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Japan will hold an early election next month as Takaichi aims to capitalize on her popularity
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on Feb. 8.The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help the governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years, but it will delay parliamentary approval for a budget that aims at boosting a struggling economy and addressing soaring prices.
Takaichi, elected in October as Japan’s first female leader, has been in office only three months, but she has seen strong approval ratings of about 70%.
Stars and the public say final good goodbye to fashion icon Valentino at Rome funeral
ROME (AP) — Global fashion celebrities will join the public on Friday morning to say goodbye to iconic designer Valentino at his funeral service in Rome at the central Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.After a two-day public viewing Wednesday and Thursday at the Valentino foundation’s headquarters in the Italian capital, the funeral marks the final tribute the internationally acclaimed designer.
Top fashion names including designers Tom Ford and Donatella Versace along with longtime Vogue magazine powerhouse Anna Wintour and Hollywood stars like... Read More
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party re-elects To Lam as general secretary
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s leader To Lam was re-elected Friday as the general secretary of its ruling Communist Party, securing a new five-year term in the country’s most powerful position and pledging to rev up economic growth in the export powerhouse.Lam, 68, was reappointed unanimously by the party’s 180-member Central Committee at the conclusion of the National Party Congress, the country’s most important political conclave.
In a speech, he said he wanted to build a system grounded in “integrity, talent, courage, and competence,” with officials... Read More
US futures slip and world shares are mixed as Japan keeps its key interest rate unchanged
European shares were mixed after Asian markets advanced Friday as calm was restored after a tumultuous week.U.S. futures turned lower, with the contracts for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials down 0.1%.
Germany's DAX was little changed at 24,852.07, while the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.2% to 8,129.68. Britain's FTSE 100 edged 0.1% higher.
In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 picked up 0.3% to 53,846.87 after the Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged, as expected. The central bank just raised the policy rate to 0.75% in December. Wrapping up its... Read More
Turkey celebrates as Syrian government makes gains against Kurdish-led force
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive.Ankara has long viewed armed groups led by Kurds — an ethnic minority with large populations in eastern Turkey, Iraq and northern Syria — as a threat as Turkey as fought to quell the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, whose decades‑long insurgency cost tens of thousands of lives.
Coming just a few months after a Kurdish militant group in Turkey agreed to lay down its arms, the... Read More
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- Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who a school official says was used as 'bait'
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