky mineral deposits left on the rocks around Lake Mead as the level of America's largest reservoir has dropped over the last quarter of a century of drought.
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The foreigners missing in Nepal's flash floods
Hundreds of foreign nationals are missing in Nepal after devastating flash floods on Wednesday killed at least 160 people.
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CIA director warned Russia not to attack NATO members: US media
A highly unusual trip by the CIA director to Moscow this week was to warn Russia against any attack on NATO member states, US media reported Wednesday, after President Donald Trump sought to downplay the visit.
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Bond yields are surging: Here's why that could spell trouble
From Japan to Europe and the United States, officials are getting antsy as bond yields hit highs not seen in a decade or more, making borrowing more expensive for governments as well as businesses and consumers.
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Search for missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kills at least 160
Rescue teams rushed Thursday to find hundreds of people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 160 and swept away entire villages.
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Fed's Cook rejects Trump mortgage fraud claims
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook rejected renewed mortgage fraud allegations from the White House on Wednesday, saying President Donald Trump has no lawful grounds to fire her.
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