Month: April 2023

BOJ’s New Chief Keeps Ultra-Low Rates, Embarks on Policy Review

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept ultra-low interest rates on Friday but announced a plan to review its past monetary policy moves, laying the groundwork for new Governor Kazuo Ueda to gradually phase out his predecessor’s massive stimulus programme. While maintaining its commitment to “patiently” keep policy accommodative, the central bank removed a pledge from…


BBC Chairman Resigns After Report Finds He Breached Rules Over Boris Johnson Loan

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp has resigned after being found to have broken the rules by failing to disclose his role in securing an £800,000 loan guarantee for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The former Conservative Party donor announced his resignation after a review found that he twice breached the code governing public appointments, risking the…


German Unemployment Rises More Than Expected in April

BERLIN—German unemployment rose more than expected in April, Labour Office figures showed on Friday, as a sluggish economy took its toll on the labour market. The Federal Labour Office said the number of people out of work increased by 24,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.567 million. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected that figure…


‘Gift of Faith’: Pregnant From Rape, Mom Rejects Abortion, Places Son With a Family That Gives Priority to God

What does it take to turn an act of evil into an act of love? A college junior who became pregnant from rape drew on faith to acknowledge the value of the innocent human growing inside her womb and made a life-giving decision, choosing adoption over abortion. And to give her child the “gift of faith,”…


House Democrats Expelled After Protesting Equal Rights Amendment in Senate

A group of House Democrats was expelled on April 27 while protesting as Senate Republicans voted to block a joint resolution to remove the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. The sergeant at arms was called to restore order and expel protesters, among whom were Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and…


NTD Good Morning (April 28): FBI Director Says CCP Hackers Outnumber US Cyber Agents 50-1; 3 US Soldiers Die in Apache Crash

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlined the challenges his agency faces in cyber warfare. We share what he had to say about threats against the United States. Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed and one was injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided on April 27. The accident happened in Alaska near Fort Wainwright where they…


NTD Good Morning (April 28): FBI Director Says CCP Hackers Outnumber U.S. Cyber Agents 50-1; 3 U.S. Soldiers Die in Apache Crash

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlines the challenges his agency faces in cyber warfare. We share what he had to say about threats against the U.S. Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided on April 27. One soldier is injured. The accident happened in Alaska near Fort Wainwright where they were based….


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (April 28): FBI Director Says CCP Hackers Outnumber U.S. Cyber Agents 50-1; 3 U.S. Soldiers Die in Apache Crash

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlines the challenges his agency faces in cyber warfare. We share what he had to say about threats against the U.S. Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided on April 27. One soldier is injured. The accident happened in Alaska near Fort Wainwright where they were based….


Euro Slips on GDP Data, Yen Slumps as BOJ Maintains Ultra-Low Rates

LONDON/SINGAPORE—The euro fell on Friday after economic data painted a mixed picture for growth and inflation across the eurozone, raising uncertainty around the size of the European Central Bank’s expected interest rate hike next week. Preliminary data showed gross domestic product in the eurozone expanded by 0.1 percent in the first quarter, below expectations in…


‘You Know You’re in Florida When’: Man Captures Turtle Riding Alligator Around Pond ‘Like a Horse’

A travel blogger in Tampa witnessed an obscene and utterly ridiculous—yet entirely hilarious—display of reptile familiarity that he said could only happen in Florida. As alligators abound throughout the Sunshine State, it’s no wonder locals have observed none other than a turtle waddling its way onto the scaly back of one of the reptiles to…